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Steve Scalise: You are the one who made the official decree. This is my time. I will yield time to the gentleman in a moment. If he…

On the recordOctober 18, 2019
You are the one who made the official decree. This is my time. I will yield time to the gentleman in a moment. If he wants to talk about fairness, let's lay out the facts because these are the facts: Our side cannot call witnesses. The majority could change that rule today. I would ask the gentleman: Would you be willing to change the rule to let our side call witnesses and to let the President's counsel be able to question witnesses who are, in secret, making charges against him to try to literally undo the results of a duly elected President? Would the gentleman be willing to change the rules to do that? Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman.
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana
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Oct 18, 2019

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