Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague for yielding. The power to impeach is one of the greatest constitutional powers granted to the House of Representatives. This awesome responsibility should be reserved for high crimes and misdemeanors. Nonetheless, House Republicans have decided to abuse that responsibility for a cheap political stunt. House Republicans have not alleged an impeachable offense. Policy disagreements are not impeachable. Even if you strongly believe border security should be improved, Madam Speaker, that does not provide grounds to remove a Cabinet official. That is why former Republican Secretary Michael Chertoff said that Mayorkas hasn't committed an impeachable offense. Even law professor Jonathan Turley has said that Secretary Mayorkas' alleged actions are not impeachable and fail to amount to high crimes and misdemeanors warranting his impeachment. Republicans offered no constitutional scholars as witnesses during their two impeachment hearings, but rather relied on Republican States attorneys general's testimony, one of which didn't even mention the word ``impeachment'' in his prepared statements. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.”