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On the recordJuly 30, 2014
I thank the gentlelady for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, we in this body are called upon to represent the wishes of the American people. The last national election, President Obama was reelected by the American people by an overwhelming majority. What we find today are the people who opposed his reelection, the people who for years now have been wishing upon him failure, are attempting to do with this lawsuit what they could not do at the polling places. Rather than address the problems of the American people, repair our crumbling infrastructure, getting affordability for our young people to attend colleges and universities and other postsecondary education, here we are trying to find a way to discover some peg upon which to hang an impeachment resolution. That is what this is all about. I would hope that we would hurry up and return dignity to this body and stop these charades that are inflaming the American people in a way that they are undeserving of.
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Jim Clyburn
Democratic · South Carolina

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