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On the recordSeptember 10, 2019
And still I rise with love of country in my heart and, I must say, I rise today, unfortunately, some 146 days since the Mueller report was released, some 48 days since Mr. Mueller testified, some 48 days for the President to be above the law since the testimony of Mr. Mueller, 146 days above the law since the report was presented to Congress. And still I rise, with a very special message, however. I want people to know that there is more than hope. I rise today to say that there will be an impeachment. The President will be impeached. Some things bear repeating. The President will be impeached. There will be a vote taken sometime this week, I am told, for the Judiciary Committee to make some sort of official announcement. I rise to say that the President will be impeached, in spite of some and because of others. I rise today to say that he will be impeached because the hands of history are piloting his ship of fate. And I believe that history will not allow us, the Members of this august body, to allow the President to be above the law. I believe that if we fail to do so, it would make Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution meaningless. It would have no application to the term that we quite often use, ``no person is above the law.'' We would then have to say: No person is above the law, saving at least one person. Article II, Section 4, if it is to have meaning, means that the President will be impeached.…
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas
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Sep 10, 2019

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