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On the recordDecember 18, 2019
Madam Speaker, I include in the Record my remarks in opposition to this sham impeachment. Madam Speaker, the talking points that we have heard all day are the same that have been repeated for months--and they all point to the same conclusions: the President did not abuse his power and he has been subjected to the most partisan, lopsided impeachment attempt in history. President Trump said there was no quid pro quo. President Zelensky said there was no quid pro quo. The two people with any direct knowledge both said that there was no crime. Despite that, one of my colleagues--the same one who publicly claimed for over a year that he had seen clear evidence that the President was a Russian spy--secretly met with a whistleblower who had heard that the President had withheld aid for a quid pro quo. Now, we don't know if that knowledge came to the whistleblower second, third, or even fourth hand because we weren't allowed to question them--we just know it was hearsay. What is readily apparent after years of this garbage is that the Democrat party simply cannot accept the will of the American people. Robert Mueller investigated the Russian collusion hoax for over a year and cleared that cluster of lies with his report. Rather than indemnify President Trump for promoting and campaigning on that sham, my colleagues across the aisle cooked up another scandal to deliver on their impeachment promises.…
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Eric Crawford
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