Political Quotes

“This could go on forever. Of course not. I didn't make that assertion. Don't put it in my mouth. My friend has every right, not only the President, but every citizen has the right to repair to the courts of the United States for redress of their grievances and the pressing of their case, period. The President has that right. I never asserted that the President ought to be impeached on that basis, nor do I assert it now, nor do we assert it in our articles which have yet to be voted on, so we will see what they do on that vote. But let me remind the gentleman and let me remind Mr. Speaker of the House, we had a vote in 2017, we had a vote in 2018, and we had a vote in 2019. Those votes were on whether or not we ought to move Articles of Impeachment forward to impeach the President of the United States. I voted ``no'' on each one of those votes. Over 60 percent of the Democrats voted ``no'' on each one, some higher, on each one of those votes in '17, '18, and '19. So when you assert, Mr. Speaker, that somehow the Democrats were just frothing at the bit to impeach the President--I don't want to impeach this President. I wish this would pass from us. No one ran for Congress to impeach the President of the United States. But no one ought to shirk their responsibility. I will tell you, Mr.…”