have said this for three years, the big lie we're hearing perpetrated tonight is one the end justifies the means, the lie the sham impeachment is okay because the threat is so real and so urgent and so imminent. the big lies that political expediency is honorable and justifiable, and history has shown that to be untrue and dangerous. the big lie is that adam schiff had gained evidence in plain sight he said of president trump colluding with russia and special counsel mueller's report debunked that lie, but it continues to spread like a cancer every time we meet. the big lie is that the evidence of the impeachment is overwhelming and uncontested, the facts are undisputed. the very fact that people in this committee dispute the facts make them disputed facts, not undisputed facts. the problem that we're seeing here is even when you get to the ar articles themselves, abuse of power when you compare them to history, i'm glad the chairman