On the recordApril 17, 2024
For the information of Members, there are no further votes today. I remind all Members that we have very serious business ahead of us in the next few days, and we will keep you informed as to schedule as things can get scheduled. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Republican leader is recognized. Mayorkas Impeachment Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, we set a very unfortunate precedent here. This means the Senate can ignore, in effect, the House's impeachment. It doesn't make any difference whether our friends on the other side thought he should have been impeached or not. He was. And by doing what we just did, we have, in effect, ignored the directions of the House, which were to have a trial. We had no evidence, no procedure. This is a day that is not a proud day in the history of the Senate. (Applause.) The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Utah.
