Political Quotes

“And still I rise, a proud American. But I am especially proud, Mr. Speaker, of this House of Representatives because, yesterday, this House engaged in the first part of a bipartisan--bipartisan--effort. It was bipartisan yesterday, but it is a bifurcated effort as well. Bifurcated because, yesterday, this House voted with a vote of 244 to condemn the President. Yesterday's vote was to condemn, the first part of the bifurcated process. Today's vote is to determine whether or not we will punish the President. The effort yesterday was wonderful. I supported it. But it does not punish the President. It does not fine him. He will remain in office. Today, we will deal with the question of what his punishment should be. Today, between 4 and 5, somewhere in there, there will be Articles of Impeachment voted on. This will be the opportunity for us to go on record letting the world know where we stand. If we vote to table, we are voting not to advance impeachment. If we vote to send it to the Committee on the Judiciary, we are voting not to advance impeachment. I will not vote to table. I will not vote to send it to the Committee on the Judiciary. I will want to move forward so that we can move to vote to impeach. This President has committed impeachable offenses. Yesterday, we condemned him for them. Today is our opportunity to punish him for them.…”