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government. and then simply says, but you can go to court because that s how things always work. again, it s just important to remember. the facts are clear. no president has ever, ever, ever obstructed congress in the manner that we ve seen from president trump. will the gentleman yield? in a moment. and so as as we go forward, and i don t know how much longer we ll be here. it s always important to make l sure that the facts are clear. and that we don t muddy the waters by suggesting that something that is sosu unprecedented, that we ve never seen before in the history of our country, is somehow just a parcel of thes way things work around here. they don t. know it. friends on the other side of the aisle know it. the american people know it. but mr. johnson s right. sometimes it s important to remind them of it.t. i yield. will the gentleman yield? nt thank you. i just want to add a little constitutional post-script to underscore the verye important point that mr. d ....
there is a it s interesting, they re talking almost exclusively about the abuse of power, they re not talking much about the obstruction of congress. but i think this has been a civil he had kageducation here,e can decide whether this has been an impeachable offense here, because the issues have been aired out well on both sides. they re about to finish the roll call. the republicans will lose the democrats who will win, and then a second one will be introduced. mr. richmond, you are not reported. no. mr. richmond votes no. are there any other members that haven t voted who wish to vote? mr. chairman, there are 17 ayes and 23 no s. the amendment is not agreed to. is there any further amendment. mr. gates? i amend to the desk. the gentlelady reserves a point of order. amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute to hr 755 offered by mr. gates of florida, page 3, strike out lines 10 and 11 and enter the following. a known company named burisma and ....
and one that once again will work with the president to get things done for you and your family, then join with us in rejecting this baseless impeachment. that s what s wonderful about this system of ours. we are a government of, by and for the people. always remember we work for you, not the other way around. now i will say this stronger and with more conviction than i have ever said it before. in this time of great trial and tribulation, may god bless america. i yield back. [ applause ] gentleman from california is recognized. house will be in order. gentleman from california. madam speaker, i recognize myself for the remainder of our time. gentleman is recognized. madam speaker, my colleagues, after eight hours, let us return to where we began with the articles themselves. article one charges the president of the united states with abusing the power of his office by coerce an ally into cheating in a u.s. election on his behalf. it charges the president of the united ....
facilities across the country. the administration has worked with the committee staff to observe 11 cpb, 13 i.c.e. detention activities to contract with hhs. contrary to the assertions from the democrats, the trump administration has cooperated substantially in matters related to the border and elsewhere, but let s just contrast that with the democrats combative posture. in letters to the state department employees the committee threatened witnesses that, and i quote, any failure to appear, any failure to appear in response to a mere letter requesting their presence for deposition shall, and i quote, constitute evidence of obstruction. this is just letter, not subpoenas. in letters the state department employees in letters to the state department employees the committee threatened witnesses that if they insist on having agency counsel present to protect the executive branch in their confidentiality interest or if they make any effort to protect confidentiality interest at a ....
well, that s what it says, to faithfully execute the law. is there anybody here i don t care what comes out of your mouth today. is there anybody here who believes that this president has faithfully executed the law and faithfully executed the duties, the sacred trust that has been put in his hands and on his shoulder? he is supposed to faithfully execute the law, not ignore it, not abuse it and not forget it. the president is supposed to be motivated by public interest. public interest. the interest of the people. but rather than remembering that or caring about that, i m not really sure he ever really did. the president chose to try to coerce a foreign power, a newly elected, young president that we all were excited about, an anti-corruption president. the president tried to coerce him into interfering in the 2020 elections. the things that i have heard today about vice president s child, things i ve heard about the vice president s son when we have billions of people in t ....