obstruction of congress has not happened, one called it ridiculous. another colleague said quote the president has consistently cooperated with democrats. a stunning statement. i ve had the incredible privilege of serving on the house judiciary committee now almost a year. the freshmen were sworn in january 3rd. we ve had many many many hearings. there s a thread that runs through all those hearings, especially those hearings where we are trying to provide proper oversight over the president of the united states. that thread is that my colleagues complain bitterly about our efforts to be a check, our efforts to perform our obligation under the constitution and our efforts to provide oversight. we hear it time and time again.
purposes. tonight as we hear the angst and the plain, flat-out hypocrisy, remember that this is a majority who had one thing in mind and i will not deny that they have not passed bills, but i will say they haven t passed bills that could get bipartisan support, and we ve passed bills that actually get signed into law. instead we want to talk about subpoenas we don t enforce and processes we don t follow, why? because you don t have an argument. you don t have abuse of power or obstruction of congress. i yield back. the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does miss demings seek recognition. move to strike the last word want. gentle lady is recognized. one of my colleagues said a moment ago that we re using a law as a weapon. well, the law is a weapon against people who violate it, don t respect it, don t obey it.
they re continuing today and at some point you would think someone would look at the abuses by the congress, the justice department, friends of our democrats, the fbi friends of our democrats who hated the president when he was nothing but a candidate. at some point, somebody would go, this is out of control. we need to step back and say, wait, wait. this train is off the tracks. it s time to get and here s the word reasonable. what s gone on the last three years is not reasonable. there s a doctor that knows and attorneys know, you will try to pursue some remedy, you need to have clean hands. the majority has been abusive, sure, this administration has produced tons of witnesses after subpoenas, sometimes without,
for what purposes does the gentlewoman from florida move for recognition? i move to strike the last word. the gentlewoman is recognized. thank you. it s truly disheartening hear my colleagues on the other side argue in crippling the very institution they re a part of. the power of impeachment has built in due process protections. we are the american people s duly elected representative. we, members of congress are empowered to hold to account corrupt and criminal presidents. when the president obstructs an impeachment inquiry, he s obstructing the people who have a right to know how the president is running their government. after all, that is the basis of our government, by the people for the people. we have requested hundreds of documents and been provided with absolutely not one document. the president actually
actually have cooperated with congress. in the report, the schiff report, chairman schiff argued that president bush has obstructed the impeachment inquiry. in letters sent to request deposition witnesses, chairman schiff wrote, and i quote, any failure to appear for a scheduled deposition shall constitute evidence of obstruction of the house s impeachment inquiry, end quote. however, there s ample evidence of the administration complying with oversight and investigations during 2017 and 2018 even with congressional probes the administration did not find legitimate. for example, over 25 administration officials testified before the house oversight committee. over 20 administration officials have testified before the house judiciary committee. additionally as of the start of