A statement by House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairman Elijah Cummings for the record submitted by the Honorable Jamie Raskin, a Representative in Congress from Maryland.

The remedy they imposed was that if a President commits a grave offense, a high crime or misdemeanor, this body has the power to impeach that President.

President Zelensky is sensitive about Ukraine being taken seriously.

I count 17 honorable public servants who came forward to testify over the intimidation and disparagement of the President.

The evidence is overwhelming that the President abused his power by pressuring Ukraine and its new President to investigate a political opponent.

The aid was only released after President Trump got caught doing the scheme.

Ukraine was pressured then and still is pressured.

There is a constitutional remedy for a President who undermines our national security and our elections, who puts his own interests before those of the country. That remedy is impeachment.

The facts are clear, the danger to our democracy is clear, and our duty is clear.

But in the United States a lot of people are not afraid, even though President Trump has tried to intimidate or silence them.

It is a requirement that the President be a person who does not abuse his power.

The Founders were very clear in spelling out what they saw to be the greatest abuses that would raise the most concerns for our Nation.

All I will observe is that the gentleman from New York oddly begins by attacking a resolution for being a recycled version of language we have already adopted on a massive bipartisan basis in the House. Then he closes by attacking us for…

My good friend from Arizona chides me for having described section 5, the preclearance requirement of the Voting Rights Act, as genius, which is amazing to me because this has been a bipartisan national commitment and a bipartisan…

On Wednesday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 741, providing for consideration of two measures. First, the rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4, the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019, under a closed…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 741 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 741 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

Richard Nixon sent burglars to break into the Democratic National Committee headquarters, but President Trump just made a direct phone call to the President of a foreign country and sought his intervention in an American election.

Tom Paine said that in the monarchies the king is law but in the democracies the law will be king.

If he's right and we accept this radical claim that he can do whatever he wants, all future Presidents seeking reelection will be able to bring foreign governments into our campaigns to target their rivals and to spread propaganda.

I very much appreciate your testimony Mr. Rice.

More than a hundred million Americans today are likely drinking water contaminated with PFAS.

Thanks to Rob, independent experts reviewed the blood work and medical records of 70,000 people whose water had been poisoned by DuPont.

These are real people, guys. It is real people, Mr. Chairman - people who live in the frontline communities like Oscoda, Michigan.

We have not stopped industrial releases of PFAS into the air and water.

They presumed that my husband and I didn't have the ability to make a decision for ourselves.