national television exactly what he wanted from the phone call with president zelensky. he came onto the white house lawn and he said, i wanted president zelensky to open an investigation into the bidens. he solicited foreign interference before. he is doing it now. and he will do it again. the president is the smoking gun. our founders, mr. chairman mr. speaker, entrusted us with the awesome responsibility of protecting our democracy which gets its power not from the blood lines of monarchs but from the votes of we, the people. without that, we are no longer a democracy. we are a monarchy or a dictatorship. and so today, to uphold my oath to constitution and country, i will vote to impeach donald j. trump. i yield back. the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from georgia. i also remind my chairman
abuses his power is not of the people. a government where the president pressures a foreign country to undermine our elections is not by the people. and a government where the president puts his own interests before the country is not for the people. this isn t complicated. you know it, i know it, the american people know it. president trump s wrongdoing and the urgent threat that his actions present to our next election and our democracy leaves us no principles alternative but to support these articles of impeachment. our constitution, our country, and our children depend upon it. i yield back. the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from georgia. thank you, mr. speak of her as the gentlelady just said, i wish they would exam the factual conduct but i guess that s not going to happen. at this point i yield two minutes to the gentleman from louisiana, mr. johnson. the gentleman is recognized. i thank the gentleman from georgia.
than the impeachment investigation of bill clinton. they ve tried to reach their predetermined political outcome and steamrolled the gentleman s time has expired. this must fail. the gentleman s time has expired. i yield back. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. speaker remember the gentleman knows that impeachment was put into the constitution as a defense of the republic in between elections. i now yield two minutes to the distinguished gentlelady from washington, ms. jayapal. the gentlelady is recognized. mr. speaker, this is a day of accountability and defending our democracy. the facts in front of us are clear. this president, donald j. trump, coerced a fragile foreign ally to investigating his political opponent and interfere in our elections, and he leveraged critically needed,
the committee on judiciary is adopted. the resolution shall be debatable for six hours equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking member of the committee on the judiciary or their respective designees. the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler, and the gentleman from georgia, mr. collins, each will control three hours. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler. madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material on h. res 765. without objection, so ordered. i recognize the speaker of the house. the distinguished gentlelady is recognized. i extend my gratitude to chairman schiff who will be
million in military aid, undermining america s national security. let s look at ambassador volker s testimony. he testified about the issue of raising the 2016 elections of vice president biden, all these things that are considered to be conspiracy theories. what was his response? it was pretty simple. quote, i think the allegations against vice president biden are self-serving and not credible. that s what this is all about. i yield back. mr. chairman, i yield back. the gentlelady yields back. does the gentleman wish to strike the last word? thank you, mr. chairman.