The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Swalwell i will withdraw an offensive word. Mr. Collins ill withdraw my point of order. Mr. Swalwell may i have 30 seconds. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman has 30 seconds remaining. The chair controls the time. The gentleman has 30 seconds remaining. Does the gentlelady wish to grant him an additional 30 seconds. Ms. Jackson lee im prepared to grant him an additional 30 seconds. Mr. Collins i withdraw my point of order. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman withdraws. Mr. Swalwell we have an opportunity today to condemn or condone. Birtherism is racist. Saying a mexican judge cannot be fair because of his heritage is racist. Saying immigrants from mexico are rapists is racist. Telling four members of the body to go home because of where you believe they are from is racist. There is racism coming out of the white house. There is racism coming out of the white house. So where will you stand today . That is the question we face. Where will we stand . Will we stop and extinguish the flames of racism from the white house or will we continue to fan them . History and our children are watching. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise . Mr. Collins i yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from louisiana, mr. Scalise. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. Mr. Scalise thank you, madam chair, madam speaker. The last vote we just saw on the house floor is beneath the dignity of the house. We have rules for a reason. Just because one party is in the majority, madam speaker, doesnt mean that the rules dont apply to them. The rules aply to all of us. Just as were passing laws here that ought to apply to all People Fairly across this country. The reason we have these rules is so that we can rise above the fray. We have disagreements on this floor. Whats great about this country is we have the ability to come and battle over the disagreements. But we shouldnt get into personality conflicts on this floor. We shouldnt be trying to accuse people of one thing or another, disparagingly on this floor. Thats why we have these rules. So that we can actually debate the issues that people care about. Rather than engaging in this constant barrage of personality attacks that weve seen week after week after week, the American People expect us to be spending our time up here fighting for the issues they care about. They want us to be spending time focusing on lowering their Prescription Drug prices. Lowering health care prices. Rather than this foolishness. They want us to be solving the crisis at the border. Not ignoring it. Not disparaging it. But actually focusing on solving it. These are easy issues for us to solve if we come together an spend realtime in good faith working on them. Rather than this foolishness. Look at all of the other problems that our country faces that people call on us to a dress. They expect that were spending our time up here focusing on those problems. Getting our economy back on track like it is now. It took people working together and its working. We can do more. Fighting the evils across this world. When you look at what russia is doing what iran is doing, when you look at what china is doing. Us to be coming together and standing up working on those problems for the people who sent us here, not worried about ourselves, not fighting amongst ourselves, but actually focusing on their problems. Thats why were supposed to be up here. Thats why the rules of the house should apply to all people, not just selectively to some. With that, i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. Ms. Jackson lee it is my pleasure to yield to the disting westerned gentleman from california, representative lieu, for one minute. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Lieu thank you, madam speaker. I am an immigrant, a person of faith, and i serve on active duty in the United States military because i love america. Yet throughout my life, i have had people tell me to go back to china or japan or north korea and like many immigrants, when i get that go back insult, it is hurtful. Makes me feel like i dont belong leer in this i dont belong here in this country. Make no mistake, when they tell me to go back to my country, it is a racist insult because its based on race. I experience that insult because my race happens to be asian. The good news is americans at record high levels support immigrants. We are not going anywhere. America is our home and i will still be standing here long after the occupant of the white house leaves. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the chair will remain all persons in the gallery that you are here as guests of the house and any manifestation of approval or disapproval of proceedings is in violation of the rule of the house. The gentleman from georgia. Mr. Collins i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from texas. Ms. Jackson lee it is my pleasure to yield to the distinguished gentlelady from washington state, representative jayapal, for two minutes. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. Ms. Jayapal thank you, madam speaker. I am appalled at the statements coming from the white house telling people who dissent that somehow you should go back to your country if you criticize the United States. Let me remind you that dissent is patriotic and in fact a core value to our democracy, enshrined in our constitution, and yes, i am a proud naturalized citizen born in india, a proud patriot, a proud person who belongs in this country and its not the first time ive heard, go back to your own country. But it is the first time i have heard it coming from the white house. And frankly, madam speaker, i am appalled that on this floor, my republican colleagues would call any of us antiamerican. That is why this vote is so important. Because we have to let the rest of the country know that the house of representatives will stand up for the constitution, represent and defend every Single Person in the country regardless of the color of their skin or the country of their birth. Madam speaker, my republican colleagues have been talking about patriotism, about love of country. One of them said love it or leave it. But what is love . Its not to make what we love better through our critiquing our work and our service . That is what real americans do. We do not stifle dissent. We do not otherize or sow hatred and we certainly never say, go back to your country, to a brown or a black person, because thats a racist trope. I hope that every Single Member of this chamber, republican and democrat, will join me in rejecting the president s message and vote in support of this resolution. That is the american thing to do. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back. Mr. Collins i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from texas. Ms. Jackson lee pleased, madam speaker, to yield one minute to the distinguished gentlelady from pennsylvania, representative dean. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. Ms. Dean thank you, madam speaker. Words matter. Decency matters. Recently, President Trump told four congresswomen of color to, quote, go back to their home country. Mr. President , they are home. Three of these congresswomen, my colleagues, were born in the United States. The fourth, also my colleague, is a naturalized u. S. Citizen. Theyre as american as i am. As the president is. As the first laity is. Or anyone else period. Telling people who look different to go back to where they came from is a refrain laced with hate. This rhetoric is neither new nor a surprise but that doesnt mean we can allow it to stand. It belies a fundamental misunderstand of our nations promise that we are all created equal and everyone has a role to play in building a more perfect union, not just white americans, every american. We hereby recognize these words for what they are, offensive, hateful, and the people we represent deserve deserve better. As a cosponsor, i believe we must call out hate wherever we see it whether in our own houses or in the white house. I urge all members to support the resolution. Words matter. Thank you, madam speaker. Mr. Collins reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from georgia reserves. The gentlelady from texas. Ms. Jackson lee im pleased to yield one many of one and a half minutes to the distinguished gentleman from georgia, representative louis. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for representative lewis. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for one and a half maines. Mr. Lewis thank you, madam speaker. I rise with a sense of righteous indignation to support this resolution. I know racism when i see it. Know racism when i feel it. And at the highest level of government, theres no room for racism. It tsaos the seeds of violence and destroys the hopes and dreams of people. The world is watching. They are shocked and dismayed because it seems we have lost our way. As a nation, as a proud and great people. We are one congress. And we are here to serve one house. The american house. The American People. Ome of us have been victims of the pain and hurt of racism. In the 1950s and 1960s, segregationists told us to go back when we protested for or rights. They told ministers, priests, rabbis, and nuns to go back. They told the innocent little children seeking just an equal education, to go back. As a nation and as a people we need to go forward and not backwards. With this vet, we stand with our sisters, three were born in america, one came here looking for a better life. With this vote, we meet our moral obligation to condition democrat hate, racism, and bigotry in every form. Thank you, yield back. Ms. Jackson lee does the gentleman need more time . Mr. Lewis do what is right what is fair what is just. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from georgia. The gentlelady from texas. Ms. Jackson lee im pleased to yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from ohio, representative ryan. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Ryan we the people. More perfect union. The common defense. General welfare. Common good. These United States. The words and phrases of our founding documents were about unity. Were about us coming together against the political and economic concentration of power. Division is the enemy in the United States today. We are unraveling before the very eyes of eyes of the American People. And i believe that this president , that the white house, does not want to talk about the issues facing the American People today. 75 of the American People live in tissue living paychecktopaycheck. Seniors paying 1,000 a month in Prescription Drugs. Students drowning in student loans. Yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from georgia. Mr. Collins i would like im done, ready to close if you are. Ms. Jackson lee were prepeared to close. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from georgia is recognized. Mr. Collins i will not belabor this. I have made many of the points i have said before. I think this was rushed to the floor. I think this is what happens unfortunately when things are rushed. There are things that need to be done and the decorum of the house is important. Weve had a long lesson on that today. The very essence of the resolution which has issues beyond needs to be considered. When we do this, then i think as i said in my hoping and ill stick by what i said then this needs to be voted down. This does not need to go forward. We need to get to a certain time when we are back to literally doning the peoples business. This is the third time, madam speaker, that ive been on the floor doing this third time. More time than aye done on immigration. More time than ive done on any other bills. More bills that could get signed into law. As my whip just said a few minutes but it seems like common grouped is gone. We are willing to reach across the aisle and find Common Ground because people are hurting. We want to go to the press release or to the political statement, which is frustrating. I understand. But weve got to get better and understand what happens to the American People and looking at this and staying a, what do we need to do to make our lives better. When we understand that, thats when we take the decorum of the house and speak as friends to each other who have been legitimated to serve a common purpose. That is our higher aim. And if we dont do that, we are not being honest with ourselves. Lets get to the peoples business. There are budget issues looming, cap ceilings looming and these need to be fixed. Lets take up those bills. Ill put a bill up if you put a bill up. Have markups. And run through committees. Lets said what we want to do. We have been guilty of not doing that. Lets focus at least where we are now and say this is not the way forward and not where we need to be because of the problems in the resolution and the way it was brought to us. And we seen it play out on the floor today. Is that really how we are going to lead for the American People and nothing can be done about it. We are not going to bring issues to the floor that have been brought to the committee. Thats the frustration i have, madam speaker. But time of the debate. We need to vote no and move forward. And with that, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from texas. Ms. Jackson lee the way to move is by voting yes on the underlying resolution. To paraphrase the declaration of independence as indicated we are ll created equal, with certain inalienable rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. An individual whose religion you believe in or do not, a lifestyle you may not know or race or ethnicity that you will never accept. But in this nation, the 13,000 founding colonies, fleeing persecution were described as creating an experiment. It was not a perfect experiment. Some of us who came to this nation in the bottom of a slave boat. Ere were some who were servants and many came by boat and some walked across a border, but they were people desperate for freedom and the right to make their lives better. We can account for those people by the history books. Nd the decades of heroes and sheroes who come in a different skin, different religion and put on the uniform of this nation because they love this country. Im reminded of the era of dr. King. The many miles he walked with the soldiers, the civil rights soldiers and in his early book said why we cant wait. So i join with the idea that we must work for the American People. We must provide for the increase in the minimum wage and Good Health Care and education, but at the same time, there is something in this nation that our children demand that we do, and that is, what are the values of the red, white and blue . What are the values of those stars that represent the many states of this nation . The values are that we are a nation based upon laws, morality and values and a love of country, due process, equality and justice. And it means that every Single Person must have their funnel right of respect. This resolution is simply that. It is a fundamental right to respect and dignity in this instance for four members of the United States members of congress, from boston, new york, minnesota and as they go on, to their places, it is very clear that they must have the respect that is respecting of this particular congress. And so this resolution, these four women are no less deserving of dignity than anyone else. And this resolution is simply one that is to seek, not condoning as was said, but a condemnation of attitudes that may par lay racist beliefs. No one stands for that. And we cannot go on to all that is good without saying to the nation and the world that this is not good, it is not america, we will not accept that as our definition, because we do believe in the creation of a more perfect union. We condemn the hurtful and offensive comments that demean immigrants and people of color, especially if those comments originate from the white house. And what we will do today is accept the challenge of dr. Martin luther king, peacemaker, man of hope and we will say why we cant wait because the nation calls upon our higher angels and that is what we will do when affirm this resolution on behalf of the people of america. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back. Pursuant to House Resolution 491, the previous question is ordered on the resolution. The question is on adoption of the resolution. Those in favor say aye. Opposed no. The yeas have it. For what purpose does the gentlelady from texas seek recognition . Ms. Jackson lee i ask for a recorded vote. The speaker pro tempore those favoring a recorded vote will rise. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of tuse of the closedc coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore the yeas are 240 and the nays are 187 and the resolution is adopted a without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. He house will be in order. The speaker pro tempore members will take their conversations off the floor. For what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise . Mr. Green madam speaker, of rule to clause 2a1 9, i rise to give notice of my intention to raise a question of the privileges of the house, the form of the resolution is as follows. Impeaching Donald John Trump, president of the United States of high misdemeanor, resolved that Donald John Trump, president of the United States, unfit t to be president , to represent the American Values of decency and morality, respec