Eric Schmitt: “I rise to bring attention to the matter of grave importance to the Senate. My friend and colleague from Indiana just…”

“I rise to bring attention to the matter of grave importance to the Senate. My friend and colleague from Indiana just spoke about this just a few minutes ago. We are going to be delivered Articles of Impeachment to this Chamber, which is a very important role that the Senate plays in our constitutional structure, our constitutional order. All of us are sworn in as jurors. This is a solemn act. We swear when we take our oath that we will abide by the Constitution, we will protect the Constitution. This is something we are supposed to do. Politically speaking, Secretary Mayorkas has been a disaster. If you could have a Mount Rushmore of worst Cabinet members in the history of the United States of America, he would be on that Mount Rushmore. Legally speaking, he has undermined the laws of the United States. But before we get there, we actually have to have a trial. In no instance in the history of this great Republic--in 240-plus years--has this body, the world's greatest deliberative body ever, in the history of our country, dismissed or tabled Articles of Impeachment for someone who is still serving in office or alive. Let me repeat that: It has never happened. To quote my colleague from New York who often says this: History is watching. Chuck Schumer, history is watching, because 200 years from now, God willing, in this Republic, people will be in our chairs. We don't know their names.…”