Nancy Pelosi

On this vote yeas are 230, the nays are 197, present is 1. Article one is adopted.

Speaker Pelosi tonight in the letter she sent to the entire caucus, ... talking about the stakes, talking about the moment for her caucus, why this is a somber issue but the most important kind of issue they have to vote on.

Impeachment must be, quote, compelling and overwhelmingly bipartisan.

Impeachment is so divisive to the country that, unless there is something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don't think we should go down that path because it divides the country.

Think about this President. Think about--this is why the American people like him so much is because he is doing what he said he would do.

This is not about the concern Mr. Swalwell talked about earlier, concern that somehow the President was going to do something wrong and try to influence the election.

You have a rigged and rushed process when you can't accept the will of the American people.

If we allow this President to get away with this, we will have lost our democracy, and we will have conveyed that right to foreign powers, and we will no longer have a democracy.

The President has abused his office and is now using that power of the office to hide the extent of that abuse from the people. That is abuse of power. That is an impeachable offense.

The power of impeachment has built in due process protections. We are the American people's duly elected representatives, and we, Members of Congress, are empowered to hold to account corrupt and criminal Presidents.

We are defending our democracy and delivering on the promises that we made to each and every one of our constituents.

He betrayed the American people. There is no higher crime under our Constitution than that.

I believe the President abused the power of his office, putting his own interests above the needs of our Nation.

Will we accept a President who refuses to do the same?

For this reason, I will vote to impeach Donald J. Trump, soberly, shouldering the responsibility that was given to me by my constituents and honoring my oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America.

They trusted us, the people, with our Republic, to safeguard the values they enshrined in our Constitution.

We must not turn a blind eye to the undisputed facts.

This President has failed that test of honor, of unselfish service to our country.

It is important that we begin to understand that we cannot be stopped by distractions.

We must reject that abuse of power, because this is not America, no one is above the law.

Impeachment cannot be warped by equivocation wrapped in doubt.

The truth is no longer for all; it is for one man, Donald J. Trump, his truth, his way.

Democrats must strike while the iron is hot on impeaching the President.

It is dangerous to allow voters to judge his performance in 2020.

I'm not going to let Donald Trump or anybody underestimate me. And I'm not going to stop for one minute from stepping forward in my power to help these other families.