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America. this abuse of power also jeopardizes the integrity of our elections. all americans agree that american voters should choose our president, not some foreign government. the founders understood that it is profoundly corrosive for arc democracy for a president to invite interference in our elections. as george washington, our nations patriarch whose gaze we stand today warned "history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful flows of republican government. geo...

So what trump has done is tremendously damaging, particularly to law enforcement, particularly to the notions of an independent law enforcement because what hes essentially said is, unless i think you are loyal to me, i will come for you. and you will have a very hard time defending yourself because as president, he has a bully pulpit almost no one can compete with. and thats essentially what were hearing from lisa page is, you know, here i was a public servant. you know, i regret some of those ...

Where did that come from? then a few days later, the night before then deputy attorney general rod rosenstein was due to testify to congress, the justice department literally invited reporters to come to the department to view personal text messages between lisa page and peter strzok. 375 of those personal text messages. i mean, this is the justice departments own employees. and the justice department is supposedly in the middle of an investigation into whether these text messages or anything el...

>> gentleman from california. >> i recognize the gentle lady for november november for this unanimous request. >> lady is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to enter my statement into the record supporting the impeachment of donald trump. >> and i recognize the gentleman mr. heinz for two minutes. >> the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you, madam speaker. i rise for anger and hope. im angry that president donald trump treated his oath in office so di...

You, and you will have a very hard time defending yourself, because as president, he has a bully pulpit almost no one can compete with, and thats essentially what were hearing from lisa page, is you know, here i was a public servant. you know, i regret some of those exchanges, and we should not ignore that. of course, public servants have political views that they should keep to themselves and not have infused in their work, but she was cleared of any wrongdoing by an inspector general, and she ...

Lieutenant colonel alexander vindman and others who have popped up in the impeachment investigation as fact witnesses. i wonder if that, too has sort of inflected your feeling about any of this or if you have anything youd like to say in terms of how theyve been treated? >> this is deeply unfair. we are all public servants. this is simply not it way eosin with wrongdoing, even if you think my text messages were a mistake, this is not how public servants should be treated. and more over, those in...

Than russia, interfered in the 2016 presidential election for corrupt purposes in pursuit of personal, political benefit. never before in our history have we experienced a president who has so clearly conducted himself in a manner offensive to and subversive of the constitution and directed his cabinet members, executive branch agencies and other white house officials to defy lawful subpoenas from congress. was he attempting to hide wrongdoing? it is without question this president has demonstra...

We cant persuade them to do the right thing. so ill address my remarks to the future. todays vote will be judged by future generations, including my precious children abby and nathan. maybe grandkids. historians will study what members of this congress did when our democracy was tested like never before. by a president who put personal interests above country. who compromised national security to cheat his way to re-election. and when caught, not only lied and refused to admit wrongdoing, but fl...

he wasnt supposed to win. how could the voters support him, they asked? the american people were told the only way the speaker would move forward with impeachment was if the case was compelling, overwhelming, and bipartisan. yet, the case for impeachment that has been rushed forward by house democrats is anything but that. to be clear, neither of these articles of impeachment prove any wrongdoing or impeachable offense has actually taken place. instead, house democrats case rests solely on he...

Iterations of it in terms of career public servants, people like marie yovanovitch and lieutenant colonel alexander vindman and others who have popped up in the impeachment investigation as fact witnesses. i wonder if that too has sort of inflected your feelings about this or if you have anything youd like to say in terms of the way theyve been treated. >> i mean, this is deeply unfair. we are all public servants. this is simply not the way, even with wrongdoing, even if you think my text messag...