>> gentle lady's recognized for a minute and a half. >> madam speaker, i rise today in strong opposition to the politically driven articles of impeachment that have been brought before the house of representatives today. for the past three years democrats have been unable to accept the voters' choice to elect president trump. they have used any and all undemocratic and unfair means necessary to try and remove him from office. my vote today is not only against illegitimate impeachment of our president which began not with facts but with a foregone conclusion. it is against house democrats making a mockery of due process and the rule of law. this will not go anywhere in the senate. so all democrats have accomplished is postponing the important work of the american people sent their elected officials to washington to do. this endless crusade to remove the president has put partisan politics above the issues that america has faced today. it's time democrats stop playing