--about it being his rule. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Garcia of Texas). Gentlemen, gentlemen, please. Let's have some order.

But Mr. Scalise believes, Madam Speaker, the more he repeats it, somebody will believe it.

When we were in the minority, we were not allowed to do what you are requesting to do. We were not allowed to do it----

But the substance of these charges--and I asked him about one. He hasn't answered the question of whether he thinks it is appropriate to ask a foreign leader for a favor. He says, no, he didn't ask for a favor.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I know he is very interested in reading the whole thing, so let me read him some more of the report we got from the White House. The other thing: ``There's a lot of talk about Biden's son, that Biden…

He is talking about subpoenas; he is talking about the right to see documents.

Mr. Scalise ought to know this is not like any other one. I am not sure about Johnson. There was a special prosecutor in the Nixon case. Nixon fired the first one, Mr. Cox, you will recall. Mr. Jaworski succeeded him. There was a special…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I reject wholly and fully the premise underlying the whip's representation. There is no unfairness in this process. The Republicans are like the lawyer who does not have the facts, because…

You know how this process works. Let them pass whatever bill they want; we will go to conference. We have our position; they have their position. It is led by your party. They haven't passed a single bill. You talk about getting a 302(b)…

The polls reflect that the public believes we ought to be doing what we are doing.

The Justice Department refused to investigate this case, notwithstanding the waterfall of facts and information that raise questions. We haven't resolved the answers to those questions, but we are investigating them because it is our…

I thank my friend for yielding. I was going to mention Elijah at the end of our colloquy, but it was an extraordinarily sad day to hear of the loss yesterday, in the very early morning, of a colleague who was gentle, decent, honest, of…