ovi of its national security and our very own. when is it ever right for a president to block a co-equal branch of government from investigating this scheme to cheat an election. the answer, of course, is never. but that word does not come trippingly from the tongues of those who are making the choice to stand behind a man whose behavior is not worthy of your tortured words. by our vote today, we're speaking to future presidents and to future generations. we are declaring that we will not tolerate foreign interference in our presidential elections. americans alone will determine the outcome. and we will not permit a president to order the complete defiance of a co-equal branch of government. and in the end, regardless of the outcome of this impeachment, the president's tenure will end and this body and our grandchildren will be left with what we did here today. ours is a somber generational