Protecting Our Democracy Act

Floor Speech

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Mr. FITZGERALD. Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 5314. The bill is simply another political attack by the Democrats on President Trump. It also destroys the separation of powers between the President and Congress.

I introduced an amendment to the bill to require Congress to be notified when the AG terminates a special counsel, but unfortunately, the Rules Committee failed to adopt it.

My colleagues on the other side of the aisle spent the last several years peddling bogus allegations that President Trump colluded with Russia. Now the Durham investigation has proved these allegations were a sham that wasted years of time and resources, and now we know the Clinton campaign paid Fusion GPS to draft the dossier as opposition research.

Fusion GPS relied on information from Igor Danchenko, a Russian who worked at the Brookings Institution. Mr. Danchenko based his information on tales from Chuck Dolan, a public relations executive who worked for the Hillary Clinton campaign in the past. The whole scheme was a vicious circle that began and ended with the Clinton campaign.

We cannot have a bill that works to prevent overreach by one branch of government. I urge my colleagues to oppose the bill.

Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from the great Commonwealth of Kentucky (Mr. Yarmuth), the distinguished chairman of the Committee on the Budget.

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