Sought to protect us. But now along comes a president who actually says he is constitutionally empowered to do whatever he wants. That he can neither be prosecuted or even investigated for any crime. And that he can totally ignore any impeachment proceeding of which he disapproves. These are the claims of a wanna be tyrant who has extowed the virtues of tyrants from manila to moscow. To advance tyranny, he adopts an openborder policy. Inviting foreigners to come into our country and intrude in our elections. Foreign nations have their own agendas. Especially, adversaries like rush s russia and china. American citizens should be the only ones determining the fate of america. If the president continues demanding more foreign interference, we will never have trulyfree elections. And we will not be free. We act today, recognizing the solemn responsibility to safeguard our security and constitution. We pledge allegiance to the flag. And the republic for which it stands. Not to one man who w
gentleman from new jersey for one minute. gentleman s recognized for one minute. madam speaker, i rise today, a time of grave concern for all americans. this past weekend, i joined a bipartisan delegation traveling to belgium, to luxembourg, for the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge. a battle over 19,000 americans gave their lives. today, we are called to preserve that democracy they so bravelily defended. over two years ago, i was one of the first members in congress to vote to advance the inquiry. since then, i have withheld final judgment as i review the facts. and heard the testimony. i believe there is overwhelming evidence, well beyond reasonable doubt, that president donald trump is guilty in both articles of impeachment. abuse of power and obstruction
so yeah. i never noticed there was a bad ass in ambassador. that s really cool. there is, though. is there? there have been worse ambassadors. cynthia strong the ambassador to luxembourg, spent tons of government money on booze and luxury housing. o.j. simpson are you complaining about that? i m saying there have been worse ambassadors. how about o.j. simpson? he was the hertz rental car brand ambassador. he d never been inside a hertz rental car, and he cut his wife s head off, so that s a way worse ambassador. you ve made a point there. by the way, that s not necessarily a recent reference. i did it because you did your o.j. simpson joke. all right, joann. as a former new york, miss north korea new york, who lives in jersey. i m from new jersey. but i represented new york at miss usa.
bill: as you may know president obama wants former republican senator chuck hagel to be the new secretary of defense. some gay americans are fiercely objecting to that saying hagel demeaned homosexuals in the past. here is what happened. 1998 then senator hagel commented on a video james hormel mucking it up with the militant sisters anti-catholic gay group in san francisco. hagel objected to that exposition and opposed hormel s nomination as the u.s. ambassador to luxembourg. ultimately bill clinton did send him to luxenberg. his mounts comments are now coming back to haunt him. this is a little complicated. hagel was objecting to this guy hormel, who was sitting on a news set yucking it up with
bill: as you may know president obama wants former republican senator chuck hagel to be the new secretary of defense. some gay americans are fiercely objecting to that saying hagel demeaned homosexuals in the past. here is what happened. 1998 then senator hagel commented on a video james hormel mucking it up with the militant sisters anti-catholic gay group in san francisco. hagel objected to that exposition and opposed hormel s nomination as the u.s. ambassador to luxembourg. ultimately bill clinton did send him to luxenberg. his mounts comments are now coming back to haunt him. this is a little complicated. hagel was objecting to this guy hormel, who was sitting on a news set yucking it up with these militant people out in san francisco. he didn t think that was good.