Lance Gooden: “This is the day the Founding Fathers feared when they granted Congress the power of impeachment, where we have a…”

“This is the day the Founding Fathers feared when they granted Congress the power of impeachment, where we have a political party so dead set against the President that they will do anything to impeach him. And they are about to get away with it, simply because they have the votes. But that is not how this process is supposed to work. It is not meant to be dictated by a thin partisan majority, nor is it meant to be used when an election is just around the corner. No one understands that better than our Speaker, for whom I have great respect. And I agree with the comments she made on March 6 of just this year: ``Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there is something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don't think we should go down that path because it divides'' the Nation. That is exactly what has happened. When we walk out of here tonight, we all know how this result is going to go. The Democrats are voting for this. Not one Republican is breaking. This is not bipartisan. The American people are disgusted with the United States House of Representatives, and we bring shame upon this body today by moving forward with this impeachment.”