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On the recordMay 1, 2025
Mr. Speaker, one place where the President has expressed concerns that ought to cause all Americans to want to see some change, to see him have to be dealt with for what he said and what he is doing. I have in my hand a passage titled: ``President Trump meets with President of El Salvador.'' There are three different things that I will call to your attention related to impeachment. The first is this meeting in the Oval Office. I am about to read to you something that was published by C-SPAN. If you want the details, you can go to the actual event on C-SPAN and see what I am telling you. This is no secret. Some of the news media has picked up on it as of late and they are talking about it. Here is what it says, here is how it reads, here is what it states: During an Oval Office meeting--I am going to paraphrase some of this-- with the President of El Salvador, President Donald Trump and members of his administration argued that they were not required to return deported Salvadoran citizen Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Some things bear repeating. I say this quite often. Seems like there is a lot that bears repeating: not required to return this Salvadoran citizen to the United States, in spite of the Supreme Court ruling in favor of facilitating his return. The Supreme Court of the United States of America, coequal branch of the government, separation of powers, not required to return him, not facilitating it.…
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas

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