Ken Buck

In Colorado, we have a different term for that. We call it a campaign promise.

Mr. Sondland, Ambassador Sondland is your star witness? Really? You are basing an impeachment on Ambassador Sondland's testimony?

There was no collusion. There was no conspiracy between Russia and the Trump campaign.

Not a single member on the other side of the aisle has been willing to condemn the conduct of the former Vice President.

I think that it is unfortunate when the gentleman from Rhode Island talks about the President sending Mr. Giuliani to the Ukraine to smear, to smear Vice President Biden.

If there are crimes, we should be bringing experts. We should be bringing in testimony.

I believe Mr. Swalwell, during the Mueller investigation, went on national TV and said something to the effect of an indictment is coming.

How will history judge this impeachment? I believe the American people will remember this impeachment effort unkindly, instead remembering Democrats have been resisting and looking for an excuse to impeach this President since the day he…

The majority has a privilege, the President also has a privilege. It's called executive privilege.

The Freedom of Information Act does not apply to memos the majority counsel writes. Isn't that true?

That's a privilege that we've reserved here in Congress, isn't it?

But did you have any--did you have any contact with Ambassador Sondland between the time of his deposition and the time of his clarifying statement?

Isn't it true that President Trump had a legitimate reason to request help from the Ukraine about the 2016 election?

Isn't what you and I and many others are afraid of is that the standard that your friends to the right of you... that the bar is so low that when we have a Democrat President in office and a Republican House and a Republican Senate, we're…

Congressman Deutch just informed us that FDR put country first.

Immigrants have served in our Armed Forces throughout our country's history.

So would we no longer have tens of thousands of providers in this particular area?

I think it would eliminate the CBN industry overnight, I mean, just by one mere coding tweak.

I think this is beneficial. It has very little to do with partisanship.

Why not address the issue of mental health? Why not explore ways that school resource officers keep their schools and students across the country safe?

An attempt by this Congress to restrict Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans in an effort to pay lip service to the idea of public safety or public health is, frankly, an affront to common sense.

It is not racist to talk about the folks who have lost loved ones as a result of murders.

It is also important recognize that ICE detention facilities are held to a high standard of custodial care to keep detainees safe and secure.

I want to begin my statement by recognizing the parents who are here of individuals who have been brutally murdered by illegal immigrants.

I find it very offensive that anybody would compare any Federal employee, frankly, to the Gestapo or running Nazi concentration camps.