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Jay Inslee: I say this impeachment process should go no farther. It should stop today, and it will stop if we don't reappoint the…

On the recordJanuary 6, 1999
I say this impeachment process should go no farther. It should stop today, and it will stop if we don't reappoint the impeachment managers. When the nation's train is headed off a cliff and the bridge is out, it is our duty to stop it today. My fellow new members should take note. Should you vote today to continue this partisan impeachment, it will be your hand and fingerprints on the impeachment dagger. Your constituents will ask, ``Et tu, new Congress?'' We are not bound by the dead hand of the ``Lame Duck'' Congress. The people of my district sent home a Republican advocate of impeachment and sent me to Congress in his place. We hear glad tidings that the people want to end partisanship. Today we can decide if that is rhetoric or reality. Our constituents are our masters, not the last Congress. Free us from the politics of the past, join use in saying enough is enough. Let's get on with the nation's business.
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Jay Inslee
Democratic · Washington

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Addressing the impeachment process during his first speech as a new Member of Congress.

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