Democratic leader, who said this is a highly partisan bill, that is just not the case. Lets put the partisanship aside. Lets do what is best for the American People. Ill tell you that for the past several days, through a bipartisan process, we sat down, democrat and republican, in four Different Task and put together this legislation. As a result, the bill before you tonight reflects republican priority and democratic priorities. And i am going to take the time to walk through it and to talk about some of those so people understand what is in this legislation. I was pleased to see the democratic leader say at the end he believes we can figure this out over the next several hours. He said 24 hours, i hope it is not 24 hours. We cannot wait that long. We need to move quickly. We know what the markets are going to do. We have seen with the futures are. More important, we see the impact in our states, among our citizens. The leader said more money needs to be put for hospitals and states a
Verge of a major eruption and some residents living the near the town of volcano in the philippines are reluctant to leave. And the new climate data which changes the decade was the hottest on record. And it will begin on capitol hill where House Speaker nancy pelosi is about to sign the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump after the u. S. House of representatives voted to send them to the senate it also passed a resolution authorizing the appointment of 7 manages for the trial earlier House Speaker nancy pelosi announced the Prosecution Team name the House Intelligence Committee chairman adam schiff as the need to trump is accused of threatening to withhold military aid to ukraine in exchange for an investigation into his political rival joe biden impeachment trial is expected to begin properly next week the task before us is a grave one but one demanded by our oath the impeachment inquiry undertaken by the house of representatives found that president donald j. Trum
Foreign country to help him in his upcoming reelection effort and then refused to hand over relevant documents or testimony to cover that up. These are grave allegations. Every democrat in the United States senate takes them very seriously. Our founders insisted that no one, not even the president , is above the law. And this fundamental principle remains the linchpin of our system of government. To ensure that principle is upheld. To ensure that principle is upheld, the founders trusted congress with the sacred power of impeachment. The house is given the sole power of impeachment and the senate is given sole power to try all impeachments. Fulfilled its role, conducting an open, fair and openhanded inquiry that focused on misconduct by the president , abuse of power and obstruction of congress. Tois time for the senate fulfill its role to conduct a fair and thorough impeachment trial, to hold the president accountable. Right now, Senate Republicans dont seem willing to conduct a fair
Hello, glad to be part of your live performance. [laughter] good afternoon. The main purpose today is to followup on the letter i spent to leader mcconnell about the potential Senate Impeachment trial and rules for them. Lets not forget that there are many other things the senate should be working on right now. , we recognize the seventh anniversary of the sandy hook massacre. In the seven years since that unthinkable tragedy, america has experienced countless incidents of gun violence ranging from horrific Mass Shootings to the thousands of shootings that devastate communities everyday. The senate has not even debated background check legislation. The senate has not debated legislation to reduce the cost of health care, college education, or prescription drugs. Republican leadership has even refused to work with democrats on Bipartisan Solutions to secure our elections and deter foreign adversaries from interfering in our elections. All of the productive activity in congress is coming
Of gun violence ranging from horrific Mass Shootings to the thousands of shootings that devastate communities everyday. The senate has not even debated background check legislation. The senate has not debated legislation to reduce the cost of health care, college education, or prescription drugs. Republican leadership has even refused to work with democrats on Bipartisan Solutions to secure our elections and deter foreign adversaries from interfering in our elections. All of the productive activity in congress is coming out of the house. The Senate Remains a legislative graveyard for so many different issues. Now on impeachment. As you know, the house is expected to vote on the articles of impeachment this week. Assuming the articles are adopted by the house, the senate will serve as a court of impeachment. Conducting an impeachment trial in the senate is on norma slee test is enormously weighty and solemn responsibility. Its one of the most important things that the Founding Fathers a