Tom McClintock

They can't stand the fact that President Trump is actually draining the swamp and doing what he said he would do.

You have been wanting to do that for a long time. You ought to take it and just rejoice.

Unlike Presidents Nixon and Clinton, who were impeached for actual crimes, President Trump is being impeached based on theories concocted by the Democrats.

The lawful exercise of the President's constitutional authority is not impeachable.

We got a $22 trillion debt hanging over our head.

You can't put them in there.

We are tearing down a world leader in the eyes of those that don't like him in his own country and Russia who is attacking him.

It is improper and unfair to change the rules in the middle of the game, Mr. Chairman.

The committee charged with writing up the Articles of Impeachment... wasn't allowed to be in there for the 17 fact witnesses.

Impeaching a President that has published these types of things is just patently absurd.

This blood lust for impeachment is not going to be visited on us or President Trump.

Unlike the Nixon and Clinton impeachment, there is no crime that is alleged to have been committed by the President of the United States.

Somebody on their side engages in illegal or improper conduct, and that is what they accuse President Trump or us of doing.

The problem that we are seeing here is when you even get to the articles themselves, abuse of power, when you look at these articles and compare them to history.

the majority, frankly, is acting like petulant children who are not getting their way quick enough because Santa Claus hasn't come yet.

Come in and prove your own innocence. First of all, that is antithetical to the Anglo-American judicial process.

Republicans are united. We see this for what it is.

I never thought we would cross outside of the ocean to try and basically impugn the integrity of a world leader like we have been for the last two hearings.

The only person who would have firsthand knowledge of the quid pro quo, bribery, extortion, or whatever buzzword the Democrats want to trot out next is President Zelensky, who has categorically denied any such agreement or pressure.

If you are going to do that, you should have a record of fact that no reasonable person can deny.

It is unfortunate, taking up all this time on impeachment when there are so many other things that we ought to be working on for the benefit of the American people.

This is the year you put a dagger in minority rights.

After 22 months of investigations and millions in tax dollars spent on Democratic lawyers investigating the President, they found nothing, no collusion.

The House has no constitutional authority to include this language that suggests the President should be removed from office.

To include the language that the President should be disqualified from office is prejudicial to the constitutionally prescribed process that the Senate will take up.