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Trump Impeachment Inquiry

Sen. Rick Scott slams 'completely dysfunctional' Congress, says Dems still want to 'relitigate' 2016

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Rick Scott blasts Democrats over impeachment, inaction on budget

Rick Scott blasts Democrats over impeachment, inaction on budget

Senate Budget Committee Member Rick Scott, R-Fla., blasted Democrats for continuing to push for impeachment instead of passing a budget and working substantively for the American people.

However, if Congress continues to push for investigations into the Ukraine matter, they should also seek the facts about yet-unsubstantiated allegations against former Vice President Joe Biden and his 49-year-old son Hunter, Scott said Wednesday on "Your World with Neil Cavuto."

"The Democrats -- if Trump changes shoes, that must be an impeachable offense," he said.

"In the meantime, we're not passing a budget," he added, pointing to the new fiscal year. "They don't care about that, it's just 'how do you relitigate who won in 2016?'."

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"This place is completely dysfunctional. Nobody wants to get anything done up here."

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Regarding Trump's call with the Ukrainian president, Scott said Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., has expressed interest in finding all of the facts no matter the outcome.

"We've got to get the facts and we ought to do it in a methodical manner... We do need to understand what Joe Biden did -- we know that he bragged about getting the prosecutor fired," Scott said.

Scott added the Democrats' insistence on the White House's release of a transcript from a phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will hurt America's executive ability to conduct foreign policy.

"In the future world, no one can have a candid conversation anymore and have a discussion because somebody will say somebody did something wrong and we'll have some investigation."

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"[Democrats] are going to make it very difficult for any president to interact in foreign policy."