For Congress to ignore the specific words of the Constitution itself and substitute its own judgments would be for Congress to do what it is accusing the president of doing, and no one is above the law, not the president, and not Congress.
The speaker emphasizes that both Congress and the president must adhere to the law, rejecting the notion that Congress can redefine impeachment.
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