For your time. What do you think you got through yesterday . At the moment it does not appear that republicans can stop this train, sir. Weve never thought we could stop this train, bill. Theyve been on this train since november of 2016. They had to find the motives, means and opportunities. Look what theyre riding now. Abuse of power, so ambiguous and gray. They can make it up on the fly. Obstruction of congress. Are you kidding me after 70 days theyll charge the president with obstruction of congress . That isnt the way the place works. What isnt there is interesting. Weve heard quid pro quo, bribery, those arent going to be in the articles of impeachment. I think thats significant in what theyre trying to spin to the American People and show how theyve failed. Bill some of your quotes from yesterday. A race against the clock and calendar you said. Are you here to say the house of representatives will impeach President Trump before christmas . Yes. They will. Because this is a clock
made hundreds of arrests but less than half are booked and some released in less than 24 hours. house republicans blaming democratic policies and have asked the d.o.j. to step in. the d.a. says it s not my fault. he is throwing blame back at union pacific saying the company has filed fewer cases over the years accusing them of not properly locking up their trains. it is very telling that other major railroad operations in the area are not facing the same level of theft at their facilities as union pacific. progressive representative jimmie gomez skeptical how widespread the problem is. it s a fraction of the packages that travel through los angeles as the railroad company says it has been going on and spiking in the last year. rail thefts have jumped by about 160% in the past year in los angeles county. it is a problem. bill: no doubt. aishah hosni on capitol hill
the task force, a congresswoman who has a mark-up in her committee about workers right in aappropriates. you ll hear from mike thompson of california, terry sewell of alabama. jimmie gomez from california. where are my others? john larson of connecticut, earl blumenauer of oregon. and now it s my honor to yield to ritchie. he was a maestro to make all this happen. with great respect and admiration and gratitude that i yield to the chair of the ways and means committee. thank you, madam speaker. [applause] every once in a great while you get to participate in a it