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On the recordSeptember 27, 2018
The 115th Congress will soon come to an end. There is much work that we will leave undone, but none so consequential to our democracy as the failure to pass legislation to protect Special Counsel Mueller's investigation from further interference by the President. Today may be our last chance to avoid the constitutional crisis that will come should this President fire Mueller or Rosenstein or otherwise act to obstruct justice while we are in recess. This is our opportunity, our responsibility, to uphold the rule of law and to make clear that no one, even this President--or any President--is above the law. My colleagues, the fig leaf is gone. If we leave this work undone, after all this President has said and done, if he fires individuals responsible for an investigation into which the President himself may be implicated, no Member of this Chamber can say they did not see it coming.…
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California
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govinfo.gov
Sep 27, 2018

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