Jamie Raskin

But criminal referrals require evidence of crimes, and the only crimes we have seen are those of the GOP's own star witnesses.

With the impeachment bus running on empty, our GOP colleagues now are apparently preparing to save face by ending the impeachment farce with criminal referrals.

Even if we were to believe every single word offered by these utterly compromised and biased witnesses, their allegations do not identify any wrongdoing, much less an impeachable offense by President Biden.

Mr. Chairman, thank you very kindly. With any luck, today marks the end of perhaps the most spectacular failure in the history of congressional investigations.

That's what the election is about. That's our real memory test.

It's about defending democracy and freedom.

He wandered pretty far afield from what his real charge is and was really. The whole thing could have ended after the very first sentence when he concluded that there were no grounds and no warrant for criminal charges.

President Biden did not assert executive privilege or claim absolute immunity for presidential crimes. He did not hide boxes of documents under his bed or in a bathtub. He did not fight investigators, nor did he seek to redact a single…

We are not standing up for democracy and human rights and international law around the world.

America faces a choice between democracy and tyranny.

If we indeed sleepwalk into another Trump Presidency, Trump will, quote, 'not give a single penny to Ukraine.'

My friends, this is a memory test, but it is not a memory test for President Biden.

Most notably after being given multiple chances to return classified documents and avoid prosecution Mr. Trump allegedly did the opposite.

Given that this report is so damning and the contrast between Biden and Trump, it is hard for me to see why our colleagues think that this hearing advances their flailing and embarrassing quest to impeach the President of the United States.

President Biden offered complete and unhesitating cooperation with the Special Counsel's investigation.

The Special Counsel exonerates President Biden.

Can you tell us what is the experience of deepfake regulatory legislation in the states and have they survived First Amendment attack, and what is the best model for creating a statute to deal with the problem?

I will continue to reject these absurd distractions from the investments we need in the communities that we represent.

They are trying everything they can to turn back the clock on our rights and our freedoms.

Let's focus on policy. Let's focus on substance.

It is deeply hypocritical for anyone who champions this man for the Presidency to talk about the mental acuity of anyone else.

I thank the distinguished gentleman from Utah for yielding. I appreciate it. It is just on a small bit of housekeeping business. I will be removing my name as cosponsor on H. Res. 902. My name was added to this as a cosponsor without my…

The claim of immunity is ludicrous and totally opposite our constitutional design.

The people have a right to know what happened and I think the Supreme Court, which is lopsided with gerrymandered right wing appointments, is really slowing things down here.

Republicans are now, quote, 'sheep in wolves' clothing,' and that their inaction and passivity is akin to leaving a soldier in the midst of an ambush.