Elections are the heart of our democracy. Our Founding Fathers devised a simple way to remove a president if you disagree with him. Its called an election. And we have one coming up in less than a year. Lets let the people decide this next november and i yield back. Gentleman yields back. Gentleman from new york. Madam speaker, i now yield one minute to the gentle lady from michigan. Gentle lady is recognized for one minute. Thank you. I rise today in support of impeachment. I learned so much every single day from my residents at home. Their common sense and understanding of what is right and wrong is centered on why they oppose any person using the most powerful position in the world for personal gain. We honor our veterans in this chamber almost on a daily basis. But do we ever follow their lead . Where we serve the people of the United States and uphold the constitution, not as republicans or democrats, but as americans. We should learn from their sense of duty and responsibility to
presidency would stretch beyond its limits. thus, they enshrined in the constitution, a system of checks and balances. we cannot and will not lower the ethical standards of our presidency. we cannot afford to wither like a cheap flower in bad weather watching our democracy crumble and rot from within. that is not the america the world knows and loves. and it s certainly not the america we would be proud to have our future generations inherit. and that is why today i must vote to impeach the president of the united states and fulfill my oath to the constitution and i yield back. gentleman from north dakota. madam speaker, i yield one and a half minutes to my friend from texas, mr. herd. gentleman s recognized for one and a half minutes. throughout this process, the american people have learned of bungling foreign policy decisions. but we have not heard evidence beyond a reasonable doubt of bribery or extortion. allegations of these two crimes aren t even mentioned in the article
confidence are not included in our constitution for a reason. our system demands evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors. if such evidence existed, there would be an agreement in this chamber. but there is not. there is not an agreement because there is not evidence. madison and hamilton warned us this might happen. that impeachment would veer toward political factions and that s exactly what this is. this is bitterly and nakedly partisan. my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have made a mockery of this process and this government. they despise the president and are, themselves, abusing the power of this office. all to settle the political score they were unable to resolve at the ballot box. madam speaker, they hope that if they repeat them over and over and stay on message, you will believe their charges. repeating things that aren t true does not make them true. the call record between the two presidents is clear. president trump was interested in getting to the bottom of wh
without hesitation, to impeach a democratic president who had done these things. i remind all americans the president did not rebut the many, many facts which have led to the articles of impeachment today. for the sake of our democracy, our constitution, and our country, we must do the right thing and vote to impeach president trump. i yield back. gentleman yields back. gentleman from georgia. thank you, madam speaker. i was just amazed by what the chairman just said. why didn t we add it as an article of impeachment? the reason why, it didn t. with that, i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from mississippi. gentleman is recognized for a minute and a half. thank you, ma am. article two, section four, of the united states constitution states that the president of the united states may be removed from office for treason, bribery, high crimes, and misdemeanors. as a former prosecutor, i am confident that no court would accept these articles of impeachment as having met th
that has occurred in the people s house. some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle do not like president trump. we know this because they proudly boasted about their intention to impeach our president before he was even sworn into office. out of disdain for the president and for those of us who elected him, the house of representatives is considering two articles of impeachment that are so very weak that they even fail to include specific crimes. the people that i represent in south central and southwestern pennsylvania know the truth. the american people know the truth. this impeachment circus has never been about the facts. this process has always been about seeking revenge for the president s election in 2016. and attempting to prevent him from winning again in 2020. madam speaker, i wholeheartedly oppose this partisan and shameful effort to impeach our