before I get into my remarks, I noted that my dear friend and colleague, the Senator from Illinois, is giving remarks to say a fond and, I am sure, a somewhat poignant farewell to Reema Dodin, who has done a great job for him, for the…

If Speaker Pelosi decides that she`s going to deliver the article of impeachment to the Senate as early as tomorrow when the Senate comes back, that will start a clock ticking where basically the Senate has 24 hours to start Trump`s…

There will be a vote on convicting the president for high crimes and misdemeanors, and if the president is convicted, there will be a vote on barring him from running again.

the two of them decide that such action is warranted by intervening circumstances, they can reconvene the Senate whenever they want.

Donald Trump should not hold office one day longer.

If Donald Trump is not removed, if he doesn't resign, then he should be impeached.

The top Democrat in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are both calling on the cabinet to take that step, to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove the president.

Speaker Pelosi and I tried to call the vice president this morning to tell him to do this. They kept us on hold for 25 minutes and then said the vice president would not come on the phone. So, we are making the call public because he…

by egging on this deadly insurrection and hailing the rioters, the president forfeited his moral authority to hold the nation's highest office even for 13 more days.

Do you believe that Vice President Mike Pence and the majority of the Trump cabinet are going to vote to temporarily remove the president from office?

Yesterday was a win for the violent insurrectionism that is now the apex of the Republican Party.

Invoking the 25th Amendment, they say, would represent a temporary guard rail for democracy, a needed return to sanity and decency in the White House until Joe Biden assumes office at noon eastern on January 20th.

The Senator from Virginia, Senator Warner. The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator from Virginia.

The Senator from Illinois, Mr. Durbin. The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator from Illinois.

I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to Senator Booker and 2\1/2\ minutes to Senator Kaine, in reverse order. The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator from Virginia.

The Senator from Colorado, Mr. Bennet. The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator from Colorado

The Senator from Nevada, Senator Cortez Masto. The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator from Nevada.

the Senator from the great State of Arizona, Senator Sinema. The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator from Arizona.

Mr. Vice President, as prescribed by the Constitution and the laws of the Nation, the purpose of this joint session is for tellers, appointed on a bipartisan basis by the two Houses, to read to the Congress the results of an election that…

And on our side, Senators Wyden, Hirono, and Coons. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Boozman). Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Pennsylvania. ____________________

The Senator from New Hampshire, Senator Shaheen. The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator from New Hampshire.

The Senator from Pennsylvania, Mr. Casey. The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator from Pennsylvania.

I believe we have 8 minutes left, so I would like to divide 4 to Senator King and 4 to Senator Van Hollen. The VICE PRESIDENT. That is correct. The Senator from Maine.

it is very, very difficult to put into words what has transpired today. I have never lived through or even imagined an experience like the one we have just witnessed in this Capitol. President Franklin Roosevelt set aside December 7, 1941…

The stain on our democracy won't easily be washed away.