Political Quotes

“2 years ago I walked into this Chamber with awe. As the son of an immigrant, I was raised to believe in the majesty of our democracy, and this is the citadel of that democracy. Today we are on the verge of weakening our democracy by abusing the most extraordinary tool our Constitution affords us. Most constitutional scholars and most of the American people simply do not believe that the President's offenses, as bad as they are, rise to the level of impeachment; yet we are about to set a dangerous precedent where future Congresses will use impeachment as a tool of political destruction and not as the intended remedy for the grand abuse of power. If we proceed down this road, this Congress will forever be remembered not for defending the rule of law, but for defiling our Constitution. I ask you to look around and consider the weight of history all of us in this Chamber bear. Before you degrade the world's greatest democracy, I ask you, I implore you, to please change your course.”