Called wafer thin evidence. This is where impeachment becomes the norm rather than the exception. Thats not how our Founding Fathers intended. They wanted impeachment to be rare. They set a high bar for impeachment. Alleged abuse of power, the first article is not a high crime or misdemeanor. In fact its not even a crime. Since there is no concise Legal Definition of abuse of power the Majority Party in the house can designate nearly any disagreement with the president are now in an Impeachable Offense. The second article produced a similarly dangerous precedent. Its a practice that began with George Washington and its not obstruction of congress. Rather its a function of the essential checks and balances contemplated under the constitution. It is what every Grade School Student in america knows but apparently House Democrats do
not. Let the third branch of government decide to come up they are the referees. The house has never, i repeat never, approved an abuse of Power Roi Obstructio
we somehow regard constitutional checks and balances is the under struck double underpinnings of our democracy. in fact they are not fixed, they are not indestructible. the president has demonstrated this beyond all doubt. it s up to the congress. the first branch of government, to apply the remedy that the constitution prescribes because the threats to our democracy are real and present. with this vote we are fertile that no one including the president is above the law. gentleman from georgia. thank you. i yield a minute and after the gentleman from kentucky. since the beginning of this impeachment inquiry, it s been extremely troubling to see the partisan divisive way in which democrats have carried out this entire process. i guess we shouldn t be surprised though. they promised they would unseat this president since the day he took his oath of office. from the start, this has been a
faces a stark choice. if we choose to turn a blind eye to put political then we are complicit in the subversion of democracy. if we do not hold this president accountable we have failed the people who sent us here. and we have replicated our own oath to defend the constitution. hi no one is above the law. thank you. it s my pleasure to yield 2 minutes. gentleman is recognized for . madame speaker in three months we ve gone from receiving an unsubstantiated to hear a sigh and discredited whistle-blower complaint to the production of articles of impeachment against the president of the united states. not since andrew johnson has a house engaged in a partisan political stunt. from the beginning this has been
treason, pontius pilate gave the opportunity to face his accusers. during that sham trial, pontius pilate afforded more rights to than democrats have afforded this president in this process. gentleman from new york. of the president was given the opportunity to come and testify before the judiciary committee to send this counsel and question witnesses and he declined to do so. i now yield one minute to the gentleman from michigan. thank you, madame speaker. this is a sad day for our country and for our democracy. the president has abused the powers of his office, betrayed the public trust and undermined america s national security by pressuring the foreign government to interfere in our elections in this moment, and
minute and a half. i oppose this impeachment effort and vote no on the articles of impeachment. i represent the fifth district of virginia was home to so many founding fathers who shaped of this great country we live in out today. thomas jefferson and james madison are not around to see with their creation has become but i don t think they would be pleased to see congress separating the will of democracy by holding an impeachment vote because the democratic parties cannot accept the 2016 election. instead of wasting the taxpayers time and money on specious investigations we could have legislation to surpass medical billing and saw the litany of other issues americans actually care about. tomorrow we might have a vote on the usmca which we should have passed months ago would it not have been for the delay be clean democrats. votes like the one we will take today, the nature and entire process of this proceeding reeks of careers, bureaucrats and