Says, you can go to work. Its important to remember that the facts are clear. No president has ever, ever obstruct the congress in the manner that we have seen from President Trump. Will the Gentleman Yield . In a moment. Its always important to make sure that the facts are clear and that we dont muddy the waters by suggesting something that is so unprecedented that we have never before in the history of our country, just somehow part and parcel of the way things work around here. They dont. We know it and our Friends On The Other Side of the aisle know it. The American People know it, but mr. Johnson is right, sometimes its important to remind them of that. Will the Gentleman Yield for questions . I just wanted a postscript to underscore the very important
point that mr. Deutsch is making here. Article one of the constitution, that gives representatives the sole power of impeachment. That gives the senate the sole power of trial. United states versus nixon, the Supreme Court emphasize
Government. And then simply says, but you can go to court because thats how things always work. Again, its just important to remember. The facts are clear. No president has ever, ever, ever obstructed congress in the manner that weve seen from President Trump. Will the gentleman yield . In a moment. And so as as we go forward, and i dont know how much longer well be here. Its always important to makel sure that the facts are clear. And that we dont muddy the waters by suggesting that something that is sosu unprecedented, that weve never seen before in the history of our country, is somehow just a parcel of thes way things work around here. They dont. Know it. Friends on The Other Side of the aisle know it. The American People know it. But mr. Johnsons right. Sometimes its important to remind them of it. T. I yield. Will the gentleman yield . Nt thank you. I just want to add a little
constitutional postscript to underscore the verye important point that mr. Deutch is making here. The ar
security professionals. democrats and republicans who expressed concern with the president s wrongdoing. and said, this undermines american national security. that s a basis for the impeachment inquirinquiry. what the president has done is said, unlike the madisonian vision of democracy where there are checks and balances, separate and coequal branches of government, i alone can determine what the representatives of the people see. in connection with a legitimate investigation. at the same time, this is a president that attacks everybody, to distract. attacks everybody who won t bend the knee to donald j. trump. attack john mccain. a war hero. attack mitt romney, 2012 republican nominee.
security professionals. democrats and republicans who expressed concern with the president s wrongdoing. they said this undermines american national security, and that is the basis for the impeachment inquiry. but what the president has done is said come on like the vision of democracy which had checks and balances, separating coequal branches of government, i alone can determine with the representatives of the people see in connection with a legitimate investigation. and at the same time, this is a president that attacks everybody to distract. attacks everybody who won t bend the knee to donald j. trump. he has attacked john mccain, a war hero. he s attacked mitt romney, 2012 republican nominee.
we had more than 200 national security professionals. democrats and republicans. who expressed concern with the president s wrongdoing. and said this undermines american national security. and that s a basis for the impeachment inquiry. but what the president has done is said unlike the madisonian vision of democracy with checks and balances, separate and co-equal branches of government. i, alone, can determine what the representatives of the people see. in connection with a legitimate investigation. and at the same time, is the president that attacks everybody. to distract. attacks everybody who won t bend the knee to donald j. trump. attack john mccain. a war hero.