There is a its interesting, theyre talking almost exclusively about the abuse of power, theyre not talking much about the obstruction of congress. But i think this has been a civil he had kageducation here,e can decide whether this has been an Impeachable Offense here, because the issues have been aired out well on both sides. Theyre about to finish the roll call. The republicans will lose the democrats who will win, and then a second one will be introduced. Mr. Richmond, you are not reported. No. Mr. Richmond votes no. Are there any other members that havent voted who wish to vote . Mr. Chairman, there are 17
ayes and 23 nos. The amendment is not agreed to. Is there any further amendment. Mr. Gates . I amend to the desk. The gentlelady reserves a point of order. Amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute to hr 755 offered by mr. Gates of florida, page 3, strike out lines 10 and 11 and enter the following. A known Company Named burisma and. This amendment strikes the refe
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
Mr. Buck votes aye. Mr. Ratcliffe . Yes. Ms. Roby votes aye. Mr. Gaetz votes aye. Mr. Johnson of louisiana votes aye. Mr. Biggs votes aye. Mr. Mcclintock votes aye. Ms. Lesko votes aye. Mr. Reschenthaler votes aye. Mr. Cline votes aye. Ms. Armstrong votes yes. Any members wish to vote who havent voted . The clerkve will report. Mr. Richmond, you are not recorded. No. Mr. Richmond votes no. Ared there any other member who havent voted who wish to vote . The clerk will report. Mr. Chairman there are 17 ayes and 23 nos. The agreement is not agreed to. Any substitute . Mr. Gates . I have an amendment at the desk. The gentleman has an amendment at thetl desk. The clerk will report the amendment. The gentlelady reserves point of order. Amendment to Thein Amendmentn the nature of a substitute offered by mr. Gates of florida page three strike lines 10 through 11 and insert the following. A, aer wellknown Corrupt Compa Burisma and corrupt hiring of hunter biden. The gentleman is recognized to e
And conservatives dont want to be around each other and so they have to spread out, you may not see this from like the ivory towers of your law school, but it makes the actual people in this country when the president calls you dont get to interrupt me on this time. Let me also suggest that when you invoke the president s sons name here. When you try to make a little joke out of referencing trump, that does not lend credibility to your argument. It makes you look mean. It makes you look like youre attacking someones family. The minor child of the president of the United States. So lets see if we can get into the facts, to all of the witnesses. If you have personal knowledge of a single Material Fact in the schiff report, please raise your hand. And let the record reflect no personal knowledge of a single fact. And you know what . That continues on the tradition that we saw from adam schiff where ambassador taylor could not identify an Impeachable Offense. Mr. Kent never met with the
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Whether or not Speaker Pelosi votes. Its tradition the speaker doesnt often votes but on a day like today i would think she would want to lead from the front. Well see. It seems like unprecedented times. Hagar, felipe, congressman, thank you so much. Well hand off to ari melber. Good morning. Im ari melber reporting live from nbc headquarters with coverage of todays events on msnbc. The breaking news coming out of capitol hill, lawmakers in the house about to take their first ever formal votes on how to proceed with the Impeachment Inquiry of president donald trump. This new resolution maps out the blueprint and rules of the road
for what democrats say is the next public phase in this impeachment probe. Now many are expecting a Party Line Vote today. Lawmakers will vote on these ground rules which includes moving the closed door depositions of all of these key witnesses into public hearings. Weve seen squabbling over this process. Were expecting in our special coverage to hear from Spe