On the recordOctober 18, 2019
But the gentleman won't bring that bill to the floor that would pass and be signed into law today, and families across America would be paying lower prices for drug costs. But we don't get that opportunity because they are focused on an impeachment inquiry. And, again, it was the Speaker's own words. She said this is an impeachment inquiry. And so you are trying to play it both ways. You are trying to say, oh, it is just the committee doing a normal hearing. It is not a normal hearing. Every time there has been an impeachment inquiry, there were rules laid out by the House through a vote of all Members of the House--all three times. Even going back to Andrew Johnson, they voted in the House; for Clinton, they voted in the House; for Nixon, they voted in the House, and both sides had fairness, both sides could call witnesses. That is not the case today. Only Chairman Schiff gets to call witnesses. Oh, gee-whiz, other people can question Schiff's witnesses, but why can't everybody question Devin Nunes' witnesses or Jim Jordan's witnesses? Because they are not allowed to come forward under your rules. And, again, we have a rule, 103(a)(2). You cannot say that Members are not being denied entrance. The rules of the House, which you are in the majority, you can change, we can change. But every time there has been an impeachment inquiry, all three times, this House established those rules.…
