Whereas under article 1, section 2 of the Constitution, the House of Representatives shall . . . have the sole Power of Impeachment ; Whereas at a press conference on September 24, 2019, the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, stated, I’m announcing the House of Representatives is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry ; Whereas Speaker Pelosi declared that she was directing our six committees to proceed with their investigation under that umbrella of impeachment inquiry ; Whereas there has been no formal vote on the House Floor, or in any of the six committees directed by Speaker Pelosi, to authorize any impeachment inquiry; Whereas, on October 3, 2019, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House, the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House held a classified joint interview in which they received testimony from Ambassador Kurt Volker, the former Department of State Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations, under the guise of the impeachment inquiry ; Whereas it is wholly inappropriate to conduct any impeachment inquiry in a classified setting, and the American public deserves complete transparency from the House of Representatives when conducting impeachment inquiries, including full and complete public access any hearings, witness interviews and statements, documents productions and examinations, and any and all proceedings related to an impeachment inquiry; Whereas sunlight is the best disinfectant, and transparency is the best remedy against partisan politics and injustice; and Whereas an impeachment inquiry behind the veil of secrecy and through closed classified committee hearings undermines the open and transparent process afforded to each Member and the constituents they represent and impedes their review of all evidence related to impeachment as that they can make their own judgment on the impeachment merits: Now, therefore, be it