And all power in the executive branch derives from the President. And the President can and should ask for assistance from foreign governments in ongoing criminal investigations.

This is never going to stop. I agree with my colleague from Ohio; it is never going to stop.

Every President who has been impeached has been impeached for criminal acts. Democrats found no evidence of criminal misconduct on the part of the President.

Adam Schiff's own words and Al Green's own words. Adam Schiff, even the other day giving one of his press conferences, which he loves dearly.

If you want to make that argument, you are supposed to go to a Federal court, the third branch of government, to resolve a dispute between the executive and the legislature.

We can't let it go unaddressed. And the way that we deal with this grave abuse of the public trust is with the drastic action that it requires.

The American people understand what happened. Those are the facts.

It is never proper for a United States President to hold a foreign country over a barrel to make them do that President's personal bidding.

We are a country of precedent. We are a country of rule of law. We are a country of norms and traditions.

There is zero direct evidence in the record of these proceedings that show that President Trump engaged in any scheme.

Heck, yeah, our country has been through a lot.