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and i thought the threat to our nation was well articulated earlier today by professor feldman when you said, if we cannot impeach a president who abuses his office for personal advantage, we no longer live in a democracy, we live in a monarchy or we live under a districtatorship. my view is if people cannot depend on the fairness of our elections, then what people are calling divisive today will be absolutely nothing compared to the shredding of our democracy. after the events of ukraine unfolded, the president claimed that the reason he requested an investigation into his political opponents and withheld desperately needed military aid for ukraine was supposedly because he was worried about corruption. however, contrary to president s statements, various witnesses, including vice president pence s special adviser jennifer williams, testified that the president s request was political. take a listen. i found the july 25th phone call unusual because in contrast to other pres ....
says, you can go to work. it s important to remember that the facts are clear. no president has ever, ever obstruct the congress in the manner that we have seen from president trump. will the gentleman yield? in a moment. it s always important to make sure that the facts are clear and that we don t muddy the waters by suggesting something that is so unprecedented that we have never before in the history of our country, just somehow part and parcel of the way things work around here. they don t. we know it and our friends on the other side of the aisle know it. the american people know it, but mr. johnson is right, sometimes it s important to remind them of that. will the gentleman yield for questions? i just wanted a postscript to underscore the very important point that mr. deutsch is making here. article one of the constitution, that gives representatives the sole power of impeachment. that gives the senate the sole power of trial. united states versus nixon, the sup ....
whatwe that means, it s to use e power of the office to obtain an improper personal benefit while ignoring orfi injuring the national interest, or acts in ways that are grossly inconsistent with and undermine the separation of powers that is the foundation of our democratic system. now, this question of whether the president engaged in abuse of power came up before when this congress considered the impeachment of president nixon. and president nixon famously said, if the president does it, it is notde illegal. and this body rejected that because that s not so. that goes directly contrary to what the founders said. but president trump has said the same thing in responding to the prior investigation by the department of justice and defending his conduct. here s what he said. i have an article 2 where i have the right to do whatever i want as president. that he has the right to do whatever he wants as president. that is as wrong as when president nixon said a similar thing. t ....
republican and then what happens? yeah, and then at that point, any member can simply say they move to offer an amendment. and when they offer an amendment, they have to actually provide the next of that language to the clerk. the amendment could be read aloud before all of the members of the committee. and then each of the members can simply say they want a chance to talk and to speak about that particular amendment. and as you said, there are 41 members of this committee. 40 are expected to attend one is not, ted lieu because of health issues. he s not expected to be here this week. but each of those members could speak. that could take time for each individual amendment. when that amendment is voted down which we expect because republicans are expects to offer amendments, democrats are happy with these articles and don t plan to do that. that s why this is unpredictable how this contentious day will play out, wolf. 40 members now. ted lieu had some medical issues. we wish h ....
government. and then simply says, but you can go to court because that s how things always work. again, it s just important to remember. the facts are clear. no president has ever, ever, ever obstructed congress in the manner that we ve seen from president trump. will the gentleman yield? in a moment. and so as as we go forward, and i don t know how much longer we ll be here. it s always important to make l sure that the facts are clear. and that we don t muddy the waters by suggesting that something that is sosu unprecedented, that we ve never seen before in the history of our country, is somehow just a parcel of thes way things work around here. they don t. know it. friends on the other side of the aisle know it. the american people know it. but mr. johnson s right. sometimes it s important to remind them of it.t. i yield. will the gentleman yield? nt thank you. i just want to add a little constitutional post-script to underscore the verye important point that mr. d ....