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Appropriated funds to advance his own political interest at the expense of our national security, this acts as a threat to the integrity of our elections, president trump must not get away with this. no one in this country, no one is above the law and without a yield back. >> the gentleman yields back, mr. johnson. >> this has been a truly historical and outrageous violation of due process, a series of violations of due process. a staff member or as a witness a method of chairman gave strangely conflicting answers that important question. when i objected under house rule 17 that he was repeate...

Belief based on that experience that ignoring the minorities stated rights for hearing under the rules of this house severely undermines the future of this institution. >> yes. >> i would like to quote what we heard from the democratic staff in his opening comments, it is the hope that any discussion we can put aside political rancor, disagreement, and have a fair discussion. that is far from what has happened here today for the days leading up to this. the american people deserve better than this. i yield the remainder of my time to mr. collins. >> thank you. mr. castor, who is a good time to...

Democratic process to you? >> abraham lincoln jumped out a second story window in springfield to avoid a vote in the illinois legislature to prevent a quorum from taking place. there are quorum rules. that's part of the game. do i think the democrats look great in this? no. do i think what's happening in wisconsin is a travesty? yes. we should not be attacking people's rights to join organizations. it's un-american, frankly. so i think people use the tools that they have. in this case, preventing a quorum from taking place is one of the tools. >> let me ask you both one quick question locally,...

Property taxes than they do in any form of income tax. >> let me ask you, looking at wisconsin, and just ask you as a general principle, how do you feel about minority members of a legislature leaving town so they do not have to vote on something they oppose? >> i think you have to show up. you got elected to show up and vote, make a decision. we all know elections have consequences. so they ought to be up there and voting. if people don't like it, they will elect somebody new next time. >> there was an election. they elected a republican legislature and a republican governor of wisconsin. whe...