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Dozens of Greater Pittston businesses, people honored at awards event

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Support expressed for Luzerne County 911 emergency radio upgrade

<p><strong>U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Moosic:</strong> &#8220;At some point, it becomes necessary to announce certain conduct by an American president as unacceptable. There have been credible allegations this week that the President abused the power of his office, on the international stage, for his own political gain. We need to get to the bottom of these serious allegations through comprehensive impeachment proceedings and document production. Whether such hearings result in actual impeachment of the president and/or senior cabinet officials remains to be seen.&#8221;</p><p><strong>U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Dallas:</strong> &#8220;Speaker Pelosi&#8217;s impeachment inquiry announcement confirms what we have known all along: since Democrats were unable to defeat President Trump in a lawfully conducted election, they are now focused on trying to unlawfully remove him from office.</p><p>&#8220;After harassing the President through countless investigations that began before he was elected related to tax returns, Russian collusion, obstruction of justice, and hotel business operations &#8211; none of which were based in fact and costing tens of millions of taxpayer dollars &#8211; one would think that Democrat leadership would move on to matters of actual importance. Democrat leadership has, however, chosen to focus on creating a far-fetched scandal related to a phone call with a foreign government leader. They are moving forward with an impeachment inquiry based on a transcript they have not read, one that the President is releasing tomorrow, and without the questionable whistleblower report.</p><p>&#8220;This farce, which chooses to push a presumption of guilt where evidence is nonexistent, is nothing short of a Constitutional embarrassment for our country.&#8221;</p><style>
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Area Congressmen split on impeachment inquiry