Jim McGovern

I also want to thank you for the strong language directing the State Department to coordinate across all U.S. agencies the release of all relevant files or documents related to the 1981 El Mozote massacre in El Salvador.

I want to thank you for designating $1 million to support CONABUSQUEDA, which is an organization that I helped establish.

Thank you to Norma Torres, my colleague on the Rules Committee as well.

Clean, safe water is a right for every person in this country, and I am asking this committee to continue to support the highest possible funding for both the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds.

I appreciate the committee's previous efforts to highlight the uniqueness of Conte, and I am grateful for any further efforts that might better prioritize or direct funds to the refuge.

Mr. Trump's smears against the Vice President are debunked accusations made by a corrupt Ukrainian prosecutor, Viktor Shokin.

So, obviously, and to my friends, we have very different opinions about this.

For the sake of the Constitution, fair elections free of foreign interference, and our national security, President Trump should be impeached.

Impeachment is the remedy the Founders placed in the Constitution to remove a President during his or her term of office.

A President who flaunts the separation of powers and checks and balances in our Constitution and who refuses to allow witnesses to appear before Congress would receive our Founders' universal condemnation.

I genuinely believe, as I have said over and over and over again, that we see a crime in progress, and I am worried about the next election.

I assure you that my vote for impeachment is based on my strong belief that what he did rises to the level of an impeachable offense.

I have said before in this committee, that is not a good look for us.

I never want to see a day where American families have to send their children to live outside of the country because of public corruption.

The rule of law is what gives our great country its strength.

No one--no one--is above the law, not even the President.

I have never, ever, ever seen or witnessed a moment like this where a President of either party has publicly invited foreign intervention in our election.

I look at this, as a crime in progress and that we are trying to prevent the President from rigging the next election.

We are here because of abuse and obstruction and the President's abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

But when it comes to policy, what we have here is a corrupt President that wanted to do something to advance his political circumstances.

The President's actions, in your words, were so wrong.

There was a crime in progress.

The President abused his power of office for his own personal gain and obstructed a congressional investigation

I did not swear allegiance to a political party; I swore allegiance to the Constitution, and I hope all my colleagues will do the same.

With the 2020 elections fast approaching, we must act with a sense of urgency to protect our democracy and defend our Constitution.