Jim Sensenbrenner: “This is a major step in the surveillance state getting out of control in the hands of the Congress...”

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I am no stranger to this debate. In the aftermath of 9/11, I stood on this floor to advance the USA PATRIOT Act. I still believe, as I did at the time, in its necessity to protect our country from terrorist attacks. In 2015, after abuses…

This is the third time in the last 40 years, 45 years that this committee has sat to the Articles of Impeachment against the President of the United States.

But obstruction of Congress, when there is no referee, there is no adjudication, there is nothing but a majority that says, 'You give us what we want until we find a crime, or we are going to throw you out of office,' that is so…