Vision of a republic is under threat from the white house pair thats why today as speaker of the house i solemnly and sadly open a debate on the impeachment of the president of United States. Its 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, they do not care about time. One day the clock in the calendar will hang along this body in a very detrimental way. Dana all happening while President Trump gearing for a rally tonight in michigan. The president ripping into democrats on twitter saying, atrocious lies by the radical left do nothing donothing democrats. This is an assault on america and an assault on the Republican Party with four exclamation points. Jesse, four of them. That is a lot. What do you think about the democrats saying they are all sad and solemn. Jesse they are not sad. The squad was saying impeach the letter mfer and everybody was c. The saddest part is they are mad because the polls turned against them. Well get that to a second, one when you are hanging a poster, just listen to what she has to say. The democrats talking about they are doing this for the flag . They burn flags, they kneel when the flag goes up and they are talking about the constitution . When have we heard about democrats strictly adhering to the constitution . Never. The whole thing is fake. When you went a long time ago. Thats why the cnn poll, the npr poll, the ibd, monmouth and gallup all have impeachment underwater, juan. The democrats are basically drowning in a flood they creat created. Dana can i show the gallup poll . This has the president of six points since impeachment began. Juan, since jesse directed so much of that to you, i will turn it over to you. Juan thank you. What you saw there is 45 of america, its about half in most polls including the fox poll, says he not only should be impeached but removed from office and we move towards impeachment on this historic d day. The second thing to say as well as approval what did i miss my . Dana i was interjecting that the numbers for the president have improved since impeachment started. Speak to the point is the country is divided juan the country is divided. When this began back in september is when we saw the democrats and much of the country suddenly vaulted to close to half of the country saying based on what they know, the evidence that had been presented to him of this man should be removed from office. He has abused his power. In terms of his approval numbers which were up, like, six points again, hes in the mid 40s. He has never had 50 . Even in terms of impeachment, remember, bill clinton when he was impeached, he was popular. He was at 60 Approval Rating and the demand for his impeachment was, like, at 29 . The contrary with donald trump is half the country and his approval numbers are under 50 . Dana okay. But the number that President Trump is at now is the same level that president obama had at this point in his reelection efforts. Would you like to hear from al green . Greg id like to talk about the reality of this. Trump is not going anywhere. That is why pelosi is so somber. She knows she handed schumer a f fb os. A big bag of schiff. Do you notice that they are the same exact somber tone . They are on the same team, but the more somber they are, the bigger the joke they play on themselves. I dont want to criticize you, dana, but you didnt right the word historic. But what they want you to believe is that this is historic, right . They keep saying, this is historic. This is historic. Yes, maybe its a story, but not for the reasons you think. Its historic, because its the first impeachment based on future actions. They couldnt find a crime from us and now you are saying they should get them out of office in case trump commits a crime. Now its minority report, the tom cruise movie. This is historical, thats awesome. This whole process has pulled back the curtain. We see the medias arrogance, elitism, bias, altogether. All the lies they portray as fact. When trump directly diagnosed fake news as the enemy of the people come easy unfold. Thats whats driving them crazy, its not going to happen. Trump is going to remain president , hes probably going to be reelected using the very tools these people thought they could use against them. Dana congressman Chris Stewart, i will have you react to this. Speaks to your point about future actions and what can happen in the future if this is done. If you could play Chris Stewart earlier today. Speak if the impeachment is successful, the next president i promise you is going to be impeached. The next president after that. If you set this bar is being impeachable, every president in our future will be impeached. Our Founding Fathers recognized that they got it right. High crimes and misdemeanors other than that settled at the battle box. Katie democrats claim they are doing this for the country, doing it to protect democracy, as pelosi set up all the republic, but they are actually thinking very shortterm. The entire process has shown they are complete hypocrites that chose to the line for the narrative they take. Its about protecting the vote of the American People. Democrats only care about democracy when they win but when there is a republican who wins, they protest, there are lots of protesters out all across the country today. They wants to impeach the president , now they are doing it but this is the fourth time theyve tried to do this, lets go back and remember what they try to impeach him for earlier. Al green, for example up or they try to impeach him for criticizing people in the nfl for kneeling the flag. Nancy pelosi today, seems like the National Anthem is now a good thing to be revering as shes trying to win make this fight. They try to impeach him for going after the squad. Tried to impeach him for saying bad things about third world countries. Weve been to this before but they lost our great ability especially in light of the russia case, putting all of their stake in Robert Mueller and try to put all of this in front of the American People with no clear compelling evidence. You can look at this and say, may be call wasnt perfect as the president is arguing, but we shouldnt be impeaching him. I thought it interesting that Tulsi Gabbard as we look head had met, she is supposed to be voting today. She said shes going to introduce a censure instead of voting for impeachment. Dana we love al green. A congressman whos been calling for the president s impeachment since the first day. Since the 1950s. Dana early on, hes been wanting this. Take a listen to what he had to say to them. If this president is allowed to thwart the efforts of congress with a legitimate impeachment inquiry, the president will not only be above the law, he will be beyond justice. We cannot allow any person to be beyond justice in this country. In the name of democracy, on behalf of the republic, and for the sake of the many who are suffering, i will vote to impeach, and i encourage my colleagues to do so as well. Greg if he had a legitimate case, why would he have to show up with a giant photo of a little girl not part of impeachment and a debunked story about separation . If he was purely confident he had a case, he wouldnt need to lie about america which he has been for quite a while. Jesse i think the reds got the best of the democrats. If we remember, there were democrats who refused to certify the election results. There were democrats who boycotted the inauguration. The campaign of the president was spied on, they hatched a partisan witch hunts, accuse him being a traitor to the country, of working with the russians. That was all a hoax. The day the hoax evaporated with muellers testimony, they concocted this other fake whistleblower story, and juan said something very interesting about the polls where they were when this whole thing started in september. I agree, the polls were against the president then. But as more people read the transcript and as more people heard what the democrats case was, those polls turn right upside down. Speed to get out. The polls remain stagnant on this point. Jesse youve been saying you dont tell the audience about the trend. Juan what trend . Jesse im not going to argue with you. The audience knows im right. Juan you are ridiculously wrong. What you hear from my colleagues here is a request for you, the audience, to one, not treated as a historic thing even though its just the third u. S. President who is going to be impeached. Secondly, ignore it. Its the democrats, oh, they are so wrong. Jesse weve covered this every hour of the day juan its the media, thats right. Juan jesse the democrats donald trump made a phone call juan yes, and democrat del mcdonald trump made a phone call about his political interest. You know, the famous line, when schedules call up the patriotism, is to disguise the republicans are trying to divide attention. The clear case of abuse of power by this president. Greg the only abuse of power is the democrats. Jesse when trump wins reelection, hes going to have a mandate like youve never seen. Juan if you care about democracy greg theyve backed themselves into a corner. Juan we have a constitution that says the president is not above the law, he is one of us. Dana i do want to make a point about the fairness argument. I want you to take a listen to sound bite number four, up in the control room. Katie, i think this is the other thing is people watched all of this. The issue of fairness has come up over and over again for years doug collins earlier today. The minority leader in the senate went out and did a press conference and say, they denied my witnesses they were denied by request welcome to the club, mr. Schumer. Thats exactly what happened over here for the last three months. Dana what about the decision to not allow witnesses from the republicans and now having to pay a price for it . Katie theyve given Chuck Schumer nowhere to go and they made him dominate his demands look really silly when adam schiff gave no wiggle room to republicans, damaging their credibility on the issue. I think when the president talks about due process and fairness and republicans talk about it, Everyday Americans can relate directly to that. They do not want to be falsely accused of a crime or doing something they did not do or being removed from the position civil because people dont like them or have of this agreement their policies. Thats what democrats are severely underestimating the blowback of their next year. If democrats really had a solid argument on this, there wouldnt be democrats changing their party to republicans, and there wouldnt be more defections today after all the evidence thats been presented for democrats to vote. Dana did you guys see this . I do not know how real it is but its real enough to make a lot of headlines a couple of hours ago, there is a Movement Among some on the democratic side to have nancy pelosi not send the articles of impeachment to the senate, denying the president a trial, and the opportunity to be acquitted. What do you think of that . Greg here is the thing from what theyve done is theyve belittled the actual importance of impeachment, right . Anybody can do it. By the way, everybody gets their turn at bat, so its going to happen. What trump has done with impeachment is to his advantage. What seems to be an injury actually turns into a passage of honor. Its like, this will help galvanize his base pay probably going to win reelection because it is such a fraud because, yeai going to be impeached, but im going to be the first reelected im going to be reelected after impeachment . Greg thatll be historic. Juan that would be a sad, sad thing. Greg i know youll agree with me. D. C. Style is in need of improvement. Heres the other comedy part of it. The 2010s are the greatest decade in the history of the world. We are seeing the greatest economy in history, probably the best year, 2019, in our economic modern history. The custodian of that economy in a time where we are seeing reductions to disease, increase in income, is being impeached. The best year, the best economy, the best decade of the world, the democrats want to get the custodian out of the job. Juan every decade we have experienced has been better than the last, greg. Thats not actually hallmark. Greg way better, juan. Juan i think as a human race have major mens progress. To suggest that, donald trump showed up and the billionaire made it all right. Greg why is it about money . Juan they ignore what obama did in terms of setting this up. Greg you think its obama. Speed to let it go. I want to talk about democrats, there is a democrat who has gone to tanzania to avoid this vote. The problem is republican blindness to facts. Greg where are the facts . You are doing impeachment to prevent the future. Juan maybe its the president s own transcript of his own phone call. Greg which was actually a perfect phone call. Dana this is adam schiff and going back that they are impeaching them for future actions because they are worried about between 20 election. Sound bite 12. The timeline is driven more by the fact that the plot continues by the president seeking still to essentially cheat in the next election. That is not a remedy or his misconduct. The remedy is impeachment. Thats why we move forward and weve done so methodically but nonetheless with a sense of urgency. Dana jesse, what do you think . He said the president is seeking still to essentially cheat in the next election. Jesse thats a lie, like they are lying about trump cheating in the last election. People lie because they cannot accept the truth and the truth is democrats lost in 2016 and they are going to lose again in 2020. They are protecting their own base from going crazy because i need to send a poison to keep it calm because right now its crazy and thats why weve got impeachment in the first place but none of these clowns can beat the president. Thats why they are trying to preimpeach him. This is just a short circuit of democracy. And to say donald trump gets credit for Barack Obamas economy is nonsense. Juan okay. Jesse which economy is it . A couple of months ago when there was going to be a recession, trump was blamed. Stockmarket records are being smashed and its obamas . Juan hang on, lets go to the facts for a minute and stop with the rhetoric. The facts are the facts, jesse. Greg thats rhetoric. The facts are the facts . Juan Rudy Giuliani continues to travel to the ukraine, trying to collect the information on the president s likely opponent joe biden and you say, no, there is no threat to the president cheating again. Jesse colin biden can do whatever he wants overseas . Speed to get out over here. Joe biden has his lawyers. Juan this is republican blind than the blindness. Dana katie, go for it. Katie lets focus on facts. Hillary clinton paid for foreign involvement by paying a company a firm that was using a foreign spy to get information from russian sources to be used by the fbi to go after president s or candidates. If she were to win, if you didnt, she wouldve been impeached over that because that is far worse than anything the president said in his phone call. Back to adam schiff really quickly, thats what he said is a perfect example of claiming to protect democracy while completely undermining it and accusing the president falsely of things that he did not do. You have jerry nadler saying, we cant trust the next election to fix the problem. If this is happening in a foreign country, in a democracy, the state would be coming to combination of the opposing parties. Dana the democrats can go over and over and impeach more than once if they wanted to do that. More to come as articles impeachment and President Trump. Well be back. Do you have concerns about mild memory loss related to aging . Prevagen is the number one pharmacistrecommended memory support brand. You can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Juan welcome that. A monumental day on capitol hill. House lawmakers still debating the articles of impeachment against president from. This comes ahead of a vote likely later tonight, so lets take you back to the house tour. Its elected members chose hateful partisanship over the sacred oath that has protected this Great Republic since its founding and i yelled back. The gentleman from georgia reserves. The gentleman from california is recognized. Speaker, im proud to recognize the gentleman from new jersey for one minute. Shaman is recognized. Mr. Speaker, in america when we call the Fire Department or enroll our children in school, we do not expect a Government Official to say to us, i need you to do us a favor, though. Why would we tolerate a president using his awesome power to make Foreign Policy when the safety of our country is at stake, not for the people but for himself . I will vote to impeach today because President Trump did just that when he shook down a foreign country to politically investigate his rival. If we dont say this is wrong, any president would be free to ask a foreign power, be it russian, china, or iran, help them hurt his clinical enemies at home. And every foreign tyrant and kleptocratic will know that americas Foreign Policy can be bought by doing our president a political favor. If you believe that our highest duty is to protect america, then search your conscious and asked, do you want our future president to behave as this one has done . Do not whisper in the shadows of the capital that you disapprove and then defend that conduct here today. Do your duty. Do your oath. Defend your country. The gentlemans time has expired. The gentle man from california reserves. The gentleman from georgia is recognized. I yield one minute to the gentleman from South Carolina. The gentleman from South Carolina is recognized. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Over a month ago on november 14th, i spoke on the impeachment hoax which points true then and points true today. Over a month of secret investigation into the administration, democrats decided to open these controlled hearings to the public. This continues the deception by democrats to mislead the American People. Its insulting. No republican witnesses, no councils by the president who could participate, and full exoneration by courageous president Volodymyr Zelensky of ukraine but instead of focusing on funding our military to the National Defense authorization act passed just last week or democrats continue having wasted 30 million of taxpayers money on the russian hoax now proceeding with a ukrainian hoax. This partisan witch hunt diverts attention from the president s successes. That employment rate remains at a record low. Record job creation, the stock market again today is thriving, showing that President Trump keeps his promises but in conclusion, god bless our troops after september 11th in the global war from terrorism. Proud to recognize the gentleman from california for one minute. The gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Speaker, we are here at this moment in our nations history because the president abused the power of his office. By employing a Foreign Government to intrude in our democracy and engage in an Unprecedented Campaign of an obstruction of congress to cover it up. Our credibility in the Global Community has been copper mines. Our character and motivations are questioned. We know where the president s true loyalties lie, not with our constituents, and that with our allies, but with our adversaries and himself. Abraham lincoln once said, nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character, give him power. Donald trump has failed this test. And our test is whether we would be a check on that power. Therefore, we shouldnt hold anyone to account regardless of party or politics who has set fire to the very institutions that define our nation and our values. With this in mind, i will vote yes to impeach donald j. Trump. I yield back. The jennifer from californiayearolds i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman gentleman from north carolina. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise to the process and resolution. When Congress Seeks to examine its solemn power of impeachment, it is imperative that it does so in genuine pursuit of justice. Fairly, transparently, and objectively. Anything less is unacceptable. This partisan impeachment has fallen far short of that. Sadly, Alexander Hamiltons prediction in federalist number 65 is true when he warned that in many cases it we connect itself with the preexisting factions and enlist all their animosities, partiality is, influence and interest on one side or on the other. In such cases, there will always be the greatest danger that the decision will be regulated more by the comparative strength of parties then buy the real demonstrations of innocence or guilt. After years of investigations, hearings, millions of taxpayer dollars, democrats found no proof that the trump committed a crime, no proof as the vague accusations in these articles clearly reflect a basic prewas quit for impeachment, impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors is a charge that the actual crimes were committed, these empty baseless articles expose for the American People what this is, a desperate partisan attempt to avenge the loss of the preferred candidate in 2016 for we must respect American Voters and reject these articles. The gentleman from georgia reserves, the gentleman from the carolinas recognize. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle claim that no republican witnesses were allowed to testify. That is of course not correct. In the intelligence committee, three of the republican request this witnesses testified, one out of every 40 witnesses were republican witnesses. That they recreated the president speak of the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. Today i reflect on the imperatives on two sons of massachusetts, john adams in one second capture the very foundation of our country saying, we are a government of laws, not men. Translation, no one is above the law. And john f. Kennedy, who in his iconic city upon a hill address, caution that anyone of us Holding Public office would be judged by the high court of history on whether we were truly men or women of courage, with the courage to stand up to ones enemies, and the courage to stand up as well to ones associates, the courage to resist public pressure as well as private greed. Whether we are truly men and women of integrity who never run out of the systems we believe and neither financial ambition can divert from the fulfillment of our sacred trust. President donald trump is different and disdainful of that sacred trust, conspired to extract personal benefit. I refuse to abandon mine. I yield back. Gentleman from north dakota. Thank you, madam speaker. Id like to point out that the only republican witnesses allowed in the intelligence hearings were on the democrats preapproved list. With that, i yield one and a half minute to the judgment of South Carolina, mr. Rice. The gentleman is allowed one and a half minute. I rise to the occasion of this impeachment sham thats ripping our country apart. President trump has been attacked by a never ending barrage of lies and corruption and deceit by the liberal political elite including james comey, peter strzok, lisa page, hillary clinton, and the impeachment zealots in this congress. Democrats colluded with russia and ukraine to interfere in our 2016 election by producing the now famous fake dossier. Now they accuse President Trump colluded with a foreign power. What a joke they abuse their office to illegally wiretap and spy on President Trumps campaign. Now they accuse him of abusing his office. What a joke they structure these proceedings to deny the president and republicans in congress of fair hearing, then they accuse the president of obstructing congress. Look in the mirror, folks the reaction of the American People, that this is contriving corrupt, was entirely predictable and is entirely correct. The poles have turned against them in the democrats are desperate to stop the bleeding. Thats why we are cramming the vote in today, just before leaving for congress, to dispose the impeachment as quickly and painlessly as possible. The actions of the democrats are a stain on this chamber. I urge my colleagues to join me in fighting against this shameful abuse of power and vote no on this sham of an impeachment resolution. Thank you, madam speaker. I yield back. Gentleman from california. Of course, there was no preapproved witness list. Im proud to recognize the gentleman from new york, mr. Meeks, for one minute. The gentleman is recognized for one minute. The decision to impeach a president of the that it states is of enormous magnitude and utmost significant. There are several issues that deeply reflect upon the american system of governance. As a Senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs committee, i spent years trying to promote American Values and democracy and the rule of law and other parts of the world, including eastern europe. Because i have been so steeped in ukrainian issues for so long, i know how damaging President Trumps actions were. But the president s damages do not end there. He has consistently obstructed at every turn this investigation. This nations Founding Fathers fought to end on a countable rule, we did not free ourselves from a king to turn the president into a monarch. But the camera of history is rolling and i will cast my vote consisted of the principles of democracy, the rule of law, and our constitution. For the impeachment of an president i cannot lick my granddaughter or any member of future generations in the eyes having condoned actions that undermine our democratic system. I urge all of my sit down the colleagues to do the same. I yield one minute to the gentleman from nebraska. Madam speaker, im strongly imposed delma composed. The high crimes and misdemeano misdemeanors, ukrainians received a one week prior to the laws requirement, a previously no pressure from the Trump Administration ever. Simply put, there was no quid pro quo and no crime. Only the majoritys disdain for the president , that is not an impeachable offense. If the majority does not trust the American People, too many have said that the impeachment is necessary so the president is not reelected in 2020 and that is shameful. Todays vote sets a new president for america. In the future, the majority will use impeachment as a tactic to remove a president based on partisanship. Ill find founders feared this and i strongly oppose this but i want my statement to be in the record till the end of time the show i was on the side of the constitution. Taking a duly elected president who did no crime and i elected for the truth. Speaker pelosi, i yield. Gent of and from california. My colleagues continue to make the argument that the ukrainians got the money. Yet the president got caught, but they got the money. No harm, no file. Its the equivalent of saying if youre pulled over by a crop, and the cop doesnt take the money but arrest you, where is the crime and that russian mark they didnt take the money this is what my colleagues would have you accept. Because the president got caught in the act, we must look the other way. Of course, thats not the way the law works. Thats not the way the constitution works for thats not the way our oath of office works. Our oath of office requires us to impeach a president that abuses his power whether he gets away with it or he gets caught. And in this case, he got caught. Im now proud to recognize the gentleman from new jersey for one minute. The gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, i rise today, a time of great concern for all americans. This past weekend, i joined a bipartisan delegation traveling to belgium, luxembourg, for the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge. A battle that over 19,000 americans gave their lives. Today, we are called to preserve that democracy. That day so bravely defended. Over two years ago one of the first members of congress to vote to advance the inquiry. Since then. I have withheld final judgment as i reviewed the facts and heard the testimony. I believe there is overwhelming evidence well beyond reasonable doubt, that President Donald Trump is guilty in both articles of impeachment. Abuse of power, and obstruction of congress. Therefore, i will uphold my oath to protect and defend the constitution of the United States in favor of impeachment. It is our solemn responsibility to honor all of those who fought and given their lives. To uphold the truth. In america, no one, no one, is above the law. I yield back. The gentleman from georgia. Remember quid pro quo . Didnt work well for them because they didnt have pressure on mr. Zelensky. You had to go poll testing, we threw it in there. A bribe. If they had a bribe, it would be in the article. Guess what, doesnt have it. Cant put it in there. This is all fluff and circumstance because they cant get to the president and thats whats killing them. A minute and a half to the gentleman from indiana. Madam speaker, House Democrats have been obsessed with impeaching President Trump since he was elected. He was not supposed to win but how could the voters support him, they asked . The American People were told that the only way the speaker would move forward with impeachment was if a case was compelling, overwhelming, and bipartisan. The case for impeachment that has been rushed forward by House Democrats is anything but that. To be clear, neither of these articles of impeachment prove any wrongdoing or impeachable offense. Has actually taken place. Instead, the House Democrats case rest solely on hearsay testimony and presumptions from cherry picked witnesses. The framers of the constitution never intended impeachment to be used as a tool to settle political and policy differenc differences. Thats what elections are for. This is a sad and dangerous moment in our history as impeachment is being used to undo the will of the American People and silence the voices of millions of americans in the process. Alexander hamilton would be ashamed of it i urge my colleagues developed no on this partisan impeachment sham and i yield back. The gentleman from california. Speaker, i now yield one minute to the judgment from colorado. Gentleman is recognized for one minute. Thank you, madam speaker. Years ago, i took my first post to the country, went to war and follow side our finest men and women. Some of them gave their lives to this nation but not a day passes by i dont reflect on those sacrifices. I learned during that time that our nation is built on sacrifi sacrifice. We dont make people have decided to put together aside the personal interest, livelihoods, and, yes, give their lives to do whats best for our nation. Our founders created a system to ensure that we would have no kings or dictators. A system that vested power in the people, to ensure that no man or woman is above the law. Generation after generation, the system has survived because people have fought for it. Today, it is our turn. The president s abuse of power and scorn for our constitutional checks and balances is unprecedented. Unless we stand up against these abuses, we will set the country on the dangerous new course. My oath, my love of our country, my duty to honor the sacrifices who came before us require me to act. To my colleagues, it is time to put aside our personal and clinical interests and honor those who have come before us. Thank you, madam speaker. Id yield back. The gentleman from georgia. I yield 35 seconds from the general minute from georgia. The gentleman is recognized for 35 seconds. The democrats new definition for evidence is allegations, allegations based on hearsay, i might add to, so they hurl allegations against the president and they say to him, its not the responsibility to prove guilt, the president s prove his innocence for this is been a sham, against 92 million americans who voted for him and although this process was rigged from the beginning, the democrats never produced a single true piece of evidence. Its time for us to stop this hoax, and vote against these articles of impeachment. The german from california the speaker, im proud to recognize the gentlewoman fro from im sorry, for one will meant one minute. Madam speaker, i rise today in support of our country down the constitution and support of the military members in harms way who defend our constitution. In support of gold star families keep safe their love ones sacrifice was justified. I arrive today in support of the oath i first took at 17 upon entering the Naval Academy and took five more times in my 20 year navy career. An oath that comforted me in the years i have been away from my family deployed around the globe. An oath that encouraged me to remain vigilant on the bridge of the ship at night. An oath that strengthen me when in command as i set my fellow sailors into harms way. Today, an oath that gives me resolve. Resolve to do what is right and not what is politically expedient. Resolve to stand with the president at the white house last week, and resolve to stand up to the president in this house today. I asked my colleagues to have the same strength and the same resolve. I yield back. Gentleman from georgia. Madam speaker, i yield 35 seconds to the gentleman from north carolina. When emotions supersede the facts, the conclusion is cataclysmic. Today, we are wrapping up not a threemonth pocket sets but three year prospect with democrats disdained so much it led to abuse of this very house. House. Same democrats who taught america they sought evidence of russian collusion. Do Americans Trust them . No, hell, they dont. Thats what House Democrats setting the rules, and even bending and breaking the rules to fit their narrative. The majorities of americans see the circus for what it is. I wonder how many more will join them. I yield back. Speak german from california. Speaker, i recognize the gentlewoman from california for one will meant moment. Madam speaker, i rise today to defend our constitution and our democracy by voting for the two articles of impeachment. The words of our sacred oath to find our duty and those words must be capped. Our founders primal fear was powerful members of our government would become, in hamiltons words, mercenary instruments of foreign corruption. President trump abuse the powers of the presidency by ignoring and injuring National Security and other Vital National interests to obtain an improper personal benefit. He also betrayed our nation by abusing his high office, to enlist a foreign power in corrupting democratic elections. Article two, i agree with because it details the obstruction of congress by the president by directing unprecedented categorical and indiscriminate defiance of subpoenas issued by the house of in a manner subversive to the constitution. Time expired. Its the soul of our nation, and by defending it, we are saying we will not be soulless. The gentleman from georgia. Madam speaker, i yield 35 seconds to the speaker from kentucky. Did not be fooled, the democrats are not impeaching the president to protect National Security. The democrats are impeaching the president for following a law they themselves voted for. No less than five times in the last six years, Bipartisan Congress is imposed on the executive branch and affirmative duty to ensure that the government of ukraine was countering your thelma corruption. For good reason, ukraine is the third most corrupt country on earth. The president not only had the Legal Authority to temporarily pause assistance ukraine, he had a mandate from congress to do it. As a result, president zielinskis government made historic anticorruption reforms, making ukraine a more reliable ally, countering russian aggression far from compromising National Security. The president s actions i oppose us impeachment. Madam speaker, my colleagues would have the country believe the president held up the aid to ukraine because it was concerned about corruption. Of course, not a shred of evidence for that. All of the National Security experts across all departments testified that ukraine met the criteria to receive the aid. So what was the real motivation here . One thing is telling. In 2017, the president had no problem with aid to ukraine. Raised the issue of corruption. In 2018, he had no problem with the military aid for ukraine. What changed in 2019 . Joe biden announced he was running for president. And all of a sudden, donald trump held up the aid for ukraine. As ambassadors for 15 testified, the president did not care about ukraine. All he cared about was the big stuff that affected him personally, the investigation of the biden that giuliani was pushing. Recognizing the gentlelady from virginia. Thank you, madam speaker. As the cia case officer, i used to be with foreign nationals who were providing vital intelligence to help inform our hardest National Security decisions and keep our country safe. These individual from countries where leaders abuse their power and defy the rule of law or risk imprisonment and often their very lives in order to provide the United States with information to help us to inform us. But why . Its their belief in the United States, their belief in our country, the longest standing democracy in the world, our country a beacon of hope in the world, a democratic republic founded on a document and the belief in the rule of law, and a belief in its people. Today, i am proud to serve in the peoples house, representing my hometown, and again serving our country, that beacon of hope in the world. Today, especially today, i reflect on the founding documents that have set us apart in the world, leading people across generations and across the world to risk everything, because of their belief in our great nation. Today, especially today, i offer my commitment to upholding and protecting the constitution, the rule of law, and the people it governs. The gentleman from georgia . Madam speaker, i yield 35 seconds to the gentleman from georgia. The gentleman is recognized for 35 seconds. Many of my democratic colleagues would be making history. Unfortunately, for supporting the first ever completely partisan impeachment of a president of the United States. I am deeply disturbed that history will be indeed made today in this hollow chamber. But for all the wrong reasons. Not for love of country, but for hatred of a political foe. Not to pursue justice, but to punish ape little adversary. Not to seek truth, but to seize political power for the love of country. I urge my colleagues to oppose the disastrous political ruse. I yield back. The gentleman from california . I recognize the gentlewoman from california, chairwoman waters for 3 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, unfortunately the rules of debate wont allow me to cite all of the reasons why this president should be impeached. There are many. However come up madam speaker, members of this house, to quote the late mayan angelou, when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. This day was not inevitable, but it was predictable. Because this president has shown himself time and time again to believe that he is above the l law. And he has no respect for our constitution or our democracy. Based on all that we know about donald trump, we could have predicted he would have abused the power of the president by corruptly soliciting the government of ukraine and the ukrainian president zelensky to publicly announced investigations into his political opponent, former Vice PresidentJoseph R Biden for this impeachment resolution includes information that this president held 391 million of taxpayer funds that congress appropriated for the purpose of providing vital military and Security Assistance to ukraine to oppose russian aggression. Another blatant abuse of power. Our investigations revealed that this president advanced a discredited theory promoted by russia alleging that ukraine, rather than russia come interfered in the 2016 United States president ial election for corrupt purposes in pursuit of personal political benefit. Never before in our history have we experienced a president who has so clearly conducted himself in a manner offensive to its aversive of the constitution, and directed his cabinet members, executive branch agencies, and other white house officials to defy lawful subpoena blue or less from was he attempting to hide wrongdoing . Its without question that he will remain a threat t if allowd to remain in office and acted in a manner grossly incompatible with selfgovernance and the rule of law. Because at every turn, he has shown us who he is. It is no secret that this president could have been impeached a long time ago. Today, we stand here with an irrefutable case, an indisputable set of facts, this president absolutely abused his power. Thelma and obstructed congress. Any other individual wouldve been caught conducting themselves in no way this president had wouldve been prosecuted to the full extent of the law. It is shameful that any members of this house are willing to disregard the constitution, turned a blind eye to hard facts, and ignore a confession from the trump himself. History will remember those willing to speak truth to power. Yes, i called for trumps impeachment early. This is our country. Our foremothers and forefather shed their blood to build and defend this democracy. I refuse to have it undermined. I wholeheartedly support this resolution. I am proud that in the final analysis, justice will be served in america and donald trump will have been impeached. Gentleman from georgia . Madam speaker. Speak with each of them and from georgia. The house is not in order. The gentleman from georgia. Claiming my time, i yield 35 seconds speak of the gentleman is recognized. What is shameful is Speaker Pelosi allow this democratic which had to move on. Shes the one who observed her power and we should be debating her removal from the house. Reagan said that the problem with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, its just that they know so much that isnt so. Democrat extreme partisanship will set a dangerous precedent for this nation. Mark my words, madam speaker. This sinister attempt to remove this lawful president will not go unnoticed. I yield back. The gentleman from california . I recognize the gentlelady from california for unanimous consent request. Madam speaker, i asked unanimous consent dana back to the five. Weve been watching this house debate, well take it around the table before we turn it back over. Katie, Maxine Waters getting a little bit feisty there on the floor. It was classy. Not supposed to be any clapping. Katie we were instructed to not clap or cheer for President Trump in michigan tonight for his big rally. One of the democrats who was in the district he won voting for impeachment, the rally will be held in her district. That to be very interesting treat he will have lots to say prick mike pence was there today, stopped in at a local restaurant. Pushing for the Trump Campaign often running and trying to make a difference. Dana President Trump trying to leave no vote unturned, going to all the places where washington being washington. Juan to me, the big complaint will be can you talk and chew gum at the same time . Is washington working . Its hard to say its not working. Weve got now a budget going forward, theres not going to be a shutdown. The trade bill is likely to pass. But i think just watching here in the time that weve had, its clear that everybody is locked in. At this point, they are just putting on a dog and pony show. I do not think theres any new arguments that im hearing. I think its clear that the democrats have the votes, the vote will take place later tonight. Dana is a dog and pony show insulting the dog and ponys . Greg when you look at these folks . That fastens shands makes me sick to the media pretends that trumps reaction is the story. Thats the reaction someone would have if he believes hes innocent and believes there is no crime. Like when juan say, why is juliana doing this, doing that . He assumes what hes doing is the right thing and hes not breaking the law. If he was doing something you thought he was doing it illegal, hed be doing it behind closed doors and not doing it at all put all the ridicule that was heaped on carter page. Remember, everybody was ridiculing carter page for acting befuddled and overwhelmed and goofy . He was acting like an innocent man who was accused by a bunch of people and overwhelmed by all of it. Dana knowing he was the source for the cia the whole time. Greg you are seeing the reaction of the media to trump, how the average informed citizen reacts to the media. Now youve got trump crapping on the media. Dana have you seen the democrats have been doing the same about the media, saying that the media is covering up for President Trump for they are trying to play that card. Jesse if the democrats are playing the blame the media card, they are losing because they have 90 of the media. Your point in rudy, democrats dont believe in borders. Rudy should be able to go wherever he wants to go. Juan ive got to give him points for that. Jesse this is fake trauma for these people are reading notes. A real drama is a kavanaugh hearing. A president ial debate. This isnt interesting. These are bad characters but adam schiff, nadler, no one wants to watch these people. This whole time, trump is dancing on the grade delma grave they were at michigan in 4 00 a. M. People lined up, 17 degrees waiting for this rally . The bond between the president s of supporters in him is strong, unbreakable, and the more they assault this man come the stronger the bond gets. Also, its the economy, stupid. Since President Trumps election, the s p has been up 45 for chinas market has gone down 7 . We are winning, Everybody Knows it. This is peace, prosperity, thats the bottom line. Greg i hope somebody picks this up and says, you called juan stupid. They have no idea. Juan they have no idea what he calls me. Its unbelievable. I cant sleep at night. Greg sometimes i call you after midnight. Dana you really ought to apologize. Juan watching this evening, this debate, the republicans are not even arguing process anymore. They are just going after the democrats, saying they try to impeach him, its been democrats greg isnt that smart . Juan its unbelievable to me. The reality is this guy abused power. Greg he already won the case for the senate is not juan what did mcconnell say . Mcconnell said this is not going to be impartial. Im biased, made up my mind. Jesse do you think they are all impartial . Katie no, people running against him for Political Office on the campaign trail who will have to sit in this trial for they are not impartial. Dana as brilliant as they are, the words are the same but its not the same for this is not the court of law and a trial like you see on television. This is a political act purely. Its not like, theyll make they are going to bring in the butcher, the bigger, the candlestick maker to sit there and decide to deliberate about the president. Greg i didnt know that you can wrap rap. They should insert those bong bong from the law and order episodes. Jesse if it was the court of law, not guilty. The democrats offered no direct testimony of quid pro quo regarding military aid. Case closed, juan. Juan whats the name of o. J. s lawyer . You are johnny cochran. Dana im going to have to wrap it up. I will see you tonight on tucker tonight for thats it, and continuing coverage of the impeachment debate, we will see you tomorrow as bret welcome to washington im bret baier. The house of representatives the end of the lot of time to debate two articles of impeachment on the house floor. The historic vote coming up and we will bring that to you live when it happens. Democrats have been pushing their cases of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. In the meantime, rally behind President Trump who has taken to twitter early and often in his own defense today. We will go back to the debate on the floor and just a bit but first, we have fox team coverage, respondent john roberts and we began with correspondent mike emanuel, watching the proceedings all day long. Good evening, mike. And a mar