Republican and then what happens . Yeah, and then at that point, any member can simply say they move to offer an amendment. And when they offer an amendment, they have to actually provide the next of that language to the clerk. The amendment could be read aloud before all of the members of The Committee. And then each of the members can simply say they want a chance to talk and to speak about that particular amendment. And as you said, there are 41 members of this committee. 40 are expected to attend one is not, ted lieu because of health issues. Hes not expected to be here this week. But each of those members could speak. That could take time for each individual amendment. When that amendment is voted down which we expect because republicans are expects to offer amendments, democrats are happy with these articles and dont plan to do that. Thats why this is unpredictable how this contentious day will play out, wolf. 40 members now. Ted lieu had some medical issues. We wish him a speedy
death of minority rights in this committee. this committee has become nothing but a rubber stamp. this committee is amazingly now on such a clock and calendar process that they don t care. facts be damned. they don t care. they don t care that we had a one witness out of three when i asked for a second witness, i was told i couldn t, even though there had been staff conversations well before i was told i was asking too late. one witness out of two panels. that s all we had of fact witnesses. this is a travesty and a sham from day one. i could talk until i m blue in the face but nobody in the majority cares. but the spot that s left by what has just happened will resonate over the years. it will resonate over the years in the sense that there s no fact that we can come to. they had no desire to hear any fact witnesses outside of their own trained driven clock calendar impeachment. for the chairman himself who vehemently fought for minority hearing day to sit there and
rights in this committee. it has become nothing but a rubber stamp. this committee is amazingly now on such a clock and calendar process that they don t care. facts be damned. they don t care. they don t care that we had one witness out of three. when i asked for a second witness i was told i couldn t even though there had been conversations well before i was told i was asking too late. one witness out of two panels that s all we had of fact witnesses. this is a travesty and sham from day one. i could talk until i m blue in the face. nobody on the majority cares. but the spot that is left by what has just happened will resonate over the years. it will resonate over the years in the sense that there is no fact that we can come to. they had no desire to hear any fact witnesses outside of their own train driven clock calendar impeachment. for the chairman himself who vehemently fought for minority hearing day to sit and read
that we are doing this is the train is on the track this is a clock calendar impeachment, not a fact impeachment. i yield back. the gentleman yields back, and now recognize 5 minutes. thank you, mr. chairman, this is only the third time in modern history that the committee has assumed the grave responsibility of considering impeachment, and oddly enough, i have been present at all three. i was the staff of congressman john edwards during the nixon impeachment. president on the committee during the clinton impeachment, and here we are today. at its core, the impeachment power really is about the preservation of our democratic systems. and the question we must answer is whether the activity of the president threatens our constitution and our democracy, and it is about whether he is above the law and whether he is honoring his oath of office.