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The gentleman from new york. >> madam speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from illinois. mr. davis. >> thank you, madam speaker. this is indeed a sad day for our country, this is indeed a sad day for america. its a good day for our constitution. its a sad day for our country because president trump has defied our constitution, our rules, our requirements and our expectations. it is clear that president trump places himself above the law, above our constitution and above the expectations...

Will you fall into the age-old political trap of thinking blind partisanship? will you vote to defend our democracy so president trump and every future president will know theyre not above the law and held accountable for their actions? i have made my choice. i hope every member puts the defense of our nation first and joins me. i yield back. >> the gentleman from georgia. >> thank you. i need to yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from nebraska, mr. smith. >> gentleman is recognized 1 1/2 minu...

Trump or president zelensky. president zelensky had said many times theres no pressure. the democrats are calling him a liar, weakening him and his own country. thats deplorable. he has no conditionality in the transcript. five meetings prove that. no conditionality, two of the meetings were after the ukrainians knew of the possibility of aid being held. theyve not ever addressed the four truths and if five facts. also theres nothing done to get the money, they got the money. thats the facts. th...

Years long before any phone call between two world leaders. in fact, 71% of the democrats on the judiciary committee supported impeachment before the phone call. the impeachment sham is based on hearsay, conjunction and opinion. you know what? you cant get a speeding ticket in this country based on hearsay but yet were going to impeach an american president based on just that. where are the crimes of treason, high crimes? those are things that constitute impeachable offenses. not hatred or polic...

Is so divisive to the country, unless theres something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, i dont think we should go down that path. none of those standards have been met. none. the committee hearings were scripted, substance-free, made for tv show. they would be comedy if impeachment werent so serious and grave. witnesses denied awareness of an impeachable offense. because the majority has failed to make the case for impeachment, theres no bipartisanship. compelling, overwhelming, bi...

>> i find no pleasure to come to the floor to consider impeachment. i ran for congress to represent my community and the country i love. as a combat veteran and having served eight years on the intelligence committee, i understand the threat that foreign actors can play. every elected official must dedicate themselves to protect our democracy. nobody should invite a foreign country to interfere with our most sacred act of voting. it was abusive power of the president to ask a foreign nation to i...

Crimes and misdemeanors. such evidence existed, there would be an agreement in this chamber but theres not. theres no evidence. madison and hamilton warned us this might happen and impeachment would veer toward political factions and thats what this is. this is bitterly and nakedly partisan. my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have made a mockery of this process and this government. they despise the president and are themselves abusing the power of this office. all to settle a political...

Country and democracy, not political party. doing nothing here, madam speaker, is not an option. looking away from these crimes is not an option. this is about protecting the future of our nation and our democracy from corruption, abuse of power, criminal cover-up and bribery. and this, madam speaker, this vote is for my son and the future of so many generations. so i urge my colleagues to please vote yes on these articles of impeachment. with that, madam speaker, i yield. >> gentleman from geor...

Risk, we must act. not because of the clock and the caliber but for continued self-government by the american people. i yield back. i reserve the balance of my time. >> gentleman from north dakota. >> madam speaker, i would point out to believe everything you just said is to believe that president zelensky is a pathological liar. with that, i yield to my friend from south carolina, mr. duncan. >> the gentleman is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. >> thank you. were not debating impeachment of an ame...