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last 7th of july. it's really a complicated and dangerous situation. thank you for being with me this morning. the house judiciary committee is holding a hearing on the department of justice with attorney general merrick garland testifying. >> it appeared in last week's "wall street journal" by the author of the patriot act, mr. sensenbrenner, former chairman of this committee entitled "the patriot act wasn't meant to target parents." be on the record. >> without objection. >> we'll keep monitoring. still ahead, covid cases in london skyrocketing again, what some british doctors are urging the government to do. we're live in london next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. . wanderers on the road of life. the journey is why they ride. when the road is all you need, there is no destination.
principles of prosecution. >> thank you very much. >> pull the mic a little closer. >> is that better? >> thank you. >> mr. shab *it >> i start by asking that an op-ed that appeared in last week's "wall street journal" by the author of the patriot act, mr. sensenbrenner entitled the patriot act wasn't meant to target parents. most of us had other jobs before we got here to congress. for example, i practiced law for quite a few years. i was a county commissioner, a member of cincinnati city council and before that i was a school teacher in cincinnati in the inner city. all the students in the school were african-american and i taught the seventh and eighth grade. it was my experience that the
fascist regime with a fascist mineset. and we -- mindset. and if you missed this, it's a piece by former representative jim seven seven bern, one of the authors of the patriot act after 9/11 -- sensenbrenner. he talks about, quote, the biden administration's unparalleled everett to transform agencies into instruments of political repression. e he described the memo as the memorandum that will live in infamy. he goes on to say unless it is immediately withdrawn, the memorandum will chill free speech, undermine civil liberties, erode public confidence in federal law enforcement, divert resources from actual terrorist threats and weaken congressional support for key anti-terrorism laws. all of these developments would make americans less free, less secure and less safe. he is completely right. we cannot just let this pass by and move on. we must put pressure on the
fascist regime with a fascist mineset. and we -- mindset. and if you missed this, it's a piece by former representative jim seven seven bern, one of the authors of the patriot act after 9/11 -- sensenbrenner. he talks about, quote, the biden administration's unparalleled everett to transform agencies into instruments of political repression. e he described the memo as the memorandum that will live in infamy. he goes on to say unless it is immediately withdrawn, the memorandum will chill free speech, undermine civil liberties, erode public confidence in federal law enforcement, divert resources from actual terrorist threats and weaken congressional support for key anti-terrorism laws. all of these developments would make americans less free, less secure and less safe. he is completely right. we cannot just let this pass by and move on. we must put pressure on the
fascist regime with a fascist mineset. and we -- mindset. and if you missed this, it's a piece by former representative jim seven seven bern, one of the authors of the patriot act after 9/11 -- sensenbrenner. he talks about, quote, the biden administration's unparalleled everett to transform agencies into instruments of political repression. e he described the memo as the memorandum that will live in infamy. he goes on to say unless it is immediately withdrawn, the memorandum will chill free speech, undermine civil liberties, erode public confidence in federal law enforcement, divert resources from actual terrorist threats and weaken congressional support for key anti-terrorism laws. all of these developments would make americans less free, less secure and less safe. he is completely right. we cannot just let this pass by and move on. we must put pressure on the
interference in an election, has been exposed, and has attempted to obstruct the ensuing investigation. we cannot rely on the next election as a remedy for presidential misconduct when the president threatens the very integrity of that election. he has shown us he will continue to put his selfish interests above the good of the country. we must act without delay. by his actions, president trump has broken his oath of office. his conduct continues to undermine our constitution and threaten our next election. his actions warrant his impeachment and demand his removal from office. i urge my colleagues to support these articles and i reserve the balance of my time. >> the gentleman from georgia. >> thank you, madam speaker. my pleasure at this time to yield three minutes to the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. sensenbrenner. >> the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. >> madam speaker, i rise in opposition to impeaching the president. the constitution says that any civil officer including the
our committee held its first hearing literally the day after schiff publicly released his report. in the first minutes of the hearing mr. sensenbrenner furnished the chairman with our demand for a minority day of hearings and set a deadline of december 6th for the president and republicans to present additional witnesses. it wasn't until saturday, the day after the deadline, the chairman transmitted 8,000 pages of material to the judiciary committee, and we still haven't gotten anything, not that it matters to the majority. you can still go ahead and vote for yes tomorrow and vote for yes today and do that. but it should matter for this institution that while i was in georgia, i received a call from my staff saying they just released 8,000 documents on thumb drives, some of which were going to be kept in a secure holding and when i asked the chairman about these documents, he said, we're not going to read them either, we're not going to have a chance to go through them, we're just going to go ahead with what we're doing. that was from my chairman who i
>> no. >> miss mccarsel powell votes no. >> miss escobar votes no. >> mr. collins votes aye. >> mr. sensenbrenner votes aye. >> mr. chabot? >> mr. chabot votes aye. >> mr. gohmert votes aye. >> mr. buck? mr. buck votes aye. >> mr. ratcliffe votes yes. >> miss roby votes aye. >> mr. gates? >> mr. gates votes aye. >> mr. johnson of louisiana? >> aye. >> mr. johnson of louisiana votes aye. >> mr. biggs? >> mr. biggs votes aye. >> mr. mcclintock votes aye. >> miss lesko votes aye. >> mr. klein votes aye. >> mr. armstrong votes yes. >> mr. stuby votes yes.
>> miss dean votes aye. miss mccarsel powell? >> aye. >> miss mccarsel powell votes aye. miss escobar? >> aye. >> miss escobar votes aye. mr. collins? >> no. >> mr. collins votes no. mr. sensenbrenner? >> no. >> mr. sensenbrenner votes no. mr. shabbat? >> no. >> mr. shabbat votes no. mr. gohmert? >> no. >> mr. jordan votes no. mr. buck? >> no. >> mr. buck votes no. mr. radcliffe? mr. radcliffe votes no. miss roby? >> no. >> mr. gaetz votes no. mr. johnson of louisiana? >> no. >> mr. johnson of louisiana votes no. mr. biggs? >> no. >> mr. biggs votes no. mr. mcclintock? >> no. >> mr. mcclintock votes no.