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As we descend into more disrespect, distrust, and even contempt that will eventually be destructive of this chamber and i fear, eventually our republic. i urge all members to vote no on impeachment and i yield back. >> the gentleman from california. >> i think the speaker. very quickly, my colleagues have made repeated reference to some secret proceedings in some secret chamber. this is a partly what they call depositions. i remind my colleagues that when they were in the majority they conducted...

I said let me look at all the evidence, and i get pounded. but there were a lot of people like me, conservatives and liberals that said you know what? were going to look at all the evidence before we decide. now, for the majority leader of the united states senate and for the chairman of the judiciary committee to say were not going to be impartial. were not going to look at any evidence. were going to treat this with absolute contempt. it just cheapens the institution so much. >> it disturbs me...

Well, as we descend into more disrespect, distrust, and even contempt that will eventually be destructive of this chamber. and i fear eventually our republic. i urge all members to vote no on impeachment. i yield back. >> gentleman from california. >> i thank the speaker. very quickly my colleagues have made repeated references to some secret proceedings in some secret chamber. this is apparently what they call depositions. i remind my colleagues that when they were in the majority they conducte...

With the high american standard of due process and equal treatment. this effort is rooted only in the governing partys hatred of a man elected president of the united states. members on the other side of the aisle have been in pursuit of this moment since 2016. they are consumed by it. earlier in this debate, one of our colleagues referred to our president as a domestic enemy. our founders warned us about this day. that is why our nation has entrusted the future of the country with the outcome o...

Just, you know, a pretend trial, a faux trial, we shouldnt just hand the impeachment articles over to him. after all, the president wants to be exonerated. he doesnt want to have things end where they are now. which as of wednesday is going to be a conclusion by the house of representatives, not just that there should be a trial, but that he is guilty. guilty of abusing his power to get a foreign government to help him in the election. guilty of shaking down a foreign government, and as long as ...

President does not violate the laws. were supposed to stand sentinel to make sure the president will only enforce the laws, take care that the laws are executed. what happens if you get a president who totally trashes the law? some of us think we may be there now, but certainly you can imagine where the president has contempt for the law and trashes the law. what is the result of that? its going to be impeachment. thats why its in the constitution. now we have a president who for the first time ...

Anything differently. he has such contempt for the rule of law that he has established himself as a clear and present danger to the security of our country. >> so what do you do when you are given a constitutional mandate to be able to go through an impeachment proceeding and you do so and the president wont do those things that youre talking about? he wont be reined in, he wont recognize wrongdoing, he wont do those things. but if you believe hes a real threat, is there, after the next week or ...

That the president does not violate the laws. were supposed to stand sentinel, to make sure that the president will only enforce the laws, take care that the laws are faithfully executed. what happens if you get a president who totally trashes the law? okay? some of us think we may be there now. i know some of our colleagues dont believe that. but certainly they can imagine a situation where a president advertises spectacular disrespect and contempt for the law and trashes the law. what is our u...

All-in strategy for democrats. so rather than working we are palins to try -- republicans to try to advance an america first agenda, democrats are wholly obsessed with delegitimizing the president. and if that i.g. report was in any way vindicating of jim comey, then the bible vindicated judas. because you saw -- [laughter] over and over again the work of jim comey criticized and the bias reflected. really, look, these arent just small mistakes that were made, this is the alteration of evidence....

All-in strategy for democrats. so rather than working we are palins to try -- republicans to try to advance an america first agenda, democrats are wholly obsessed with delegitimizing the president. and if that i.g. report was in any way vindicating of jim comey, then the bible vindicated judas. because you saw -- [laughter] over and over again the work of jim comey criticized and the bias reflected. really, look, these arent just small mistakes that were made, this is the alteration of evidence....