We've called this impeachment a sham because we just simply don't have a better way to describe it.

The founders of this country warned against a single party impeachment. You know why? Because they feared it would bitterly and perhaps irreparably divide our nation.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: TITLE V--STREAMLINING ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVALS SEC. 501. ADDRESSING PERMITS…

I really appreciate the gentleman's zeal, but I want him to know the focus is on the right thing. We are focused here on solving problems. This is not the first time this legislation has been misunderstood or even mischaracterized. As I…

Every witness in the record testified that President Trump was concerned about corruption with foreign governments.

I love this country and I love this Constitution, which is why I am so disappointed to see that we are witnessing for first time the constitutional power of impeachment being misused.

I don't know that we have learned a great deal at these hearings, other than the fact that the Democrats have been hell-bent on impeachment since they first took the majority.

He exercised authority clearly granted to him by the Constitution.

My question is, where are your crimes? You talk about them, you want people to think they are there.

They have been unfair in their process, that they have been unable to evidence accusations against the President with anything other than hearsay and conjecture.

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.

It is a ludicrous position.

I appreciate that, Mr. Cicilline. And I was going to make a request of my colleagues and friends on the other side as well to put country over party also.

The only obstruction here is that of the Democrat Party.

I have now given the article that the gentleman from California wants admitted, again, perpetrating the falsehood that people were killed because of money.

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.

Now, the Constitution vests all executive authority in the President.

That is why the rules of the House allow it. That is why no matter who is in charge, the minority gets to call witnesses and bring forward evidence.

Mr. Green said, we can impeach him over and over and over again.

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.

They are trying to take down the American President and they are trying to take down the Ukrainian President.

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

Everybody knows the President is concerned about the misuse of American taxpayer dollars overseas.

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

Sadly, this process possesses none of these characteristics.