John Hope Bryant: “I would simply say this to the comments by the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Burton] just a moment ago, and the others…”

I think it would have been best, frankly, had my good friend, the gentleman from California [Mr. Gallegly], who I believe to be quite sincere about this, had simply brought to the floor the original amendment which says flatly that we are…

I want to remind our colleagues that we are not voting on impeachment today. We are here today simply to uphold our constitutional obligation to look further into the allegations of wrongdoing against this president, and not to look away…

let me respond briefly that the Constitution itself talks about impeachment as well as election. The two processes are compatible, according to our forefathers, since they completely understood that you had first to be elected in order to…

I urge Members to do what is right for our kids, do what is right for our neighborhoods, do what is right for our police departments. Do not put another burden on the school districts, and vote against this bill.