The clerk mr. Schiff, mr. Nadler, mrs. Love green, misdemmings and mr. Crow are appointed managers to conduct the impeachment manager against Donald John Trump a message be sent to the senate to inform the senate of these appointments and the managers may in connection with the preparation and the conduct of the trial exhibit the articles of impeachment to the senate and take all other actions necessary which may include the following, one, employing legal, clerical and other necessary assistance and incurring such other is expenses paid be necessary to be from amounts made available to the committee of judiciary under applicable expense resolutions or ap lick cabble accounts of the house of representatives. Two, sending for persons and papers and filing with the secretary of the senate on the part of the on the part of the house of representatives any pleadings in conjunction with or subsequent to the exhibition of the articles of impeachment ta the managers consider necessary. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to House Resolution 767, the resolution is debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and Ranking Member of the committee on the judiciary. The gentleman from new york, mr. Nadler, and the gentleman from georgia, mr. Collins, each will control five minutes. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from new york. Mr. Nadler i now yield myself two minutes. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Nadler the resolution before us today apoints mgers to prosecute the impeachment trial of President Trump. This trial is necessary because President Trump gravely abused the power of his office when he strong armed a Foreign Government to announce investigations into his domestic political rifle. He betrayed our country when he used the powers of his office including withholding vital military assistance to pressure that government to help him win reelection. He vine invited foreign interference again, he jeopardized National Security and did this for personal gain and then violated the constitution by stonewalling Congress Efforts to investigate the house was able to uncover powerful evidence that demonstrates beyond a doubt the president s betrayal and violation of the constitution. We have not heard the whole truth because the president has single document to be turned over. He has prevented us from hearing key witnesses as well. This is unprecedented. We want a fair trial in the senate. That must include additional documents and all relevant witnesses. The American People have common sense. They know any trial that does not allow witnesses is not a trial, it is a cover up. Yesterday, we received new evidence from the president s associate that proves his scheme to pressure ukraine to go after his personal political opponent. New witness testimony has become available including john boltons announcement he would honor a senate subpoena. Resolution, the managers also have authority to submit to the senate any additional evidence the house may require on its own and we will do so. The senate is on trial. We will see whether they conduct a fair trial and allow witnesses or a conductor coverup. Time has expired. I urge my colleagues to vote yes. Gentlemen from georgia. This impeachment process has been flawed from the outset. It resembles not a congressional action but a dr. Seuss book. 24 the speaker declared that the house was conducting an impeachment inquiry. Contrary to the decree that we were all in the impeachment inquiry the house did not october. That by the speaker has been leading the fight for a fair trial in the senate which the speaker had been leading for a fair hearing in the house instead of trashing our rules. Days from71 out of 78 the time it was announced to the time we finished the president was not permitted to participate. In which we actually did something. He was not able to crossexamine, no due process at all and those 70 what does. Presented with the opportunity instead of the Judiciary Committee stepping up and acting we had love professors that already had talking points. We could have had staffers who testified again. A lot of good. Where were the fact witnesses . We became the rubberstamp. Democrats violated house rules and abuse the rules. They violated h 660. When democrats that i call for impeachment because it is an emergency. Another said we have a crime in progress. My favorite is the crime spree in progress. Hyperbole reeks in this room. Emergency, whyan did we hold this for almost a month . We have been told it was to help the senate fair trial. Andopriate inappropriate process we have had. Lets make the facts are here. A phone call with the transcription where there was no pressure applied. There was nothing given by the ukrainians to actually get the money that was released before it was deadlined. They got the money anyway. They want the senate to do their job for them. That is not how it works. Is thatave heard today this is all they wanted. A political impeachment. They said he is impeached for life. This shows the true motivation of the other side. Their dislike for the president and the good work he is doing. Speaker madame speaker, this was always a political impeachment. Trial, i hopeate this ends the political impeachment in this body never sees it again. I reserve. Gentlemen from new york. I yield one minute to the chairman of the intelligence committee. Chairman is recognized. A rise in strong support of the resolution. The task before us is a great one but when demanded by the oath. They found president donald j. Trump abused his power and is thought to cover it up with an Unprecedented Campaign of obstruction. He withheld hundreds of millions of u. S. Dollars in vital military aid to ukraine, a close ally. And withheld a white house meeting critical to the ukrainian Leaders International legitimacy until ukraine would commit to help President Trump cheat in the next election. President trump at his own interests above the national interest, above our National Security and if not stopped, he will do it again. For that reason he was impeached. For that reason the house managers will take the case to the senate and the American People. The appropriate remedy, the only remedy, is the conviction and removal from office of president donald trump. I yield back. Chairman from georgia. I yield one minute to the gentleman from california. Gentlemen is recognized. Back when the National Nightmare began Speaker Pelosi laid bare her attentions and partisan agenda. She told the caucus they needed to strike while the iron was hot. This was always an exercise in raw partisan politics. Country to the warnings of the founders, over the last month we saw the justification for running the fastest, thinnest, and weakest impeachment in American History crumble. Instead of sending the articles to the senate for trial Speaker Pelosi held them hostage in a failed play to gain leverage that she did not and would never have. In terms of concessions she got nothing. Victory, inno moral other words, another failed strategy. After a month of counterproductive and harmful delays i have three questions for my friends on the other side of the aisle. Impeachmentd to being urgent . What happened to congress being on the clock . What happened to stay the house would be derelict in our duty if we did not act immediately . These were all the assertions democrats made over the past several months. It turns out none of them are true. These delay tactics were selfserving, hypocritical, and selfserving. They made an important admission. Some might consider it a concession. You proved a point. Democrats do not believe there claes case was robust enough to win. Thisthe allies admit undermines the case. Some described it as a failed strategy. These are those closest to her. The seniornstein, democrat from california, the longer it goes on the less urgent it becomes. Smith, said it was time to transmit the articles to the senate. Before the statements were made last week, before the speaker they are significant because they were public and honest. I am disappointed these individuals did not have the courage to stand by their initial comments. If impeachment was truly as urgent as democrats claimed, the majority should not have waited for the speaker tissues a political convenient time. Anyone could recognize that this ploy would not work. The house and senate are different institutions. At this point in time controlled by different parties. As James Madison wrote in the federalist papers, the purpose bilateral flows him ism is to stop corruption from taking effect. Just as the constitution intends. The idea of withholding a sloppy impeachment case to force the senate to change roles is constitutionally and politically unheard of. It is ridiculous. Five thee one section constitution states, each house may determine the roles of its proceedings. It does not say the house may determine the rules of proceedings in the senate. The speakers actions have only further persuaded members of the senate that the evidence of impeachment was neither thorough nor satisfactory. You know what . Lets be honest. This was never about persuasion. It was never about the rule of law, it was about what Alexander Hamilton warned us about. One party would get control and just because of the animosity would demean the process of impeachment. Selecting these particular batch of managers the speaker has further proven she is not interested in winning the minds, hearts, or following the constitution. Lets take a look at the first three names Speaker Pelosi announced. Chairmanft schiff, a man who has already been judged, jury, and fact witness throughout the process. Someone wholer, campaigned for the chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee that is responsible for impeachment beginning as far back as december 2017. Before you are in the majority. On the notion that he would be the best person to lead the charge of potential impeachment against the president. By youra chairmanship conference voting for you. You campaign for it. You put your best ideas out there why you should be the chairman. In 2017, that was the campaign. Jeffries, a member who almost two years to this day voted in support of impeachment. That was more than a year before the ukraine call took place. Those are just some of the managers. If you think about the members, there are people on the day they were sworn and to this body told those who supported that they would impeach him. There isid in the past an issue with fairness. Instead of looking to the senate, Speaker Pelosi should look within her own caucus. This investigation was marred by selective leaks to the media. A completely predetermined process. We have been through impeachment before but it was much different. We believed in the rule of law back then. That we would face our accuser. That you could crossexamine, that the minority could ask for witnesses. The day that impeachment was asked to come forward i sent a letter to the speaker of 10 items. They were the fair process we have always used in the past. The answer was no. They had been working on this for 2. 5 years. They could not let fairness determine the outcome. Any other prosecutor would be disbarred for such blatant bias especially if that prosecutor was a fact witness. The reason for impeachment is the same reason it has taken democrats 30 days to send the articles to the senate spite. They wanted to stand the record without giving him a fair chance. Democratswas a house and for the burden of proof during the fair investigation. ,or every american watching take for instance if this was your government, if you switched the burden of proof on you. Max rose characterized it this way, this new freshman of the majority, the president says he is innocent so all we are saying is privet proof it. To forbid they say you have prove it. Only in this house do we do that. Innocent wasproven that impeachment was not about upholding just justice or upholding law. Democrats have invented a more destructive standard. You are guilty because they say so. Feared this day. Alexander hamilton warned us of this day. I hope to this day would not come. I hope those who uphold the constitution would believe in the rule of law instead of the spite of the dislike of an individual. The Kangaroo Court on College Campuses seem to accusation is enough. Sunday early as last Speaker Pelosi made that point clear to all of us. Asked what i Senate Acquittal main she said it did not matter. The president is impeached forever. About . What this is just the personality. Just abuse of power that you have within a house that we all feared this country would never do. You can almost the in the speaker smile she spoke about the new standard. Back on thiss look sad saga they will see a rigged process that forever damaged the remedy of impeachment. Speaker pelosi got nothing from the senate but the American People got worse than nothing. They got stuck with the bill for a costly, never ending investigation. The old saying you get what you pay for does not apply here. Congress wasted time and millions of dollars on partisan impeachment. Taxpayers get nothing in return. Democrats misaligned priorities that could improve the quality of life. There is no greater contrast than what we are doing right here today than what is happening in pennsylvania avenue. The president sitting down with another countrys leader in sending a trade agreement. Something people said we could never get done. To make this country stronger, to make america the next central yard. What are we doing here . Majoritying with the has worked their entire time for before they were sworn and. The campaign for the position of chairman. For this moment, this time, the millions of dollars spent, so they could say the president was impeached. That is a lofty history. Those are lofty goals you know have authored more subpoenas than you created laws. But thank god we got a president in the white house that does not sit back. Yes, he got United States, mexico, trade agreement. He is sitting with a trade agreement with china today but think about how much stronger his hand would have been had the agreement taken place when he got it. It was held. Why . Because we were impeaching. That is an amazing agenda you promised people you would do. This is not a moment this body should be proud of. Say,eaker pelosi likes to impeachment is a National Civics lesson, let us use this blunder as a teachable moment. I will make this promise to the American Public the day will come that the majority will switch. We will uphold the constitution. We will listen to the words of Alexander Hamilton and just because somebody else is in an office that we may not like we will not change the rule of law, we will not accuse them of breaking it and said they have to prove it. We believe america is more than a country. America is an idea. Strictness and we ask that students in a run in iran rise up for what they know america to be. That the rule of law was so a moment in ais civics lesson we should learn. This is a moment that will teach our grandchildren, or than 200 years ago, the founders crafted an amazing country but werent just what abuse of power would look like. The sad part is we are witnessing. Contrast in a day and time. Not redorward, we must the same mistakes in congress. If power was you to change, the rule of law would come back. We would have an agenda focused on people not politics. We would have a voice that you are innocent until proven guilty. We would not abuse our power just for the sheer shake of politics. To say you are impeached forever because i dislike you. We are better than this. It is a sad day but the great thing about america, it will all change because the people have the voice. I yield back. Reminded to adjust the remarks to the chair. Gentlemen from new york. I yield myself one minute. Gentlemen is recognized. My colleagues in the minority would rather talk about anything then tried to defend what President Trump actually did because they cant. There is overwhelming evidence the president pressured the Ukrainian Government to interfere in our election on his behalf. Then he covered it up. These are high crimes and misdemeanors and we will prove that in the senate. Second, minority colleagues do not like the ongoing fight for a fair trial because they got results. New documents and additional witnesses emerged that are mistakenly the unmistakably pointed the president s guilt. Understandn people that a trial without evidence, witnesses is no trial at all but a coverup and that will not stand. We must protect the constitution and integrity of our elections. That is what this is about. We must remove this president to protect our country. I reserve. Gentlemen from georgia. Reserve. Gentlemen from georgia has 30 seconds remaining. Gentlemen from new york has one minute remaining in gentlemen from new york has the close. Is the gentleman ready to close . Gentlemen from georgia is recognized. There are no the speakers. I have one more speaker. And you are not ready to reserve. The gentleman is incorrect. The gentleman from new york has one remaining speaker who will close. Gentlemen from georgia is recognized. I will give give me the time . 30 seconds remaining. The gentleman from new york is one minute remaining. Thank you. You are welcome. There are facts. We have talked about the facts. There is not overwhelming evidence. We have discussed this but it does not matter because this is a political impeachment. This has nothing to do with the facts. There has been been nothing done wrong. , thenly thing that matters only real emergency is that there is a 2020 election in which the democrats cannot see the effect this president will win again. They cannot stand to they got running. What do we do . We impeach him for life. Your time has expired. Gentlemen from new york. I yield one minute to the distinguished speaker of the house. Gentlelady is recognized for one minute. Thank you. I think the gentleman for yielding and his exceptional custodianship of the constitution of the United States. For 13 years the top democrat on the constitution and several low 80s Civil Liberties commission. Thank you for your leadership in protecting and defending the constitution. Take as members of congress. As i enter the conversation i want to thank the gentleman from georgia for his apology for his ridiculous remarks about me at house democrats. We accept your apology, mr. Collins. Purpose ofo to the why we are on the floor today. My colleagues on both sides of the aisle we are here today to cross a very important threshold in American History. On december 18, the house of representatives passed articles of impeachment of donald trump. Articles of impeachment for abuse of power and obstruction of congress. By his own admission the president stated that yes, he had that conversation with the president of ukraine. But he saw nothing wrong with it. We dont agree with that assessment. It is a fact when someone is impeached they are always impeached. It cannot be erased. I stand by that comment although i know you dont like hearing it. Flag asby this american i did the day we introduced the articles of impeachment onto the floor. Because every day, all over america, in classrooms as well as courtrooms, and in this congress of the United States when we meet we pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands. To the republic for which it stands, that is what our nation geniust is the exquisite of a constitution that we are a republic. That was the decision of our founders. Their vision. They did not want a monarchy, they wanted a republic. When Benjamin Franklin came out of Independence Hall and was aked, what do we have monarchy or republic . He said a republic if we can keep it. I often wondered why he why that would be in doubt. But we see why right now. When the president of the united articles anded said i can do whatever i want. That is a monarchy not a republic. Tot we pledge our allegiance every single day. Here we are today for the articles of impeachment about to be transmitted to the United States senate. I was thinking this morning and mentioned in the previous public event the Midnight Ride of paul revere. You hear the Midnight Ride of paul movl revere. Undermining the republic for which our flag stands. The president of the United States in using appropriated funds enacted in a bipartisan way by this congress. Funds that were meant to help. He ukraine fight the russians he considered that his private atm and said he could say to the president , do me a favor. To be a favor . Do you paint houses to . What is this . We have a situation that is very sad. Dont talk to me about my timing. Resisted theme i calls from across the country for impeachment of the president for obvious violations of the constitution. I held back. Ng i said this president is not worth it. Didwhen he acted the way he in relation to withholding funds from ukraine and return for a benefit to him that was personal and political, he crossed a threshold. He gave us no choice. Children, our constitution is a vision of our founders. They were so brave they declared , in the time when it becomes necessary. They fought a war of independence and bravely succeeded. They wrote our founding documents, the constitution, thank god they made a amendable so we could be ever expanding freedom in our country. That is what you pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic contained in that constitution. And when we oath become members of congress or ath tooffice we taken o protect and defend the constitution. The president of the united o state also takes that. An oath he has lately violated. Impeached by the house of representatives. For this reason we thought it would be helpful to have not only the strong case for impeachment and removal that was put forth in this house but to no that more was to come. We did not make it come because we said we would wait until after christmas to send this over. They would have liked it sent on Christmas Eve so they could dismiss it. Perhaps they dont realize that dismissal is cover up. Theiras been one of trains of thought. Dismissal is cover up. I was so disappointed the other when the leader of the United States and, rather than strengthening the institution in which he served, became subservient and said and signed onto a resolution that would dismiss charges. Ismiss dismissal is coverup. Time since we passed the resolution and not because passed it on we december 18. On december 20, 91 minutes after trumps phone call with ukrainian president , a top aide asked the department of defense to hold off on sending military aid to ukraine. On december 29, the acting chief by lawyershe effort and the administration to justify the delay and the alarm most importantly, the alarm in the ministration that that delay caused within the administration. On january 2, unredacted pentagon emails which the house subpoenaed and the president about the legality of the president s hold on the aid to ukraine. On january 6, former trump National Security visor john bolton said he would comply with the subpoena compelling his testimony. On january 13, reports emerge that the russian government hacked Ukrainian Gas Company burisma as part of their effort to influence the u. S. Election in support of trump. Mr. Schiff and manager maloney released new evidence madam chair maloney released new parnase of lev photographed with the republican leader that proves the president was a central player in the scheme to pressure ukraine for his own benefit in the 2020 election. The Senate Leader and the president are afraid of more facts coming to light. That is why the leader signed that dismissal resolution, a dismissal against again is a coverup. Whatever the outcome, the American People want a fair trial, fair to the president , fair to the American People. The American People deserve the truth. The constitution requires a trial, a fair trial. The gop senate the american the house is now moving forward the vote to transmit the articles and appoint managers. Pointaker, i am proud to appoint outstanding american patriots to serve in the impeachment panel. Chairman schiff, chairman nadler, chairwoman zoe lofgren. His is her third impeachment of the Judiciary Committee in the clinton and now as a house manager. Jeffries, a serious, respected litigator. Val demings, of the police force of orlando and for part of that time the first woman and africanamerican police chief of orlando. She knows her way around the courtroom. Colorado, anom army ranger, served our country in the military in afghanistan and now in the congress of the United States. He is a respected litigator. Texas, a member of the Judiciary Committee. That you have taken the responsibility, all of you, to bring the articles of impeachment over to the united with the case for the constitution. Back to the children back to the children. We do not want to this president , or any president , to ever violated the constitution. That we seemportant that constitution is a central to who we are as a country. Government, our constitution, so valued, so so honoredhopefully by everyone who takes an oath of office to support and defend it. Hackinghe russians now in ukraine. Reminds me that i think most americans would think that voters in america should decide who our president is. And russiar putin deciding who our president is. That all of this, withholding funds from the russianss to fight the , it is undermining our. Ommitment making decisions in turkey favoring the russians all roads lead to russia. All roads lead to putin. The Administration May think that is ok, i do not. Why thisist and wonder president and some in this congress will not come to the system of our electoral by allowing that to happen, denying that is happening, placing the blame elsewhere, this is a serious this is serious for any of us. Only the vote to declare war will be something more serious than this. We take it very seriously. It is not personal. It is not political. It is nonpartisan. It is patriotic. I think our distinguished managers thank our distinction managers for their courage, their dedication, for being willing to spend the time to do the job to honor the oath that we take and honor the pledge our children take, allegiance to the flag and to the republic for which it stands. For that, i urge a yes vote and youll back the balance of my time. For the third time in history, a president will be on trial in the u. S. Senate. Watch live today at noon eastern on cspan two. Later in the day, Speaker Pelosi delivered remarks and signed the two articles of impeachment against President Trump. The ceremony was followed by the accompanied by the house clerk and sergeant at arms delivering the articles to the senate chamber