Cspan Speaker Pelosi signed the articles and then they were delivered to the senate chamber. Rep. Pelosi . Good afternoon. Good afternoon, my colleagues. As you know, on december 18th,the house of representatives upheld its constitutional duty and voted articles of impeachment against the president of the United States, donald trump. He said in the course of the debate that he did not uphold his oath of office to protect, preserve, and defend the constitution of the United States. The president takes a special oath, a little different from the congressional oath. In fact, he takes an oath that was taken by president george washington, the patriarch of our country and upon whose picture we stand here. So sad, so tragic for a country that the actions taken by the president to undermine our national security, to violate his oath of office, and to jeopardize the purity of our the security and integrity of our elections has taken us to this place. So, today, we will make history when we walk down when the managers walk down the hall, cross the threshold in history , delivering articles of impeachment against the president of the United States for abuse of power and obstruction of the house. As we make that history, were making progress for the american people, progress in support of our constitution, progress in honor of the sacrifice, division in the vision of our founders progress in honor of the , sacrifice of our men and women in uniform, and progress for the future of our children. Make it be very clear that this president will be held accountable, that no one is above the law, and that no future president should ever entertain the idea that article one excuse me, article two says that he can do whatever he wants. So, with that, i will sign the resolution transmitting the articles of impeachment to the senate which will be delivered by our managers, of whom im very proud. When they bring this over, it will set in motion a process on the senate side, probably tomorrow. I dont know their schedule, but it may be as soon as tomorrow. The senators will take an oath of office. They will take a special oath of office to do impartial justice according to the constitution and the laws. Lets hope that they uphold that oath that they take tomorrow. So, now im very honored to be here with our six chairman who worked so hard to help us uphold the constitution with their legislating, their investigating, their litigating. You know the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, jerry nadler, mr. Schiff, distinguished chairmen of the House Select Committee on intelligence, congresswoman maxine waters, the chair of the National Services committee, congresswoman karen maloney, madame chair of the oversight committee, mr. Chairman eliot engel of the Foreign Affairs committee, and richey neil, chairman of the ways and means committee. We thank them for all of their difficult work, and we honor our darling Elijah Cummings who said when one day we are dancing with the angels, what would we say about what we did at this difficult time in our countrys history . And then im very proud that mr. Nadler and mr. Schiff are part of our managers. But i want to acknowledge our other managers with us. A freshman member but i shouldnt say freshman. Theyve been here one year, accomplished great things. Congressman jason crow of colorado, congresswoman value val demings of the state of florida, congresswoman garcia of texas are we all here . Where are we . Wheres hakeem . Hakeem, distinguished chair of our caucus, Hakeem Jeffries of new york. Is that everybody . And zoe lofgren. This is zoes third impeachment. She was for the nixon impeachment she was a staffer , for a Judiciary Committee member, don edwards of california. She was member of Judiciary Committee during the clinton impeachment, in her own right member of the Judiciary Committee and now member of the judiciary chair of House Administration which oversees elections important to all of this, and a manager. So, with that i thank them all for their leadership and their service, and im now going to proceed to sign the articles. Conversations] the senate will receive a message from the house of representatives. A message from the house of representatives. Mr. President , i have been directed by the house of representatives to inform the senate, the house has passed hres 798, a resolution appointing and authorizi