On the recordDecember 12, 2019
Mr. Speaker, anytime we can make an agreement better for the hardworking families of this country, it will be a Christmas gift well received by families all across the Nation. I look forward to getting this done and then hopefully, like I said, getting others done with other countries. We definitely have that opportunity and will seek it. I want to shift gears and talk about impeachment and where we are, where the committee is right now. There are a number of items that I wanted to discuss, but one that has been an issue raised in the Judiciary Committee last night and today that continues to be a concern is that, under the rules, the minority was promised an actual day of hearings, and that has yet to happen. Multiple requests have been made, letters sent to the chairman. For whatever reason, the chairman has rejected and, in appearance, violated the rules by not allowing what has historically been granted as a minority day of hearing. I would like to ask the gentleman if he was aware of this. It has been raised in the committee multiple times, why not only that tradition but why that rule is not being followed, and I would yield.
