Unanimous Consent Request. I ask unanimous consent to enter my remarks in the record in opposition to this Sham Impeachment. Gentleman is recognized. At this time i yield four minutes to the gentle lady mrs. Cheney. Madam speaker, i rise today on the floor of this magnificent chamber, the very heart of our democratic republic, and i would imagine, madam speaker, that everyone one of us in this chamber regardless of party understands, shares a common view that being citizens of this Great Republic is among lifes most tremendous blessings. We all know that no force on earth is more powerful than the force of freedom. It is our miraculous constitutional system, madam speaker, defended by our Men And Women In Uniform that has
safeguarded that freedom for 230 years. Each one of us in this chamber bears a sacred duty passed down to us through generations and affirmed in our Oath Of Office to preserve and protect our constitution. Madam speaker, our nations framers recognized that this republic is fragile and that extreme partisanship can be among the most severe threats to its survival. That is why in federalist 65 Alexander Hamilton wrote, quote, there will always be the greatest danger that impeachment, that Impeachment Decision will be regulated more by the comparative strength of parties than by real demonstrations of innocence or guilt. Here, madam speaker, our democratic colleagues have been working to remove this president since the day he was elected. Searching for an offense on
which they could impeach. Failing to find one, madam speaker, they have decided to assume one. Rather than attempting to enforce their subpoenas in court they have also decided to declare it a high crime and misdemeanor when the president of the United States asserts his constitutional privileges. The democrats are asking members of this body to impeach despite the fact they have presented no direct evidence of any impeachable offense. Let me say it one more time, madam speaker, they have presented no direct evidence of any impeachable offense. If anyone in this Chamber Still believes the democrats have proven their case i would urge those members to ask the chairman of the Intelligence Committee mr. Schiff why he failed to appear to answer questions about his report. Before members vote for impeachment, they might want to know why the author of the Impeachment Report will not defend it under questioning. If the House Impeaches here, madam speaker, it will create exactly the time of risk the framers cautioned us to avoid. It will mean that divided government can imperil a democratically elected president based on unproven allegations and innuendo in the absence of direct testimony. Despite all the rhetoric youve heard today, madam speaker, passage of these articles of impeachment may permanently damage our republic. From this day forward a hyperpartisan bare majority can cite this precedent to try to remove a future commander in chief. I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, madam speaker, think of our republic, think of the constitution, think
of the oath that we all swore to protect and defend that constitution and vote against these partisan reckless and dangerous articles of impeachment. I yield back. Gentleman from california. Madam speaker, im proud to recognize the gentleman from michigan mr. Levine for one minute. Gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, today we proclaim that no person is Above The Law not even the president of the United States. Donald j. Trump abused the power of his office and violated his Oath Of Office by extorting a new and inexperienced president of a vulnerable foreign ally to dig up dirt on mr. Trumps domestic political opponents. He then obstructed the congress, this equal branch of our
government, from undertaking our duty. Outlined in the constitution itself to investigate and check these violations. Today we do nothing more and nothing less than fulfill our duty to our country and to our constitution. Mr. Trump has allowed foreign powers to interfere in our Domestic Affairs. He has endangered our National Security and our democracy itself. For those reasons we must impeach this president. Thank you, madam speaker. I yield back. Gentleman from georgia. Madam speaker, i yield for unanimous Consent Request for the gentleman from oregon. Gentleman is recognized. Pose this resolution on impeachment and ask my words be put in the record. Without objection so ordered. Madam speaker, i have Consent Request. I ask my comments be admitted into the record. I ask unanimous consent for the gentleman from mississippi. Gentleman is recognized. Thank you, madam speaker. I oppose the articles of impeachment. And like my comments be entered into the record. Without objection so ordered. I reserve. Gentleman reserves. Gentleman from california. Madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. Who seeks recognition . Madam speaker, i ask of the gentleman is he ready to close . No, we have a few more speakers. Then i reserve. Madam speaker, i recognize the gentleman from new york for one minute. Gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, if you live in
lennox avenue in the village of harlem in my district, you are not Above The Law. If you live on Webster Avenue in the bronx part of my district you are not Above The Law. If you live in washington heights, the immigrant neighborhood in my district, you are not Above The Law. So i submit to you if you live on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue you are not Above The Law, and you will be held accountable. President donald trump asked ukrainian president to do us a favor and look into the bidens. Thats abuse of power. President trump used the official white house meeting to extort a ukrainian president. Thats abuse of power. President trump ordered white house staff to with hold 400 million in aid to the ukraine. Thats abuse of power. President trump and his staff deny multi defied multiple
subpoenas from congress. Thats obstruction of congress. He blocked witnesses testifying before this body. Thats obstruction of congress. No one is Above The Law. I cast my vote for this articles of impeachment. Gentleman from georgia. Madam speaker, i yield for unanimous Consent Request for the gentleman from virginia. I ask unanimous consent to enter my statement into the record recording that i am opposed to this articles of impeachment on the basis they do not measure to article 2, section 4. Without objection so ordered. I reserve. Gentleman from california. Madam speaker, im proud to recognize the gentle lady from california for one minute. Gentle lady is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, as the chair of the womens Veterans Task force i see every single day the
immense sacrifice our Women Veterans and all of our nations veterans have made in service o our country, or commander chiechchief, our constitution and protect our democracy and every single man, woman and child in our country. When the president of the United States used 400 million meant to protect our National Security in order to cheat in our elections, he not only abused his power, he turned his back on the sacrifices of our veterans and their families have made for all that we hold so dear. That abuse of power is reprehensible, and it is exactly what impeachment was designed to prevent. We have a solemn duty to protect our constitution, to protect our democracy and to honor all those who have laid their lives on the
line for these United States of america. I yield back. Gentleman from georgia. Thank you, madam speaker. At this time i yield for unanimous Consent Request to the gentle lady from indiana. Gentle lady is recognized. I ask unanimous consent to enter into the record my opposition to these articles of impeachment. Without objection. I reserve. Gentleman from california. Madam speaker, im proud to recognize the gentle woman from california ms. Davis for 30 seconds. Gentle lady is recognized. Madam speaker madam speaker, make no mistake we are not impeaching this president. He is impeaching himself. If you are the president and you obstruct justice, try to bribe a foreign leader and threaten National Security, youre going
to get impeached. End of story. Gentleman from georgia. Thank you, madam speaker. At this time i recognize the gentleman from North Carolina for unanimous Consent Request. Gentleman is recognized. Madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to enter the record my opposition to these articles of impeachment. Without objection. I reserve. Gentleman from california. Madam speaker, im proud to recognize the gentlewoman from new mexico for one minute. Gentle lady is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, i stand before you as a representative of new mexico, a place where we believe in dignity and respect for all. In congress ive been fighting for them. Weve been working to make health care more affordable, education more accessible and move our country forward for the
people. But today this president has forced us into a serious debate. Were talking about a president who used the power of the presidency for his own political gain. Risking our National Security and putting the integrity of the next election at risk. Its a sad day when a president shows complete disrespect for congress as a coequal branch of government and for the American People who elected us. We collected the evidence, and the facts are the disputable. We all took an oath to protect and defend our constitution. We have the solemn responsibility to hold this president accountable because its our job. I urge my colleagues to live up to our responsibility and show our fellow americans that no one, not even the president is Above The Law. And i yield. Gentle lady yields back. Thank you, madam speaker. At the moment i yield to the gentle lady from oklahoma. I ask to enter into the
record my opposition for these articles of impeachment. Without objection. And i reserve. Gentleman from california. Madam speaker, i recognize the gentle lady from North Carolina for unanimous Consent Request. Gentle lady is recognized. Thank you, madam speaker. I ask unanimous consent to enter into the record my statement in support of articles of impeachment against president donald j. Trump. Without objection so ordered. I reserve the balance of my time. Gentleman reserves. Thank you, madam speaker. At this time i give five minutes to the gentleman from louisiana, the Minority Whip mr. Scalise. Gentleman is recognized for five minutes. Thank you, madam speaker. Impeaching a president of the United States, this isnt about some solemn duty tonight. Lets talk about what this is really about. This has been about a political vendetta. A political vendetta that didnt
just start with the zelensky call. It started long before that. Just listen to some of the quotes from democrats in this chamber. Speaker pelosi, quote, its been going on for 22 months, 2 1 2 years claactually. We cannot accept a second term for donald trump. Whats more serious is that he cant win. This isnt about some crime that was committed. Its about fear that he might win reelection. Thats not why you impeach a president. Al green, quote, im concerned if we dont impeach this president , he will get reelected. The list goes on, madam speaker. In fact, theres some quotes that i cant even read on this house floor that some of our colleagues made. And keep in mind more than a hundred democrats on this house floor voted to impeach this president before the zelensky phone call. Just look at some of these articles of impeachment that they voted for two years ago. 58 democrats voted to impeach the president over comments he made about nfl players kneeling for the pledge of allegiance. Impeaching the president , over 50 democrats voted to impeach him for that. Just this summer over 90 democrats voted to impeach the president for comments he made about the squad, so he makes comments about some other members of congress who make a lot of comments about him. And 95 members vote to impeach the president of the United States. This is political vendetta. It has nothing to do with the crime committed. There was no crime. And why dont we listen to some of the witnesses . Obviously we werent able to call all the witnesses we wanted, but there were witnesses. In fact, gordon sondland, u. S. Ambassador to the european union, hes mentioned over 600 times in the schiff report. He was their star witness. And what did he say when asked . Quote, did President Trump ever tell you personally about any preconditions for anything . His answer, no. Any preconditions for the aid to be released . No. Any preconditions for a white house meeting . Under oath he testified no. Abuse of power. Lets talk about that article of impeachment, madam speaker. George washington Law Professor Turley who admitted under oath spoke to this claim of abuse of power. He said, quote, if you make a high crime and misdemeanor out of going to the courts, it is an abuse of power. Its your abuse of power. You are doing precisely what you are criticizing the president of doing. Abuse of power. Theres a house rule, madam speaker, that requires not allows but requires that the minority get a day of hearing which we asked for multiple times. They broke this rule. They didnt allow us to have a minority day of hearing. They didnt want to hear the
facts about this case because it was never about the facts because there was no crime. It is about a personal political vendetta. Now lets talk about obstruction of congress as they make up these term tuesday impeach a president because they didnt find a crime and they were looking. Its been an impeachment in search of a crime. But they talk about an obstruction of congress saying the president defied subpoenas. The Department Of State they subpoenaed. Do you know that literally just four days after the subpoena, the Secretary Of State himself responded to your subpoena. The department of defense, a week later responded to the subpoena. The Department Of Energy responded to the subpoena. We can go on and on with all of these agencies. Thats an abuse of power. Thats an obstruction of congress. Responding to your subpoena, thats what they did. They responded. You might not have liked the answer, but thats not the way this works. You dont impeach a president because you doechbt like his Foreign Policy, and so many of those Foreign Policy experts came and testify. But this isnt just about donald trump. They dont just hate donald trump, madam speaker. They hate the 63 million americans who voted for this president , the forgotten Men And Women of this country who have been left behind, madam speaker. House will be in order. Gentleman may proceed. Thank you, madam speaker. Its those forgotten Men And Women in this country that washington have left behind. And whats this president doing for them . Hes delivering for them. 600 jobs in pennsylvania. A thousand jobs, workers in ohio. 750 Million Investment for 600 new jobs across this country. Detroit news, chrysler, 6,500 new jobs. Thats what president is doing to deliver for those Men And Women of this country who have been left behind. Its about time somebody stands up for them and President Trump is. So it is a political vendetta. But if theyre going to go through with this, madam speaker, impeachment will not
just be a stain on this democrat majority, impeachment will be their legacy. Members are reminded to address their remark tuesds to chair. Gentleman from california. Madam speaker, i recognize ms. Custer from New Hampshire for unanimous Consent Request. Gentle lady is recognized. Madam speaker, i request the unanimous consent for entering my statement into the record regarding the 75th Anniversary of the Battle Of The Bulge in favor of articles of impeachment. Thank you. Without objection. Madam speaker, it is now my pleasure to recognize the gentleman from maryland, the Majority Leader of the house of representatives, mr. Hoyer, for one minute. Gentleman is recognized. My colleagues the gentleman will suspend. The house will come to order. Gentleman is recognized. Madam speaker, i have had the honor of serving in this house for over 38 years. Ive served during six presidencies. Ive been here through moments of tremendous progress and terrible tragedy. I have seen periods of rank partisanship and patriotic bipartisanship. Ive seen our twoparty system work. And ive seen it break down. Never in all my year