Steve Cohen

GSA went to court. And in the complaint, the United States argued contracts between Members of Congress and the Federal Government are prohibited.

Which is hooey, in my opinion.

The President has said this is a constitutional issue and he is going to give his profits to the United States Treasury.

I would submit to you you ought to be familiar with it.

Thank you. And apparently, the Trump family agrees.

Well, it would be interesting to know if it was similar or different.

Recently, GSA became aware that Rice REI, LLC is wholly owned by Congressman Tom Rice, who became a member of Congress in January 2013 and remains so to date.

Submitted for the Record by Hon. Steve Cohen

We need her onboard to get the 218 votes to have the House officially impeach him, which would put the Senate on the spot and cause several senators to have to show the American people are they with the Constitution and the rule of law or…

We are given the power to sanction or countervail a president through impeachment who we feel the facts show has committed high crimes and misdemeanors.

I most certainly do because I think we have a duty. We take an oath of office to uphold the Constitution.

I think it has. Of course, it depends on the facts as they are developed. And if they are very close to what we've read in the reports from 'The Washington Post,' of him basically leveraging military aid to the Ukraine that they need to…

I find this incredibly concerning and extremely peculiar that the EPA would cede its own experts' advice on banning asbestos.

I'm very concerned about how often you have ignored apparently your own professional scientists seemingly at the expense of people's lives in favor of profit companies and private profits.

Later this week, I am going to introduce the Deadly Force Independent Review Act, which would provide independent review of instances when a Federal law enforcement officer has used deadly force.

Yes, so that I as the detective don't have to interview or investigate somebody, I worked with for 20 years.

You can't have absolute independence if the DA has to go to the grand jury and if the DA indicts a policeman, gets a policeman indicted, then the police, as we saw in New York--

It is a shame the Department of Justice, which has been effective in the past, has stepped back from providing independent review and accountability for police practices.

We also need to collect data and technology to be useful about policing practice, to make law enforcement more responsive and responsible.

I am deeply concerned about the crisis of trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve.

Do not demand community respect for law enforcement while advocating for those very policies that you know will destroy their trust.

Don't tell me you support law enforcement and local control of police and then threaten to take away grant funding if local police refused to enforce Federal immigration laws.

It is especially disheartening to hear the Attorney General of the United States attack local mayors and prosecutors for their efforts to respond to their local community.

Too often, the discourse on police misconduct descends into a false dichotomy of us versus them.

This is not a partisan issue. There are no 'sides.'