Not one of you mentioned the cause of why we're here, and that is people breaking our law and crossing our border.

we're supposed to now say, you get a judge.

As Representative Buck said, you know, statistics obviously have their controversial role.

I thank the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins) for yielding. Today, Democrats lower the bar for impeachment. Under this standard, a President can be impeached in the absence of a crime, without due process, and for asserting a legally…

The bottom line is here, they've been looking for an excuse for years now to impeach this President. They are wafer-thin. We should not be moving forward on something like this. The country does those (ph) a lot better than they're getting…

I have no further witnesses and am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

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

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

The bottom line is here they have been looking for an excuse for years now to impeach this President.

I think that the American people are getting tired, and I say that because I have a friend from college.

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

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

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.

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…

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

This is about a policy difference. And it is not about courage.

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

Congress is an embarrassment, and this President is holding his campaign promises, moving the Embassy to Jerusalem, cutting taxes, cutting regulations, sustaining an amazing economy with low unemployment, job creation, bringing…

We were sent here to obstruct this Congress.

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

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?

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?

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

Congressman Deutch just informed us that FDR put country first.