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One minute to the distinguished gentleman from california, mr. thompson. >> gentleman's recognized for one minute. >> madam speak, i find no pleasure coming to the floor today to consider impeachment. i ran for congress to represent my community and to serve the country i love. as a combat veteran and having served eight years on the intelligence committee, i understand the threat that foreign actors can play in our elections. every elected official must dedicate themselves to protecting our democracy. no one should invite a foreign country to interfere with our most-sacred act of voting. it w...

But, no, they want to get out here before christmas. so it's okay to rush through the process. i'm ashamed to be a part of this today even as i vote against the impeachment. my constituents are calling every day mad as hell saying we should be ashamed that this historic chamber has fallen so low to allow something like this to happen. i yield back. >> gentleman yields back. gentleman from new york. >> madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. >> gentleman's recognized. >> madam speaker, my friend, the gentleman from georgia, has a tag line about the clock and the calendar. mada...

Bribery and wire fraud. the president's actions threaten the continuation of our representative democracy. i'm proudly voting for impeachment today. >> gentleman from georgia. >> thank you, madam speaker. i am glad to know mr. trump was giving them lethal aid, actually something to fight back with, not what was previously given to them. and there was, again, from the president himself, no pressure put on him. your whole case order destroys if you're coercing somebody if there was no pressure felt. but yet, we don't seem to get that part on this floor debate today. with that, i yield a minute a...

Shortly after he was sworn in. has been going on for two and a half years long before any phone call between two world leaders. in fact, 71% of the democrats on the judiciary committee supported impeachment before the phone call. the impeachment sham is based on hearsay, conjecture, and opinion. you know what? he can't even get a speeding ticket in this country based on hearsay. but yet we are going to impeach an american president based on just that. where are the crimes of treason, high crimes or misdemeanors committed here? not hatred or policy disagreements. if memory serves me right, cong...

Democratically and duly-elected president for the sake of our nation. i urge my colleagues to join with me and vote no on the articles of impeachment. thank you. i yield back. >> gentleman yields back. gentleman from new york. >> madam speaker, all we keep hearing from the other side are -- are attacks on the process and questions of our motives. we do not hear, because we cannot hear because they cannot articulate a real defense of the president's actions. i now yield one minute to the gentle lady from massachusetts, ms. presley. >> one minute. >> madam speaker, i rise today to protect our de...