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On the recordSeptember 12, 2019
Mr. Speaker, I would hope those Senators on both sides of the aisle, as they are having negotiations--and, yeah, they don't have a bill, but they are negotiating. And there are Senators that know that some of the provisions they are insisting upon are things that will not become law because they undermine our Nation's security. And yet, they keep insisting. And so they are not at an agreement, but they need to keep working just like we need to work in a bipartisan way on those issues. And they will get resolved if we do that. And, again, I think if you go look at the example of what the House Committee on Energy and Commerce did on lowering drug prices, it is a great model to follow. That bill should have been brought to the floor. That bill should not have been changed by the Speaker at the last minute to become partisan, and now it is not law. I would like to move on to something that has been troubling that we have been seeing out of the Committee on the Judiciary, and that is this drumbeat towards impeachment. It seems like there is an infatuation by this majority to impeach the President of the United States, whether or not the facts are there. And so there was the Mueller report that went on for years. And all of these members--chairs of your own committees--saying there was evidence that they had, and it was going to show the President colluded here and there. And then it turned out to be false; there was no collusion. We know that. The report showed that.…
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana

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