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If that was a crisis, then there are no words for what we experienced at the border during fiscal year 2019.

Mr. Speaker, I rise for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the week to come, and I yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer).

Mr. Speaker, let's be clear. Probable cause is not the standard in the Constitution. To remove a sitting President, the Constitution is very specific: treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors, not probable cause. That would…

Mr. Speaker, finally, to talk about where we are on the impeachment resolution that was passed last year, at the end of last year by the House. Ultimately, it is typically an administrative duty to send papers over to the Senate if…

Mr. Speaker, of course we have been seeing a chorus of Democrat Senators in the recent days expressing concern that the papers should be sent over. Obviously, on our side, we felt that there was no case, there was no crime, and it was…

Mr. Speaker, it is interesting that the gentleman talks about fairness in the trial. It is quite rich of the Speaker to call for fairness in the Senate when she denied fairness in the House. You can look at House rules that require the…

Mr. Speaker, clearly, as the gentleman knows, it is the Senate's job to try the House's case. If the House failed to make its case, that is the House's fault. To suggest that the Senate needs to mop up the mess that was done here because…

Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman wants to talk about how the process works, I have made it clear. The gentleman is in the majority. They get to make the rules however they want. But to say, as the gentleman said earlier, an honest trial tries…

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the majority leader going through those bills. There were a few bills that the Speaker had referenced earlier this week that would also be considered. Congresswoman Lee's resolution to repeal the 2002 AUMF, and…

As it relates to the War Powers Act, obviously, we had a heated debate on the floor yesterday. We have had a robust debate for years in this House on whether or not to modify and make changes to the 2002 AUMF. It has been a constant…

Mr. Speaker, to start with, the comment that the gentleman referenced on the floor yesterday, I will read from a statement from the gentleman who made that comment yesterday: ``Let me be clear: I do not believe Democrats are in love with…

Mr. Speaker, I point that out and that that not be used for any kind of justification for the other disagreements and issues and concerns we had with what happened on the floor yesterday. Frankly, there were statements made on the…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman. First of all, to start with, it is the President's not just authority, but it is the President's responsibility under the Constitution as our Commander in Chief to keep this country safe. President Trump…

Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Texas for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this resolution. If you look at what they are attempting to do, there has been a lot of talk about the 2002 AUMF, Madam Speaker, and…

Even with our united efforts at an administration seeking to do the right thing the 2010 census missed some 2.1 percent of the black community.

But they have the right to resist, do they not?

I want to tell you, General, you and I have had some very candid conversations.

We want to continue working with you to do just that.