this 'Seinfeld' impeachment--an impeachment hearing about nothing, apparently--2 days before the government is about to shut down.

The Republican Majority in the House Rules Committee has advanced an amendment to delete $300 million from the Defense Appropriations Act.

A dozen of our colleagues on the Republican side have already called for impeachment. I am struck by the fact that, of the four expert witnesses brought together today, not a single one of them argued that a sufficient quantum of evidence…

Accusations that the President has committed a crime, or even that the President has done something illegal, are unparliamentary.

This is not a serious inquiry. This is not a serious hearing.

It is another attack on our democracy and our institutions.

This entire fake impeachment inquiry is not about the United States; it is about Hunter Biden.

Given that the Committee has not been authorized by the full House to conduct an impeachment inquiry, am I correct in assuming that we are obligated to follow the rules of the House?

We cannot give up on discerning truth from propaganda. We cannot give up on our collective governance.

The American people are smart, that they are not going to be fooled by what is happening here today.

A week ago, Donald Trump posted a comment saying that a government shutdown, quote, 'is the last chance to defund these political prosecutions against me and other patriots.'

These people are trying to cut funding for our democratic allies in Ukraine.

Is there any precedent in our country for launching an impeachment inquiry absent evidence of wrongdoing by the President?

The evidence before us shows no wrongdoing by President Biden.

What about the January 6th defendants?--all of whom had lawyers, due process, the presumption of innocence.

I am afraid the Majority forgot to bring the evidence with them today.

No foreign enemy has ever been able to shut down the Government of the United States, but now MAGA Republicans are about to do just that.

I have introduced a motion to subpoena Giuliani and Lev Parnas.

The people of America elected all 435 of us to do the things they expect Congress to do--real business, not theater--try to have some type of prescription drug reform legislation this year. But, instead, the Majority party is conducting…

This inquiry is a cynical attempt to tar everyone, to make everyone look suspect, make everyone look corrupt, so that voters just give up and say, 'There is not much difference here.'

Pursuant to clause 2(k)(6) of Rule XI, I move that the Committee subpoena Rudy Giuliani and Lev Parnas to come and testify in these hearings.

This is not partisan warfare America is seeing today. It is chaotic infighting between Republicans and Republicans.

But the problem is, when you sling mud, you got to have mud.

I wonder how many of my esteemed Republican colleagues here, who all voted against impeaching Donald Trump if they were in the House at that point, can reconcile their votes against impeaching Trump for the grave crime of inciting a…

The problem is that Donald Trump won't let them call off the wild goose chase because he says they impeached me, so we should impeach him.