Legal authority fell from 100,000 people in may to under 5,000 people in november. and you hate him for it. ben carson thinks low-income housing should be used by american citizens and not people here liillegally and you hate h for it. president trump doesn t want people coming in and going on welfare and you hate him for it. abled bodied people on food stamps to work for it and he is hated for it. the rip off agreement with mexico and canada and led by president bush and president obama and you hate him for it. president trump sides with law enforcement instead of criminals and murders dropped thousand people last year and you hate him for citing with the president. president trump lets christian adoption agencies choose who they want to be parents and you don t like him for that. won t let foreign aid go to abortions and you hate him for that. president trump judges stick to the constitution and he s
Their ivy league academics to explain to 31 states and almost 63 million people that their voice should not be heard. and why their votes should be counted. i pray for our nation every day. but today, i am praying for my colleagues across the aisle. who arrived at this partisan and self-directed fork in the road, and chose the road never-before traveled. and one that has a dead end. donald j. trump is our president. chosen by the american people. fair and square. as we say in texas, it s a done deal. democrats attempt to change history will never undo that. may god bless the greatest country in the world, the united states of america. i yield back my time. gentleman yields back. gentleman from new york. madam speaker, i would remind the gentleman that the impeachment clauses placed in the constitution to protect the american people and our form of government against a president who would subvert our constitutional liberties in between elections.
Power of his office by inviting a foreign government to interfere in the u.s. election. and he did this not to help the united states, but to benefit himself. that s wrong and it s an impeachment offense. when congress exercised oural d investigate, that is also wrong and it s also an impeachable offense. in our country, no one is above the law that includes the president of the united states. and i yield back the balance of my time. gentleman from georgia. thank you, madam speaker. at this point i yield a minute and a half from the gentleman from pennsylvania. i thank the gentleman. you know, december is such a great month and so many great dates in december and we talk about the wonderful things that happened in the decembers of the past. there s also in addition to christmas being something we celebrate. the boston tea party took place in december and in 1941 a horrific act happened in the united states and it s one that president roosevelt said today
And it s clear for all of us to see through the now very well-known transcript this rigged process sets a concerning precedent for impeachable offenses moving forward. i whole heartedly oppose these baseless articles of impeachment. and i yield back the balance of my time. gentleman from new york. madam speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr. peters. gentleman is recognized for one minute. thank you, madam speaker. many lemented this effort is not bipartisan. they have sought to avoid the truth. they have demeaned and insulted witnesses, patriots, warriors, career diplomats who provided evidence against the president. no house republican has joined us to demand the documents and witnesses that president trump has refused to produce. instead of republican leaders this week announced that president trump himself can set the rules of his own trial and
This proceeding that put politics over people. i was not elected to take political votes that attempt to overturn the will of the american people. i ran for office to serve my constituents. let s remember, that is why we are here. weaponizing a motion is not a way to serve the united states of america. to my colleagues that do just that, to argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. thank you, i yield back the remainder of my time. gentleman from new york. madam speaker, i would remind the gentleman that the house has passed over 400 bills. 275 bipartisan bills. driving down costs of health care and prescription drugs, rebuilding infrastructure and taking on corruption and self-dealing in washington. 80% of these bills are languishing on senator mcconnell s desk. i now yield one minute to the gentle lady from ohio. gentle lady is recognized for one minute. madam speaker, i thank the
Our constitution is the very foundation of our republic. its assurance of self-determination has been the shining beacon by which our nation has chartered its course over the last two centuries. from a new democratic experiment struggling to survive to the greatest nation on earth. america has been powered over the years, not by government but by the ingenuity, the bravery, and the faith of its people. confident in their place as one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. and so it is we, the people, who determine our president. not we, the judiciary committee. nor we, the congress. the constitution is clear. it s only when we see clear proof of the impeachable offenses outlined in article two, section four, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors, that we are to challenge the decision of the voters. break the figurative glass and pull the emergency rip cord that is impeachment. we do not have that proof today. thomas jefferson said i know of no safe repository but the people themselves and if we
Presidency and obstructed congress. i did not come to this conclusion lightly. impeachment is an extremely serious matter. but no president can be allowed to pressure a foreign country for personal and political gain. no president is above the law. his behavior has jeopardized the our elections and put our national security at risk and placed his personal interests above those of the american people. his obstruction has prevented the house from conducting its constitutional duty of oversight of the executive branch. by failing to uphold his oath of office, president trump forces each of us as members of the house of representatives to uphold ours. i urge my colleagues to do just that and defend our democracy. i yield back. gentleman from georgia. thank you, madam speaker. at this time i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from virginia. gentleman is recognized for a
When jesus was falsely accused of treason paunshs pilot gave jesus the opportunity to, afforded more rights to jesus than the democrats have afforded this president in this process. i yield back. gentleman from new york. the president was given the opportunity to come and testify before the judiciary committee to send his counsel to question witnesses. he declined to do so. i now yield one minute to the gentleman from michigan mr. kilding. gentleman for one minute. thank you, madam speaker. this is a sad day for our country and for our democracy. the president has abused the powers of his office, betrayed the public trust and undermined america s national security by pressuring a foreign government to interfere in our elections for his own political gain.
As well as the authority to conduct oversight of the executive branch. what did he have to hide? when the framers met over 200 years ago, they went to great lengths to ensure future presidents would be forced to answer to their constitutional responsibility. i stand today in support of the two articles of impeachment. gentleman from georgia. thank you, madam speaker. at this time, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from virginia. gentleman is recognized for two minutes. thank you, madam speaker. today s a sad day for this body. for the voters who sent me here last november and for our nation. benjamin franklin cautioned when asked what he had given us, a republic if you can keep it. today, we take a step further toward losing the republic that our founding fathers envisioned by engaging in activity that they specifically warned against. the misuse of the constitutional power of impeachment for one party s political gain.
Officials. the democrat majority thinks otherwise. they believe that they are entitled to rules, even if they have to change the rules to invalidate the way and the right of the people of america. that s why the abscess of a case does not matter in this charade of impeachment. i believe that the american people recognize and share my urgency about what is at stake here. madam speaker, you and your majority may decide today, but i have faith that the american people will decide otherwise next november. thank you and i yield back. gentleman yields back. gentleman from new york. madam speaker, i yield one minute to the gentlelady from washington. gentle lady is recognized for one minute. thank you, madam speaker. i rise today in support of this resolution. after carefully reviewing all the evidence and the articles of impeachment before us, it is clear that president trump abused the power of the