Robert Weygand: “twenty-three short months ago, I stood in the well of this House to take the oath of office. At that time, I could not…”

“twenty-three short months ago, I stood in the well of this House to take the oath of office. At that time, I could not imagine that during my first term I would be asked to consider the impeachment of the President of the United States. In fact, I could not imagine that I would do so at anytime during my career in the House. I believe that as a member of the House of Representatives, short of sending young men and women to risk their lives in battle, impeachment is the gravest vote I can make. More than two centuries ago, when our forefathers met to draft our Constitution, they were aware that from time to time extreme circumstances would arise in the life of the nation that would require the right of the people who freely elect their representatives to be superseded in order to protect the Union and preserve our political system, through the process of impeachment by the Hose of Representatives and removal by the United States Senate.”