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With a constitution, a separation of power, three coequal branches of government, balance of power. and when benjamin franklin came out, this side mr. frankly, what do we have, a monarchy or a republic? in the here and now, we are keeping the republic from a president who says article ii, says i can do whatever i want. not so. and if so, if you think that is so and you act upon that belief that is in violation of the constitution of the united states. and so we will proceed with the facts, the truth. it's about the truth and it's about the constitution and we're working hard to defend our demo...

Garrett, what are we going to see next. >> we're going to continue to see this debate play out over the next hour or so and could see extended remarks from speaker pelosi and house minority leader kevin mccarthy as we refer to as magic minutes one minute of time afforded to the leaders that can stretch on as long as they see fit and then i expect to see a largely party-line vote this morning. democrats have managed to bring some wayward democrats who had not yet supported the impeachment effort back into the fold on this, in part by playing up the idea that this is, in fact, a process vote, no...

General welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and to our prosperity do ordain and establish this constitution of the united states. it goes on to immediately establish article i, the legislative branch, article ii, article iii the judiciary. the genius of the constitution, a separation of powers, three co-equal branches of government, to be a check and balance on each other. it's that that we take the oath of office, we gather here on that opening day with our families gathered around, to proudly raise our hand to protect and defend the constitution of the united states. and...

Raised our hand to protect and defend and support the constitution of the united states. that's what this vote is about today. we think the times founders, the times have found others in the course of our history, to protect our democracy, to keep our country united, the times have found each and every one of us in this room and in our country to pay attention to how we protect and defend the constitution of the united states. honoring the vision of our founders who established a country contrary to that principle, honoring the men and women in uniform who fight for our flag and freedom and ou...

Less than our democracy. i proudly stand next to the flag and i thank the gentleman from new york for providing this flag, so many have fought and died for this flag which stands for our democracy. when benjamin franklin came out of independence hall, we heard this over an over, on september 17th, 1787, the day our constitution was adopted, he came out of independence hall, people said to him, dr. franklin, what do we have? he said, as you know, he said a republic, if we can keep it. if we can keep it. and this constitution is the blueprint for our republic and not a monarchy. when we have a p...