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Steve Scalise

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Steve Scalise is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 1st congressional district since 2008. A member of the Republican Party, Scalise has held significant leadership roles, including serving as the House Majority Whip. Throughout his tenure, he has focused on issues such as tax reform, healthcare, and energy policy, advocating for conservative principles in Congress.

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Oct 18, 2019

We never had an impeachment inquiry. We are talking about an impeachment inquiry, which has been done before--there is precedent--three times, and it has always been done the same way. You are now having an impeachment inquiry, but you are…

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Oct 18, 2019

--of collusion, and there was no collusion. So now we move on to this claim of quid pro quo. Well, first of all, you can name all the whistleblowers you want--you won't. You won't even allow the whistleblower to be interviewed, someone who…

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Oct 18, 2019

So a phone call, this was before the transcript was released, there were all of these insinuations. And this is a pattern, by the way, we have seen even going back to the Mueller investigation. And again, I cited the chairman running…

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Oct 18, 2019

I thank the gentleman. Maybe we would both agree that it might be helpful if the four leaders--the Speaker, the minority leader, the Senate majority leader, and Senate minority leader--got in a room and agreed not to leave until they come…

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Oct 18, 2019

Well, if both sides wanted the truth, they would let all witnesses be able to come forward. You shouldn't be so insecure in your claim that you won't even let somebody come and give an alternative view of some of the secondhand and, in…

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Oct 18, 2019

And the Chief of Staff talked about corruption, which is the law, by the way. The law says we have to root out corruption.

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Oct 18, 2019

I am talking about fairness, both sides having equal access to call witnesses, to counter things that are said that are inaccurate, which are, right now, not being allowed to happen. Again, it is in secret. Nobody can see. You can make…

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Oct 18, 2019

The last time it was done was during Bill Clinton's time in office. That was the last time it was done.

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Oct 18, 2019

CrowdStrike was the subject of the favor for us, for our country, to find out how Russia interfered with the elections. By the way, all nine Republicans of the House Intelligence Committee sent a letter to Chairman Schiff accusing him of…

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Oct 18, 2019

So I would just ask the gentleman, would he be willing to treat this impeachment inquiry, as the Speaker designated it, like all of the other impeachment inquiries in the history of this Congress that have been held, in a fair process…

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Oct 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…

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Oct 18, 2019

I know we all continue to mourn the loss of our colleague, Elijah Cummings. We still see the flowers sitting in the spot where Elijah used to sit. Yesterday, I thought we had a very appropriate remembrance of our colleague in a special…

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