With oneeading intellectuals and commentators, his new book is the Second Mountains, how many people read this book yet . Okay . How many are going to read after this is over . Okay. How many people are going to get an autographed copy from david today. Okay so david thanks for doing this. So lets go before we go to this book Second Mountains which i have read, i would like to go a little bit about your background. You grew up in new york . I grew up in the lower side of new york and my parents were somewhat left wing, so the story i tell about my childhood is when i was five, and they took me to it a place where hippies would go to be. Im one of things they did is they would set a garbage can on fire and they with their their wallets in it to just show about how much they little they cared about money and material things. And i saw 5dollar bill in the garbage can and i reached in and grab for a breach in the fire, and grabbed the money and ran away that was my first step to the right.
Trump because hes broken his convenant with the American People. In doing so, we are using the powers the Founding Fathers enshrined in the constitution. To address a president who has violated his oath of office. The evidence is clear antifacts are without question. President trump is consistently enengaged in a pattern of behavior inconsistent with the rule of law. Hes refused to take responsibility for his actions. He has undermined the checks and balances we rely on by obstructing congress at every turn. Most importantly, he has abused his power by using his office to solicit foreign interference in our elections, undermining the will of the people. On this sad day for our nation, i will do what the president has so often failed to do. I will fulfill my oath to support and defend the constitution and i will vote in favor of impeachment. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from georgia. Mr. Col
The go with the free cspan radio app. House members will have one hour to debate a rule tomorrow that sets up six hours of general debate equally divided on the house floor before a final vote takes place on those two articles of impeachment. The rules for debate were approved by the House Rules Committee earlier this evening on a partyline vote of 94. [indiscernible chatter] are you ready . The rules committee will come to order. The rules committee will come to order. It is unfortunate that we have to be here today. But the actions of the president of the United States make the necessary. President trump withheld congressionally approved a two ukraine, a partner under siege come a not to fight corruption but to extract a personal political favor. President trump refused to meet with ukraines president in the white house until he completed this scheme. All the while, leaders in russia , the very nation holding a large part of ukraine hostage, the very nation that interfered with our e
Rules committee will come to order. Ill now yield to the gentleman from texas, dr. Burgess. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I thank our witnesses for staying with us throughout all of this. I know youve been through a lot alread already, but i cant help but be struck by the fact that this does seem to be proceeding rather rapidly. It did, after all, all start with a phone call. No, not with a phone call in july but with a phone call in november when Molly Hemingway overheard incoming chairman nadler talking to constituents on the telephone and said that impeachment of the president was going to be of the highest order so although theres not a transcript of that call, it was well documented in social media and that seems to be one of the things that we can now use as evidence that can be introduced. Mr. Collins, correct me if im wrong, but it does seem like this is an exercise i think this is reflected in your dissenting views you submitted, this seems like impeachment first, build a case seco
With the president , take it to court. Let the third branch of government decide. They are the refs. The house has never approved either abuse of power or obstruction of congress as an article of impeachment. Thats going to change today. Under which all four president s could have been impeached. This is absurd. The whole process is absurd. And has been from the outset is. But heres whats not absurd but rather fright i think. House democrats are setting a dangerous tarnish the history of this house. I yield back. The gentleman yields back. The gentleman from new york. The president s conduct constituted the high crimes against the highest crimes and it does not have to be a criminal crime to be applied to the statute. And that was found in the case of president nixon. And so now i yield one minute to the gentleman from wisconsin. The gentleman is recognized for one minute. Thank you, madam speaker. This july President Trump blocked 400 million in congression congressionallyapproved aid