American peoples money on this impeachment, theres so many other important things that are going undone. Within this committees own jurisdiction, we should be addressing the opioid epidemic. We could be working together to find a solution to our immigration and asylum challenges on our southern border. We could be protecting americans from having their intellectual property and jobs stolen by chinese companies. And we could be enhancing Election Security just to name a few things. And congress as a whole could be working on rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure. Providing additional tax relief to the nations middleclass families and providing additional security to our people here at home and abroad. Instead, here we are spinning our wheels once again on impeachment. What a waste. The American People deserve so much better. I yield back. Gentleman yields back. Mr. Cohen. Thank you, mr. Chair. I take no pleasure in the fact that were here today. As a patriot who loves america, it pain
Other important things that are going undone. Within this committees own jurisdiction we should address the Opioid Epidemic and could be working together to find solutions to the challenges on our southern border. Protecting americans from jobs stolen by Chinese Companies and enhancing Election Security to name a few things. Congress as a whole could be working on rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, providing additional tax relief to the nations middle class families and providing additional security to our people here at home and abroad. Instead here we are spinning our wheels once again on impeachment. What a waste. The American People deserve so much better. I yield back. Gentleman yields back. Thank you, mr. Chair. I take no pleasure in the fatha were here today. As a patriot who loves america,
it pain meese ths me the circum force us to undertake this solemn obligation. Nonetheless on the public evidence it appears President Trump pressured a Foreign Government to interfere i
Other important things that are going undone. Within this committees own jurisdiction we should be addressed in the opioid epidemic. We could be working together to find a solution to our immigration and asylum challenges on our southern border. We could be protecting americans for having their intellectual property and jobs stolen by Chinese Companies and we could be enhancing Election Security just to name a few things. Congress as a whole could be working on rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure. Providing additional tax relief to the nations middle class families and providing additional security to our people here at home and abroad. Instead, here we are spinning our wheels once again on impeachment. What a waste. The American People deserve so much better. I yield back. The Gentleman Yield back. Thank you, mr. Chair. I take no pleasure in the fact that we are here today. As a patriot who loves america,
it pains me that the circumstances forced us to undertake this grave and sol
the framers have thought of a president who only cares about the quote big stuff that benefits him? the framers were extremely worried about a president who served only his own interests or the interests of foreign powers. that was their most serious concern when designing the remedy of impeachment. the evidence also suggests president trump didn t even care if the investigation actually happened. what he really cared about was the public announcement of the investigation. so professor karlan, how do we analyze these facts in the context of abuse of power? well, i think that to have a president ask for the investigation of his political opponents is an arc-type 6 abof abuse of power. there were past examples and to say those weren t impeachable is a big mistake. if a president wiretaps his opponents that s a federal crime
it pain meese ths me the circum force us to undertake this solemn obligation. nonetheless on the public evidence it appears president trump pressured a foreign government to interfere in our elections investigating a perceived chief political opponent. we re here to uphold our oath and further understanding that the president s conduct is impeachable. entirely appropriate we examine the nation s history relating to this. framers of the constitution legitimately feared for interference in our national sovereignty and wanted to ensure a check and balance on the executive. we sit here as a duty to fulfill they re constitution. impeach a president for treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemean misdemeanor. high refers to both crimes and misdemeanors. can you give a little summary of