And could forever weaken the remedy of impeachment. To again quote professor turley, it is the democrats rush to impeachment on these grounds with unfair procedures that is an abuse of power. History will write that. Madam speaker, as i said at the beginning, we face a choice. Do you trust the wisdom of the people . Or do you deny them a say in their government . Fortunately the people will have the opportunity to speak up and render their verdict in 11 months, to my fellow americans. To my fellow americans, if you prove of the approve of the way this house has conducted its business, if you want to see your tax dollars go forward end toless investigations, support this impeachment. To endless investigations, support this impeachment. But if you want to restore a working Congress Like the Previous Congress that listened to you and worked to bring the best economy in this country and ountry has ever seen one that once again will work with the president to get things done for you and your family, then join with us in rejecting this baseless impeachment. Thats whats wonderful about this system of ours. We are a government of, by, and for the people. Always remember, we work for you, not the other way around. Now i will say this stronger and with more conviction than i have ever said it before. In this time of great trial and triplelation and tribulation, may god bless america. Yield back. Mr. Collins i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california is recognized. The house will be in order. The gentleman from california. Mr. Schiff i recognize myself for the remainder of our time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Schiff madam speaker, my colleagues, after eight hours, let us return to where we began with the articles themselves. Article one charges the president of the United States with abusing the power of his office by coercing an ally into cheating in a u. S. Election on his behalf. It charges the president of the United States it charges the the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The gentleman has the right to be heard. Mr. Schiff it charges the speaker pro tempore the gentleman will suspend. The gentleman may resume. Mr. Schiff it charges the president of the United States with abusing his power by with holding official acts, by with holding a white house meeting that the president of ukraine desperately sought, to establish the support of his most important benefactor, the United States, by with Holding Hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to a nation at war in order to get that nation to intervene in our election by smearing his opponent. That is thegraph men of the he gravamen of the charge. I have listened carefully to my colleagues for the last eight hours and its been hard for me to follow. But it amounts, i think, when you cut through it all, when you cut through all the sound and fury, signifying nothing, what it really amounts to is this. Why should we care . Why should we care what the president did to ukraine . First of all, we should care about our allies. We should care about ukraine. We should care about a country struggling to be free and a democracy. We used to care about democracy. We used to care about our allies. We used to stand up to putin and russia. We used to. I know the party of Ronald Reagan used to. Why should we care about ukraine . Of course its about more than ukraine. Its about us. Its abour national security. Their fight sour fight. Their defense is our defense. When russia remakes the map of europe for the First Time Since world war ii by dint of military force and ukraine strikes back, it is our fight too. And when the president sacrifices our interests, our national security, for his election, he is sacrificing our country for his personal gain. That is the gravamen of article 1. Article 2. Article 2 charges the president of the United States with obstructing congress, with denying the congress any witness, any document, by telling all of his administration people, you will not appear. You willig forea coequal branch of government. What is the defense to this from my colleagues . Again, it is why should we care . He is the president of our party, why should we care if he ignore this is congress. I remind my friends that he will not be the last president. There will be another president. And you may be one day, although you do not act like it, you may one day be in the majority. And you will want to hold a president accountable. And what will you say when that president says, you are a paper tiger, you have no oversight irk can ignore your subpoenas, what will you say . What will you argue . No, no, that was different. Then, then we were in the minority. Then it was a republican president. Will that be your argument . Is that how little faith you have in our democracy and our constitution . Is that how poorly you defend and uphold that constitution . But finally, let me ask this question. That overrides it all. Why should we care about any of this . And i will bring you to one conversation that came to light. Because its not the most important conversation but in many ways it is the most revealing. It took place on september 14 in ukraine when ambassador volker mok, the with andre yar top advisor to president zelensky. He supported the rule of law. He said, you should not investigate the last president. President por sean coe. For political reasons. You should not engage in political investigations. And you know what he said . Like you want us to do with the bidens and clintons . And in that abrupt, brutal retort, we see why we should care. Because what he was saying is, you, america, have forgotten what it means to uphold the rule of law. You have forgotten what it means to say that no one is above the law. We are a struggling democracy, but even we know better than hat. , what is atisk here risk here is the very idea of america. That idea holds that we are a nation of laws, not of men. We are a nation that believes in the rule of law. When we say we uphold the constitution, we are not talking about a piece of parchment, were tuck we are talking about a beautiful architecture in which ambition is set against ambition, in which no branch of government can dominate another that is what it means to uphold the constitution. If you ignore it if you say the president may refuse to comply, may refuse lawful process, may coerce an ally, may cheat in an election, because hes the president of our party, you do not uphold our constitution. You do not uphold your oath of office. I will tell you this. I will uphold mine. I will vote to impeach donald trump. Yield back. The speaker pro tempore all time for general debate has expired. Pursuant to House Resolution pursuant ho to the House Resolution 767, the previous question is ordered on the resolution as amended. The question is on adoption the question of adoption of resolution as amended shall be divided between the two articles. The question occurs on the adoption of article 1. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The gentleman from georgia. Mr. Collins i ask for the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested. Those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. A sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are 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 the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] House Speaker nancy pelosi announced the results of the vote to impeach president trump. 230vote on article one was 297 and the vote on article two was 229198. Democratic president ial candidate, representative tulsa gabbert of hawaii voted present on both articles. The speaker on this vote, the yeas are 230, the nays are 197. Present is one. Article 1 is adopted. The speaker on this vote the yeas are 229. Are 198. Present is one. Article 2 is adopted. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the motion to on ider article 1 is laid the table. Without objection, the motion to econsider article 2 is laid on the table. Pursuant to section 7b of House Resolution