impeachment on the president s failure to yield to congressional demands on an oversight or impeachment investigation it will have to distinguish a long line of cases where prior presidents sought the very same review while withholding witnesses and documents. take the obama administration position for instance on the investigation of fast and furious, which was mentioned earlier. congress justifiably began an oversight investigation into that scandal. some called for impeachment proceedings but president obama invoked executive privilege and barred the documents. president obama did that. this is custom and practice. and some said it was extreme and absurd. president obama thad every right to seek judicial review in the matter and many members of this very committee supported that position. based on impeachment, the professor says this in itself would be an abuse of power by
congress to set up by future powers of congress to make the judicial branch into high crime and misdemeanor. impeachment was never intended to be a remedy for political disagreements. it wasn t intended to be a remedy even for legal disagreements between the legislative branch and the executive branch. that s why there s a third branch of government and why we have the judiciary. this is a very dangerous road indeed as professor turley noted. i hope future congress can and will exercise greater restraint than what s been shown by chairman schiff and speaker pelosi and chairman nadler and the rest. the stability of our republic will depend on that in the future. i pray we can put this genie back in the bottle. i yield back.
against donald j. trump. what are you afraid of? look to our framers and patriots for courage. this is about courage, the courage to honor my oath, your oath. mr. chairman, i will with somberness of purpose yet with confidence in our constitution be voting no on this amendment and be voting yes on these articles of impeachment. with that, i yield back. mr. chairman. the gentlelady yields back. mr. chairman. what purposes do you seek recognition? move to strike the last word. the gentleman is recognized. thank you, mr. chairman. i support the amendment. i offer this to you. charging the president with obstruction of congress is frankly unprecedented, in itself, it threatens our system of government.
weapon sales over the objection of congress. the president pressured a foreign government to target an american citizen for political gain. he solicited foreign interference in the 2020 election. the record is clear. he abused his power. he must be held accountable because in america no one is above the law. i yield back, mr. chair. gentleman yields back. what purpose does mr. collin seek recognition. move to strike the last word. gentleman is recognized. you know, it is it is i ve listened to this idea of the process and the i fully support this amendment. i support it because frankly we re in a position we don t need to be. it s also been interesting to listen all day today to the trying to build a case out of nothing.
running rough shot over the high office of president, then congress is left with no choice but to do its duty to protect the public and the republic from clear and president danger. we must impeach this president. and with that, i yield back. gentleman yields back. for what purpose does mr. jeffreys seek recognition? move to strike the last word. the gentleman is recognized. donald trump pressured a foreign government to target an american citizen for political gain. at the same time withheld $391 million in military aid from a vulnerable ukraine without justification as part of a scheme to solicit foreign interference in 2020 election. the july 25th rough transcript is a smoking gun, and donald