i yield a minute 45 to the gentleman from georgia. the gentleman is recognized for 1 minute, 45 seconds. thank you, madam speaker. well, here we are on the verge of doing exactly what america doesn t want us to do and that they feared that you would do. in 2016 i along with 63 million american voters representing 304 electoral college votes went to the polls and we raised our collective political middle finger to d.c. and voted for donald trump. folks like my father who watched this place destroy his profession of community bicon. my friends and industry saw their way of life destroyed following nafta. americans in rural areas whose opportunity in life and voice had been drowned out by the screams of socialist democrats. our friends and neighbors living in poverty and crime, broken down project based public housing who for generations have been told by this place, this is
investigation has brought forth articles of impeachment that have been made by two simple facts, aid to ukraine was provided and no real aggression started. the evidence is mr. trump won the election and he will win again. thank you, i yield back. gentleman from california. madam speaker, i continue to yield the balance of our time. thank you, madam speaker. i yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from tennessee. madam speaker, i rise today in opposition to impeachment to president donald trump. this is based on hearsay made by partisan witness behind closed doors. this impeachment is a sham, madam speaker, and waste of time for this country. this time would have been better used on issues facing americans like securing our southern border, opioid epidemic or establishing the constitutionally mandated budget. now the workers have to wait until the senate trial to pass
gentleman is recognized for two minutes. madam speaker, this week americans are busy finishing up their christmas shopping mostly for their children or if they re lucky enough to have them, their grandchildren. in high school and college students are taking final exams and sweating out the results. and that got me to thinking about those who follow and what our obligation is to them. and that got me thinking about those who came before and how they might have seen their obligation to us. people like my grandfather whom our family believes literally was born on the boat on the way over here from germany. where my father who fought in world war ii against the very people that his grandfather had left. we re all here today, all of us because someone before us sacrificed so that they could journey here and build a new life in this unique land. and we are here today because those immigrants and their
canceling the visa lottery and providing a permanent solution on daca. i m joined by roundtable members, catherine rampell, john brabender and anita kumar from mcclatchy newspapers. what is the strategy confident president to dump personally on chuck schumer after their long talk on friday and to make fun of him and crying chuck, this is a guy who is his negotiating partner. it does not suggest they re going to be negotiating good faith. the whole reason supposedly we had yet another stopgap funding measure was so both sides could work out their differences and decide here s how we re going to solve the problems americans care about. by mocking schumer on twitter, by calling him names, by crowing about the fact that democrats have conceded and that they ve failed, that does not show good faith. that does not show they re going to come to any sort of agreement.
what did the president focus on in this year s speech? he had a number of issues during the 5th state of the union address he highlighted the growing gap of income and equality the need for more women s rights a higher minimum wage as well as immigration reform and green energy alternatives. he also told congress he may go about many of the issues with or without them reminding those in the chamber of his powers of executive order. in the coming week i will issue a order requiring paying federal funded employees a fair wage of 10.10 an hour because if you cook or deliver meals or wash their dishes you should not have to live in poverty. republican lawmakers responded in part saying these promises may sound good but they won t solve the problems americans face. they argue there needs to be more policies empowering americans and not empowering