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On the recordJanuary 10, 2020
Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman wants to talk about how the process works, I have made it clear. The gentleman is in the majority. They get to make the rules however they want. But to say, as the gentleman said earlier, an honest trial tries to elicit all of the evidence, no one can make the argument that all of the evidence was presented. Again, we called and asked for multiple witnesses and were denied. We were denied the ability to have the witnesses we asked for. Now, they are in the majority. They said no, and they were able to roll over that because they had the votes. But don't say it was fair. Don't say it was an honest trial, when by their own definition, all of the facts in evidence have to come out.
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana

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