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On the recordDecember 18, 2019
The President has violated the trust. We must impeach Donald J. Trump. Madam Speaker, I hate no woman or man. Today the American people should receive clarity and truth. The Constitution is the highest law of the land. The President breached and violated the Constitution of the United States of America. The President committed Constitutional Crimes. The President's crimes are impeachable. President John F. Kennedy said that, ``If this country should ever reach the point where any man or group of men by force or threat of force could long defy the commands of our court and constitution, then no law would stand free from doubt, and no citizen would be safe from his neighbors.'' The facts are undisputed. First, President Trump violated his oath of office by placing his personal and political interest above the national interest by scheming to coerce Ukraine into investigating a potential election opponent. Second, President Trump betrayed the national interest by withholding vital, congressionally appropriated security assistance; $391 Million to a beleaguered and besieged ally facing armed aggression from Russia, America's implacable foe. Third, the essential purpose of the scheme concocted by President Trump was to enlist a foreign country to help him fix the 2020 presidential election in his favor, the very type of interference most feared by the Framers. These acts are Constitutional crimes and an abuse of power.…
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas

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