vision of a republic is under threat from the white house pair that's why today as speaker of the house i solemnly and sadly open a debate on the impeachment of the president of united states. it's tragic the president's reckless actions makes impeachment necessary. he gave us no choice be the president is an ongoing threat to our national security and the integrity of our elections, the basis of our democracy. >> dana: republican congressman doug collins calling of the democrats. >> from the moment the majority party won the house, the inevitability that we would be here today is only a matter what date they would schedule it. nothing else. in fact, they began to even look further than september 24, the speaker announced in impeachment hearing. they do not care about anything except getting the time done and the calendar. they do not care about facts,