I've heard Republicans say, why are we rushing to judgment? This is not a rush to judgment. It's a rush to justice. And we must not delay. Corruption is corrosive.

Well, he is shooting holes in our Constitution on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Now we must preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution from you.

Some people say 'quid pro quo.' Some people translate into the American definition of 'a this for a that.'

What is extraordinary is the gymnastics and hurdles that my colleagues on the other side are going through to make sure that they just throw a whole bunch of stuff at the wall, hope that they confuse the American people, hope that…

This committee, the Judiciary Committee in the House, when it impeached Judge Thomas Porteous from Louisiana... had the same exact language in it.

If you gave $550 million to an administration you knew that was corrupt, what happens between 2018 and 2019, besides you being scared to death of your next political opponent?

Let's look at the three witnesses that testified under oath. Vindman, Lieutenant Colonel, Purple Heart. He said it was a meeting in exchange for an investigation into the Bidens.

To my Republican colleagues fighting when it's comfortable is easy, running and hiding is easy, but it doesn't leave a legacy. How do you want to be remembered during this watershed moment in our nation's history?

The Constitution does vest the President with certain powers, but not the power to lie, not the power to obstruct, not the power to cheat our democracy, not the power to threaten our security, there is no question that the President has…

I'd like then to--let's go back. There was also discussion earlier during the minority questioning that Mr. Sandy from OMB said that the reason for the security assistance hold was related to the President's concerns about burden sharing…

Now, my Republican colleagues have suggested that the Ukrainians did not even know about the military aid being withheld. Is that true?

So the President was concerned about the two investigations, and note that was the predicate for releasing military aid to our ally?

Mr. Chairman, I'd like to enter into the record evidence uncovered by the committee from the House Budget and Appropriations Committees that documents OMB placing a hold on the Ukrainian security assistance on July 25.

So that was after everything came out to light?

I want to talk about how the President did the same thing with almost 400 million taxpayer dollars to pressure Ukraine to do his personal bidding.

I thank the chairman for yielding. Let me just pick up where they left off. Whether it is a reauthorization, whether it is a restoration, it does not matter. What this is, is fixing the stain on America that prohibited and stopped African…

This is not an easy decision, it's not a comfortable decision, but it's one that's necessary.

Today I rise with a heavy heart to acknowledge the life and legacy of Coach Marvin Keelen. Coach Keelen coached at Goretti Playground in New Orleans, Louisiana. I met Coach Marvin probably when I was about 13 years old; and he started me…

It is an undisputable fact that in 2016 the Russian Government carried out a concerted, sophisticated operation to meddle in our Presidential election.

It is very important for the people in this country to believe in the elections that we have.

I believe that it is bipartisan, that we want to protect our elections and protect our democracy, and make sure that every vote matters.

I urge the White House to accept the intelligence community's unanimous conclusions about 2016 meddling.

I think we have begun a process that is going to take time to build the confidence in State and local election officials.

This threat is real, and it is personal.