Rules for the house as we move forward, granting the same or greater Due Process Rights to the president and the minority as they themselves drafted when they were in the majority. We will have open hearings. They can question witnesses. They can propose subpoenas. They can present evidence. I am proud to sponsor this resolution. Our constitution requires it and our democracy depends on it. With that, i yield back. Gentleman from oklahoma. Thank you very much, madam speaker. I yield two minutes to my good friend distinguished republican Ranking Member the House Judiciary Committee from the state of georgia mr. Collins. Gentleman is recognized for two minutes. Thank you, madam speaker. No matter what is said by the other side today this is a dark day and a cloud has fallen on this house. It has been falling for ten months and it is showing itself today. What we are seeing is this. If the gentleman who the friend of mine from the rules committee would actually want to talk about where these the same rules as clinton and nixon, then we would have had a much longer period of debate, because he knows and i know it is not. There are similarities, some better, some not, but they are not the same. The problem im having here is the resolution before us today is not about transparency, its about control. Its not about fairness, its about winning. You know how i know this . Because the how the abilities of the transferring from Intel Committee to the Judiciary Committee will be had, and no time frame. And maybe we didnt know how to properly ask in rules committee, and i will tell you that we know properly how to use rules 2e that we were told by one of the committees that we could not have access because the parliamentarian said no, and this is false and it needs to stop. This house is developing and shredding procedures everyday, and if the members of the minority and the majority cannot have the rights they are given, then we are in a sad situation. In the haste to put it together, they did not exempt the rule 211e, and it was known in the nixon and clinton impeachment, and we didnt exempt it this time, because we are in such a hurry to impeach this president that we dont give a darn. And so i have a question, we have been here 200plus years as a committee, and our committee has been neutered and our committee who handles impeachment, and we have been sidelined and our chairman have been sidelined and i am sideline and so bad that they had have to have the rules committee write the president ial due process and give it to us, and i you have no more time. I yield 15 additional seconds. I dont know what happened to the committee, but due process only kicks in for the judiciary of the presidency and not this closed door hearings of adam schiff and this a travesty and no one should vote for this and this is a sad day and the curtain isp coing down on this house, because the majority has no idea about process and procedure, they are simply after the president and i yield back. Gentleman from massachusetts. Madam speaker, i get it the friends from the other sides of the aisle want to talk about process, process, and none of them want to talk about the president s conduct and that is speaking volumes. I would like to yield one minute to the gentleman of florida and another distinguished member mr. Hastings. The gentleman is recognized for one minute. Thank you, chairman and i thank the Ranking Member cole for the manner in which you are shepherding us through the difficult process. Madam speaker, it is time for the American People to see how the administration put our National Security on the Auction Block in exchange for political favors. At the heart of this scandal is the white houses decision to slam the brakes on nearly 400 million of military aid for ukraine. Military aid for a vital partner. Military aid that was desperately needed to beat back russian aggression. Military aid that was key to our own National Security and essential in keeping an adversary at bay. We know what our ukrainian friends thought about this. They were horrified. The facts are clear. I will talk National Security experts, and viewed it as grave and dangerous mistake. And as we have seen time and time again, from the Trump Administration, this decision played right into Vladimir Putins hands. I yield an additional 20 seconds. I support pushing ahead in the inquiry, because i swore an oath to defend the constitution against americas enemies, and the American People deserve the facts of how this abuse of power betrayed our National Security and put our country at risk. Gentleman yields back. The gentleman from oklahoma. Thank you, madam speaker, and i will yield as i must respond to my friend mr. Mcgovern, and we are debating the process here, because that is what this is, and it is a process resolution to impeach the president of the United States. You did not accept a single amendment last night and you did not confer with us, and that is why we are talk process and it is unfair process and with that i yield to the member of the rules committee ms. Lessko. This process a sham. This motion to legitimate is a sham. This is entitled the open and transparent investigative transparent proceedings on intelligence and the process set forth in this resolution is far from open, and far from transparent, and in fact, it is the exact opposite. The resolution continues the closed door meetings that blocks entry to members of congress and prohibits the president s Due Process Rights. And it merely authorizes but it does not require chairman schiff to make transcripts public. Last night the republicans offered 17 amendments to add some fairness into the process, but democrats rejected them all. I had an amendment to ensure the minority witnesses could call an equal number of witnesses as the majority. Democrats said no. I had amendment to require the intel chairman to turn over exculpatory materials to the Judiciary Committee, and democrats shot it down. I had amendment to give Ranking Members of the same authority as chairman to submit material fos Judiciary Committee, and democrats rejected that, too. The process set forth by this resolution violates basic standards of fairness. I urge opposition to this resolution and i yield back the balance of my time. The gentle lady yields back. The gentleman from massachusetts. I recognize myself, and the gentle lady wants to talk about sham process, and lets talk about a sham process, instead of recognizing the constitutional duties of the congress, the white house has ignored our duly authorized subpoenas with well key documents and prevented witnesses from testifying and trying to disparage members of congress and i yield myself another five seconds and disparaging members under the constitution of the United States. Article one gives the house the right to investigate the president and we are taking the our responsibility seriously. Madam speaker, i would like to yield one minute to the gentleman from new york, the chairman of the caucus mr. Jeffries. The gentleman is recognized for one minute. The house impeachment inquiry is about abuse of power. It is about betrayal. It is about corruption. It is about National Security. It is about the undermining of our elections. It is about defengd oding our democracy for the people. The house is a separate and coequal branch of government. We dont work for this president or any president. We work for the American People. We have a constitutional responsibility to serve as a check and balance on an out of control executive branch. Our job is to ask difficult questions on behalf of the American People. What we are doing right here is consistent with the words of James Madison who in federalist 51 said that the house should be a rival to the executive branch, and why did madison use the word rival . Because the foun ders did not want a king. They did not want a dictator. They did not want a monarch, but they wanted a democracy and that is what we are defending right now, and no one is above the law. Gentleman from oklahoma. Thank you very much, madam speaker, i yield two minutes to my good friend and distinguished conference chair for the republican party, ms. Cheney from wyoming. The gentle lady is recognized for two minutes. Thank you and thank you to the republican leader for the rules committee for yielding to me. And madam speaker we have a heard a desire and desperation from my colleagues thoron the o side of the aisle that this nation take this body seriously, then they need to start acting like they take themselves seriously here, and when we are here discussing this grave and solemn obligation to addressing impeachment we know madam speaker what a serious process would look like, and we have seen it before with members on both sides of the aisle in the impeachment of a president , and serious and reflects the dignity of the body and the importance of the constitution and that the opposite of what we have seen so far, and no matter what my colleagues say about this legislation, and no matter what my colleagues say about the process they have been engaged to date, it is absolutely the case that it has been a secret process that has denied rights to the minority, and that has involved leaking selectively the things that the majority would like to have leaked in which the rights have been absolutely denied, and they cannot fix it. They cannot fix a tainted record or tainted process, and by now suddenly pretending to be opening it up. Madam speaker, one other time, every time i hear my colleagues talk about efforts to undermine National Security for political gain i cant help but think of what they are doing precisely this morning when we are facing the threats that we are facing as a nation, and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, Speaker Pelosi and chairman schiff and others take what is arguably the single most important National Security committee in this body, the house intelligence body, and they tell the house intelligence body to turn away from the threats, and do not focus on the oversight or the challenges that we face, and instead, we are going to consume you in a political partisan process to impeach the president of the United States. Madam speaker, my colleagues on the democratic side of the aisle will be held accountable by history for what they are doing. I yield another 15 seconds to close, madam speaker. They will be held accountable by history for what they are doing, and they have no right to talk about the threats of the nation if they are diverting the full attention and resources and focus of the House Intelligence Committee on to a sham political process ran by chairman schiff and Speaker Pelosi. I yield back the balance of my time. The gentleman from massachusetts. Madam speaker, i am delighted to yield one minute to the gentleman from florida, the distinguished member of the rules committee, ms. Shalala. Madam speaker, having been through this before, i know how painful the impeachments can be and im not alone in saying that supporting this continuing inquiry is not a decision that any of us makes lightly, and none of us has ever hoped to investigate our own president for obstructing justice and regardless of the political ideology, we understand our constitutional duty and it is with profound sadness and disappointment that we have to continue this investigation. The accusations that the house is investigating go straight to the heart of the constitution. Our constitution endows us with the authority and the duty to hold our colleagues in the federal government accountable if they fail to act in the best interests of our nation. I dont think that anyone here believes that the domestic politics should interfere with Foreign Policy and i hope that we will all vote to continue the investigation simply so that we can be clear on all of the facts. More than anything, i am confident that all of us possess a capacity for fairness and a commitment to doing what is right for the country we love. I yield back. Gentleman from oklahoma. Thank you, madam speaker, i yield one minute to distinguished republican Ranking Member on the house ways and Means Committee mr. Brady from texas. The gentleman is recognized for one minute. Thank you, madam speaker. The impeachment and the removal of a president is a important matter and to let a small group in washington to overturn the will of the entire American People. Above all americans believe in fairness and when accused to do right process, and this sham impeachment is neither. It is secret and impart san and conducted behind closed doors all with one goal in mind to take down President Trump by any means necessary. I will not legitimate this unfair and unprecedented charade with this vote today. Speaker pelosi and chairman schiff abandoned the due process it was guaranteed in the clinton impeachment, and i know because i was here in congress for it. There is simply no cause for this impeachment inquiry, and none. It is shameful to create a constitutional crisis for purely partisan reasons. I yield back. The gentleman yields back. Gentleman from massachusetts. I am proud to yield two minutes to the gentleman from california of the House Intelligence Committee, mr. Schiff. I rise in support of House Resolution 660. I do not rise in pleasure with the events that take it necessary. I rise in strong support of the resolution, but di do with the task before us is a solemn one, and how each member of the chamber approaches the vote this morning and the days and the weeks ahead may be the most Important Service as members of congress that we will ever pay to the country and the constitution that we all love and have pledged to defend. For the past several weeks, the Intelligence Committee, the Oversight Committee and the Foreign Affairs committee have engaged in an intensive investigation, and that work which is conducted with the equal opportunities for both parties to question witnesses has added a great deal to the understanding of the president s conduct as evident in the july 25 call record and the events that both preceded and followed that call. That work has necessarily occurred behind closed doors, and this is because we have had the task of finding the task ourselves without the benefit of the investigation that the Justice Department declined to undertake. And despite the attempts to obstruct, we have interviewed numerous witnesses and provided important testimony about the efforts to secure political favors from ukraine who have provided important testimony about the efforts to secure efforts from ukraine, and we have looked at texts messages of the key members to show how political interests was placed at the forefront of the Foreign Policy of ukraine. This is going to set the next phase of our investigation and one in which the American People will have the opportunity to hear from the witnesses firsthand. We will continue to conduct this inquiry with the seriousness of purposeness that our task des deser deserves, because it is our duty and no one is above the law. Madam speaker, i urge passage of the law, and yield back. The gentleman from oklahoma. Thank you, madam speaker, i yield one minute to my great friend from texas, mr. Babbitt. The gentleman is recognized for one minute. Thank you. What began as a rallying cry we will impeach the expletive president is now the majority flagship initiative. And what a shame and a waste of time in the peoples house. My view, our president was doing the job ensuring that if the taxpayer jobs from my constituents and yours was going to the other side of the world it would be paired with a commitment to crackdown on corruption at all levels and no matter who someones daddy is or who their political ambitions are. We all know that this is inevitable from the moment that donald j. Trump was elected the ends of harassment and impeachment have been waiting for the means. They think they have found them. They are wrong. There is however one small measure that we can take as one house to bring a shred of dignity to the disgraceful proceedings. We can stand and be counted one by one and announce the yea or the nay, and with that i have a parliamentary inquiry. The gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman from massachusetts. Madam speaker, i am proud to yield one moment to the speaker ms. Pelosi. The gentle lady is recognized for one minute. I thank the gentleman for yielding and thank you madam speaker for the recognition. I want to begin my remarks by some of the most beautiful words in our countrys history, we the people of the United States in order to form a more Perfect Union establish justice and ensure domestic tranquility and provide for the common defense and promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and prosperity and to ordain this constitution of the United States. It goes on immediately to establish article i, the legislative branch. Article ii, the executive branch, and article iii, the judiciary, and the genius of the separation of powers and three coequal branchs of go