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On the recordDecember 10, 2019
The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other officers and shall have the sole power of impeachment.
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Madeleine Dean
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Emphasizing the House's exclusive authority over impeachment proceedings.

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