Bill Pascrell: “We are here today because of the failure of so many to cast aside narrow ambition to confront the threats standing…”

“We are here today because of the failure of so many to cast aside narrow ambition to confront the threats standing before us. Offered the chance to investigate this government together, the President and his party stonewalled and obstructed. We are here today because we choose comfort over courage and avarice over the Republic. This is the ongoing tragedy of our age. And it is ongoing. The matter is now solely in our hands and belongs to us and us alone. The buck has stopped. Many have invoked the judgment of history as an anecdote to this threat, but the threat to democracy is here today, not tomorrow. We need not and we must not await the verdict of time for Donald Trump's abuse of power and obstruction. We can offer that verdict right now, and we are.”