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Presidential powers, and the use of impeachment in that instance really in an improper way was never the abuse of presidential power. i think put in the public mind that this is a tool to be used for disagreements about policy, nothing could be further than the truth. i was disappointed i voted against the iraq war, but the congress voted. some people thought we should have articles of impeachment about that. no, that did not undercut the constitutional order. congress voted. it was a mistake, but it was the president and the congress together. it was not the president usurping the powers of another branch of government. here we have a situation that is so obvious. if you look at the facts, it s just inconceivable the things i ve heard today, are just stunning to me that you could ....
Threat. the president has shown us his pattern of conduct. he has made clear that he will continue to abuse his power, to corrupt the 2020 elections. we must act with a sense of urgency to protect our democracy and defend our constitution. in the clinton case, the house voted to impeach 72 days after it authorized an inquiry. it has been 94 days since congress launched its investigation into the president s dealings with ukraine. impeachment is a charging decision, like a grand jury or a prosecutor makes. and we have seen more than enough evidence here to charge and move to trial in the senate. it is the president who is abusing his power. what is not fair is the president s blanket refusal to participate in this inquiry for the sole purpose of hiding the ....
And i really am concerned that from now on in all likelihood when you have the president of the united states and you have the house of representatives and they re opposite parties, you re going to end up with the base in the house of representatives pushing very hard at members to impeach that president, and it s very divisive for the nation. so many other things don t get done when you re going through an impeachment. for example, opioids, 70,000 almost americans lost their lives last year, but we ve done very little about opioids in this committee, and we have jurisdiction over it, doing something about our southern border, which is still like a sieve. far too many people come in illegal. we do almost nothing there. overall in congress our infrastructure, roads and highways it s crumbling but we do very little about that. i think the american people deserve a lot better than what they re getting from this committee or from this congress. so in any event, i want to thank the folks ou ....