Evidence. This will set a dangerous precedent where impeachment becomes the norm rather than the exception. Thats not what our Founding Fathers intended. They wanted impeachment to be rare. They set a high bar for impeachment, treason, bribery, high crimes and misdemeanors. Alleged abuse of power. The first article is not a high crime and misdemeanor. In fact, its not even a crime. And since there is no concise Legal Definition of abuse of power, the Majority Party in the house can designate nearly any disagreement with the president from now on in impeachment offense. The second article alleged obstruction of congress would produce a similarly dangerous precedent. Asserting executive privilege a practice that began with George Washington is not obstruction of congress. Rather, its a function of the essential checks and balances contemplated under the constitution. Heres what nearly every Grade School Student in america knows, but apparently House Democrats
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legal authority fell from 100,000 people in may to under 5,000 people in november. and you hate him for it. ben carson thinks low-income housing should be used by american citizens and not people here liillegally and you hate h for it. president trump doesn t want people coming in and going on welfare and you hate him for it. abled bodied people on food stamps to work for it and he is hated for it. the rip off agreement with mexico and canada and led by president bush and president obama and you hate him for it. president trump sides with law enforcement instead of criminals and murders dropped thousand people last year and you hate him for citing with the president. president trump lets christian adoption agencies choose who they want to be parents and you don t like him for that. won t let foreign aid go to abortions and you hate him for that. president trump judges stick to the constitution and he s
their ivy league academics to explain to 31 states and almost 63 million people that their voice should not be heard. and why their votes should be counted. i pray for our nation every day. but today, i am praying for my colleagues across the aisle. who arrived at this partisan and self-directed fork in the road, and chose the road never-before traveled. and one that has a dead end. donald j. trump is our president. chosen by the american people. fair and square. as we say in texas, it s a done deal. democrats attempt to change history will never undo that. may god bless the greatest country in the world, the united states of america. i yield back my time. gentleman yields back. gentleman from new york. madam speaker, i would remind the gentleman that the impeachment clauses placed in the constitution to protect the american people and our form of government against a president who would subvert our constitutional liberties in between elections.
power of his office by inviting a foreign government to interfere in the u.s. election. and he did this not to help the united states, but to benefit himself. that s wrong and it s an impeachment offense. when congress exercised oural d investigate, that is also wrong and it s also an impeachable offense. in our country, no one is above the law that includes the president of the united states. and i yield back the balance of my time. gentleman from georgia. thank you, madam speaker. at this point i yield a minute and a half from the gentleman from pennsylvania. i thank the gentleman. you know, december is such a great month and so many great dates in december and we talk about the wonderful things that happened in the decembers of the past. there s also in addition to christmas being something we celebrate. the boston tea party took place in december and in 1941 a horrific act happened in the united states and it s one that president roosevelt said today
and it s clear for all of us to see through the now very well-known transcript this rigged process sets a concerning precedent for impeachable offenses moving forward. i whole heartedly oppose these baseless articles of impeachment. and i yield back the balance of my time. gentleman from new york. madam speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr. peters. gentleman is recognized for one minute. thank you, madam speaker. many lemented this effort is not bipartisan. they have sought to avoid the truth. they have demeaned and insulted witnesses, patriots, warriors, career diplomats who provided evidence against the president. no house republican has joined us to demand the documents and witnesses that president trump has refused to produce. instead of republican leaders this week announced that president trump himself can set the rules of his own trial and