Scalise, Cole introduce resolution to change rules on impeachment
By Juliegrace Brufke - 10/18/19 03:12 PM EDT
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) on Friday introduced a resolution that would implement a rule change that would require the committees overseeing the impeachment inquiry to allow all members to have access to the proceedings, depositions and transcribed interviews.
Its introduction comes after a group of House conservatives attempted to gain access to a closed-door impeachment hearing on Wednesday, where they were rebuffed since they did not sit on the House Intelligence Committee, House Foreign Affairs Committee or the House Oversight and Reform Committee.
"The stakes are too high for Chairman [Adam] Schiff [D-Calif.] and Speaker [Nancy] Pelosi's [D-Calif.] impeachment proceedings to continue in secret. The American people's elected representatives have been denied access to relevant documents and the opportunity to attend depositions and transcribed interviews,†Scalise said in a statement.
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