with that i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. mr. jeffreyy. >> george washington in his fare well dress address to the nation counciled americana the constitution is it sacredly obliger to upon all. it's in that spirit that we proceed today. the impeachment of a president is a solemn responsibility that we undertake prayerfully. skirpt says in the book of psalms, for the lord loves justice. and will not abandon his faithful ones. we undertake in responsibility prayerfully. we do not take this step to divide. though some will sinically argue the impeachment of this president will further divide an already fractured union. but there is a difference between division and clarification. slavery once divided the nation.