national, international television and say that is truly remarkable. and it really goes i said the end of shame. there are some people like his siblings who do have shame. it s really important to say this is not about ideology. this isn t about whether or not there should be big government or small government. this isn t about whether it should be high taxes or low taxes. this is about whether something happened, as you said, before your eyes, an attack on the united states government from within and on the day that a very important move was made to continue the continuity of government. it s as fundamental as it gets and these are not policy disagreements. that s the thing. that s why i feel comfortable, you feel comfortable, sharing such a strong view of this. it s not policy. it s fact versus fiction. to your point, if this country, if lawmakers can t agree on this basic truth of what happened on january 6th, what is the future
he willfully obstructed congress is constitutionally prescribed impeachment powers. i resent those who say this is about reversing the election. this isn t about whether or not you like trump, it s about upholding our constitution. allowing those contacts t to gon question sets a dangerous precedent and permanently damages our system of checks and balances. no one is above the law. president trump s actions are clear threat to our national security and democracy. we must uphold our oath of office and support these articles. i yield back. the joe newman from georgia. i yield a minute have to the gentleman from michigan. thank you madam speaker. i rise today in strong opposition to these baseless articles of impeachment. our funding fathers never intended and impeachment to be a
he willfully obstructed congress s constitutionally-prescribed impeachment powers. over the last two years, i resisted calls to begin impeachment proceedings. and i resent those who say this is about reversing the election. this isn t about whether or not you like trump. it s about upholding our constitution. allowing this contact to go unquestioned, such a dangerous precedent and permanent damages our system of checks and balances. no one is above the law. president trump s actions are a clear threat to our national security and democracy. we must uphold our oath of office and support these articles. i yield back the balance of my time. gentleman from georgia. thank you, madam speaker. i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from michigan. gentleman s recognized for a minute and a half. thank you, madam speaker. i rise today in strong opposition to these baseless articles of impeachment. our founding fathers never
his administration care about this issue, because i think that also speaks to how hyperpartisan this is. people on the right side are only looking at this as a democratic intervention and a political process. people on the left side are looking at the exact same thing on that phone call. that is what goes back to my point. i wish it weren t cynical. it is just the reality of where we are. the overwhelming majority of people in the united states right now have already made up their mind about the actions of the president of the united states, for right or for wrong. the one this is something different. this isn t about whether or not you approve of impeaching and removing the president or doubt. this has to do with, do you care about potentially an arm of the government was able to look into a political campaign? an arm meaning the justice part. the law enforcement part. the fbi. that s what this is about. i agree. it s about finding out if the police powers if the police powers o
spiking the football or doing an end zone dance. hotdogging it. yeah, hotdogging it when it should be a moment of national unity. our compliments should go to those on the ground who put their lives on the ground. this isn t about whether or not a previous president should have done better. i remember in the hours after the bin laden operation was successfully completed, the first person i boss, director leon panetta, told me to, was i called general mike hayden who had been george bush s cia director i said tonight, we re standing on your shoulders and the shoulders of the men and women for the past ten years have been chasing this target. harry truman started the cold war, reagan ended. okay, maybe bush ended it. it was both sides. and everyone gave credit to everyone as well they should have. and this is a tradition that really goes back to the night of