1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,570 USE THE 25TH AMENDMENT TO REMOVE PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM OFFICE 2 00:00:00,570 --> 00:00:03,280 FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING LAST WEEK'S ATTACK ON THE U 3 00:00:03,280 --> 00:00:04,440 S CAPITOL 4 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:06,440 AS MEMBERS WERE CONSIDERING THE RESOLUTION 5 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:08,140 VICE PRESIDENT PENCE INFORMED 6 00:00:08,140 --> 00:00:10,180 SPEAKER PELOSI AND A LETTER 7 00:00:10,180 --> 00:00:11,510 HE HAS NO INTENTION 8 00:00:11,510 --> 00:00:14,610 OF USING THE 25TH AMENDMENT AS REQUESTED 9 00:00:14,610 --> 00:00:17,490 IT IS ONE OF SEVERAL MEASURES THE HOUSE IS CONSIDERING 10 00:00:17,490 --> 00:00:21,070 THIS WEEK IN RESPONSE TO THE DEADLY RIOT ON CAPITOL 11 00:00:21,070 --> 00:00:21,910 HILL 12 00:00:21,910 --> 00:00:24,360 MORROW THE HOUSE TAKES UP A RESOLUTION TO IMPEACH THE 13 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:25,160 PRESIDENT 14 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:26,220 FOR INCITING 15 00:00:26,220 --> 00:00:27,240 AN INSURRECTION 16 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:29,000 AGAINST THE U S GOVERNMENT 17 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,490 IF PASSED IT WOULD MAKE DONALD TRUMP THE FIRST U 18 00:00:31,490 --> 00:00:32,439 S PRESIDENT 19 00:00:32,439 --> 00:00:33,540 TO BE IMPEACHED 20 00:00:33,540 --> 00:00:34,420 TWICE 21 00:00:34,420 --> 00:00:36,820 YOU CAN FOLLOW THE HOUSE WHEN IT RETURNS AND 00 22 00:00:36,820 --> 00:00:37,870 A M EASTERN 23 00:00:37,870 --> 00:00:39,760 HERE ON C SPAN 24 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:41,810 UP NEXT WE WILL SHOW YOU THE FLOOR DEBATE FROM 25 00:00:41,810 --> 00:00:44,390 EARLIER THIS EVENING ON THE 25TH AMENDMENT 26 00:00:44,390 --> 00:00:46,200 STARTING WITH MARYLAND REPRESENTATIVE 27 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:47,260 JAMIE RASKIN 28 00:00:47,260 --> 00:00:49,510 WHO INTRODUCED THE RESOLUTION 29 00:00:51,980 --> 00:00:53,320 WE HAVE EXPERIENCED 30 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:54,590 TRAUMA 31 00:00:54,590 --> 00:00:56,580 OF A VIOLENT ATTACK 32 00:00:56,580 --> 00:00:58,380 ON THIS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 33 00:00:58,380 --> 00:00:59,640 ON THIS CHAMBER 34 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:01,090 AND ON ALL OF THE PEOPLE 35 00:01:01,090 --> 00:01:02,500 WHO WORK HERE 36 00:01:02,500 --> 00:01:03,460 AN ARMED 37 00:01:03,460 --> 00:01:04,150 LAWLESS 38 00:01:04,150 --> 00:01:05,549 AND ENRAGED MOB 39 00:01:05,549 --> 00:01:07,359 SMASHED WINDOWS 40 00:01:07,359 --> 00:01:10,450 BEAT UP AND CRASHED AND CRUSHED CAPITOL HILL POLICE OFFICERS 41 00:01:10,450 --> 00:01:12,700 WHO CRIED OUT IN AGONY 42 00:01:12,700 --> 00:01:13,530 OVERCAME 43 00:01:13,530 --> 00:01:15,769 AND SUBDUED LAW ENFORCEMENT 44 00:01:15,769 --> 00:01:18,680 KILLED OR CAUSED THE DEATHS OF AT LEAST FIVE 45 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:20,959 AMERICAN CITIZENS INCLUDING 46 00:01:21,510 --> 00:01:24,849 A HEROIC CAPITOL HILL POLICE OFFICER 47 00:01:24,849 --> 00:01:26,629 AND FOUR OTHER 48 00:01:27,090 --> 00:01:29,420 SERIOUS INJURIES ON DOZENS OF 49 00:01:29,420 --> 00:01:30,340 POLICE OFFICERS 50 00:01:30,340 --> 00:01:31,459 AN OTHER PEOPLE 51 00:01:31,459 --> 00:01:33,430 INCLUDING 15 OFFICERS 52 00:01:33,430 --> 00:01:34,530 WHO HAD TO BE 53 00:01:34,530 --> 00:01:35,830 HOSPITALIZED 54 00:01:35,879 --> 00:01:36,510 CHANTING 55 00:01:36,510 --> 00:01:38,170 STOP THE STEAL 56 00:01:38,170 --> 00:01:39,739 AND HANG MIKE PENCE 57 00:01:39,739 --> 00:01:42,430 THEY THREATENED THE LIVES AND SAFETY OF THE THREE INDIVIDUALS 58 00:01:42,430 --> 00:01:43,860 IN LINE OF SUCCESSION 59 00:01:43,860 --> 00:01:45,769 TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 60 00:01:45,769 --> 00:01:47,260 THEY BUILT A GALLOWS 61 00:01:47,260 --> 00:01:48,400 RIGHT OUTSIDE 62 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:49,840 THE CAPITOL 63 00:01:50,030 --> 00:01:53,599 THEY SCREAMED WHERE'S NANCY THEY STORMED THE SPEAKER'S OFFICE AND 64 00:01:53,599 --> 00:01:55,230 OCCUPIED IT 65 00:01:55,230 --> 00:01:58,599 STOLE GOVERNMENT PROPERTY THEY TRASHED THE PLACE 66 00:01:58,599 --> 00:01:59,470 THEY TERRORIZED 67 00:01:59,470 --> 00:02:00,109 OFFICERS 68 00:02:00,109 --> 00:02:01,430 STAFF AND MEMBER 69 00:02:01,430 --> 00:02:03,109 THEY BRANDISHED THE CONFEDERATE 70 00:02:03,109 --> 00:02:04,620 BATTLE FLAG 71 00:02:04,620 --> 00:02:06,540 IN THE CAPITOL OF THE UNITED STATES SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T 72 00:02:06,540 --> 00:02:07,370 EVEN HAPPEN 73 00:02:07,370 --> 00:02:08,030 IN 74 00:02:08,030 --> 00:02:10,979 THE CIVIL WAR THEY ALLOWED HUNDRED OR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 75 00:02:10,979 --> 00:02:12,439 TO ENTER THE CAPITOL 76 00:02:12,439 --> 00:02:14,180 WITHOUT METAL DETECTORS 77 00:02:14,180 --> 00:02:15,419 OR 78 00:02:15,419 --> 00:02:18,360 ANY KIND OF SECURITY SCREENING AT ALL 79 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,340 NOT ONLY TO DESECRATE THE TEMPLE OF DEMOCRACY 80 00:02:21,340 --> 00:02:23,240 AND SPIT IN THE FACE OF CONGRESS 81 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:25,020 BUT ACTUALLY TO INTERFERE 82 00:02:25,020 --> 00:02:27,370 WITH THE COUNTING OF ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES 83 00:02:27,370 --> 00:02:28,419 IN THE 2020 84 00:02:28,419 --> 00:02:29,020 PRESIDENTIAL 85 00:02:29,020 --> 00:02:29,819 ELECTION 86 00:02:29,819 --> 00:02:32,590 THEY MAY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR VICE PRESIDENT PENCE 87 00:02:32,590 --> 00:02:34,039 AND SPEAKER PELOSI 88 00:02:34,039 --> 00:02:36,620 BUT EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM COULD HAVE DIED 89 00:02:36,620 --> 00:02:39,169 AS A SHAKEN SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM SAID 90 00:02:39,169 --> 00:02:41,849 THE MOB COULD HAVE BLOWN THE BUILDING UP 91 00:02:41,849 --> 00:02:42,759 THEY COULD 92 00:02:42,759 --> 00:02:44,890 HAVE KILLED US ALL 93 00:02:45,020 --> 00:02:47,970 MR SPEAKER WHETHER OR NOT YOU BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT'S COURSE 94 00:02:47,970 --> 00:02:49,259 OF CONDUCT 95 00:02:49,259 --> 00:02:50,259 IN ENCOURAGING 96 00:02:50,259 --> 00:02:52,030 BUILD SULL MONOING 97 00:02:52,030 --> 00:02:52,720 ASSEMBLING 98 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:54,220 AND INFLAMING THE MOB 99 00:02:54,220 --> 00:02:55,680 LIGHTING THE FLAME 100 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:58,360 AS CONGRESSWOMAN LIZ CHANEY PUT IT IN A VERY 101 00:02:58,360 --> 00:02:59,120 POWERFUL 102 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:00,840 AND COGENT STATEMENT 103 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:02,180 THIS EVENING 104 00:03:02,180 --> 00:03:03,669 WHETHER YOU BELIEVE 105 00:03:03,669 --> 00:03:05,599 THAT WAS A HIGH CRIME AND MISDEMEANOR 106 00:03:05,599 --> 00:03:07,880 AN OFFENSE AGAINST THE REPUBLIC 107 00:03:07,979 --> 00:03:10,159 THAT'S THE QUESTION FOR ANOTHER TIME AND TO PUT MY 108 00:03:10,159 --> 00:03:11,280 CARDS ON THE TABLE 109 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:12,860 I THINK IT WAS 110 00:03:12,860 --> 00:03:15,560 A CRIME AGAINST THE REPUBLIC BUT LEAVING THAT ASIDE 111 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:17,830 I THINK EVERY MEMBER IN THIS BODY SHOULD BE ABLE 112 00:03:17,830 --> 00:03:19,060 TO AGREE 113 00:03:19,060 --> 00:03:23,289 THAT THIS PRESIDENT IS NOT MEETING THE MOST MINIMAL DUTIES 114 00:03:23,289 --> 00:03:24,730 OF OFFICE 115 00:03:24,900 --> 00:03:26,400 HE IS NOT MEETING 116 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:30,979 THE OATH HE SWORE TO UPHOLD AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION 117 00:03:30,979 --> 00:03:33,780 AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC 118 00:03:33,780 --> 00:03:35,470 HE IS NOT 119 00:03:36,199 --> 00:03:36,849 PROTECTING 120 00:03:36,849 --> 00:03:38,169 AND DEFENDING THE DEMOCRACY 121 00:03:38,169 --> 00:03:39,759 ITSELF THE PROCESS 122 00:03:39,759 --> 00:03:42,139 OF ELECTING THE PRESIDENT HE IS NOT RESPECTING 123 00:03:42,139 --> 00:03:45,330 THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER HE IS NOT TAKING CARE 124 00:03:45,330 --> 00:03:47,110 THAT THE LAWS ARE FAITHFULLY EXECUTED 125 00:03:47,110 --> 00:03:48,410 HE IS NOT PROTECTING 126 00:03:48,410 --> 00:03:49,270 THE REPUBLIC 127 00:03:49,270 --> 00:03:50,009 AGAINST 128 00:03:50,009 --> 00:03:51,790 MOB INSURRECTION 129 00:03:51,849 --> 00:03:53,150 INVASION 130 00:03:53,259 --> 00:03:54,150 AND HOSTILITY 131 00:03:54,150 --> 00:03:55,550 HE'S NOT PROTECTING 132 00:03:55,550 --> 00:03:56,860 THE REPUBLICAN 133 00:03:56,860 --> 00:03:59,180 FORM OF GOVERNMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES 134 00:03:59,180 --> 00:04:00,699 WHEN HE ALLOW THIS IS TO HAPPEN 135 00:04:00,699 --> 00:04:02,290 THIS RESOLUTION 136 00:04:02,669 --> 00:04:03,550 IS 137 00:04:03,550 --> 00:04:06,550 SIMPLY ASKING VICE PRESIDENT PENCE TO EXERCISE 138 00:04:06,550 --> 00:04:08,139 HIS POWERS UNDER 139 00:04:08,139 --> 00:04:09,319 ARTICLE 25 140 00:04:09,319 --> 00:04:11,210 THE 25TH AMENDMENT 141 00:04:11,250 --> 00:04:13,622 I GRANT MYSELF 30 SECONDS MORE THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE 142 00:04:13,622 --> 00:04:15,460 THE GENTLEMAN IS GRANTED 30 ADDITIONAL SECONDS 143 00:04:15,460 --> 00:04:19,000 MR RASKIN WE ARE SIMPLY ASKING VICE PRESIDENT PENCE 144 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,370 TO EXERCISE 145 00:04:20,370 --> 00:04:21,509 HIS POWER 146 00:04:21,509 --> 00:04:23,970 UNDER THE 25TH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION 147 00:04:23,970 --> 00:04:25,529 SECTION 4 148 00:04:25,529 --> 00:04:28,579 TO CONVENE THE CABINET AND TO MOBILIZE THE CABINET 149 00:04:28,579 --> 00:04:29,310 TO 150 00:04:29,310 --> 00:04:29,970 STATE 151 00:04:29,970 --> 00:04:32,699 AND ARTICULATE WHAT IS OBVIOUS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 152 00:04:32,699 --> 00:04:33,759 THIS PRESIDENT 153 00:04:33,759 --> 00:04:35,480 IS NOT MEETING THE DUTIES 154 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,790 OF OFFICE AND IS CLEARLY NOT CAPABLE OF IT AND 155 00:04:38,790 --> 00:04:41,259 TO TRANSFER THE POWERS TO THE VICE PRESIDENT 156 00:04:41,259 --> 00:04:43,500 UNDER THE 25TH AMENDMENT 157 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:46,180 WITH THATTERING I YIELD 158 00:04:46,180 --> 00:04:47,750 NOW FOR ONE MINUTE I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY 159 00:04:47,750 --> 00:04:50,060 TIME THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE 160 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:52,490 THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE 161 00:04:56,230 --> 00:04:58,620 GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO IS RECOGNIZED 162 00:04:58,620 --> 00:05:01,319 MR JORDAN I YIELD TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM 163 00:05:01,319 --> 00:05:01,949 CALIFORNIA 164 00:05:01,949 --> 00:05:02,819 MR MCCLINTOCK 165 00:05:02,819 --> 00:05:04,189 FOR 2 1 2 MINUTES THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE 166 00:05:04,189 --> 00:05:07,569 GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO AND A HALF MINUTES 167 00:05:07,569 --> 00:05:09,540 MR MCCLINTOCK WHAT A SAD 168 00:05:09,540 --> 00:05:12,740 AND OMINOUS WAY TO BEGIN THE 117TH 169 00:05:12,740 --> 00:05:14,040 CONGRESS 170 00:05:14,110 --> 00:05:16,610 HASN'T THIS BODY DONE ENOUGH IN THE LAST SESSION TO 171 00:05:16,610 --> 00:05:19,850 DIVIDE OUR COUNTRY AND ABUSE OUR CONSTITUTION 172 00:05:19,850 --> 00:05:23,389 WITHOUT CARRYING THAT DAMAGE INTO THE NEW SESSION 173 00:05:23,389 --> 00:05:24,189 THE 174 00:05:24,189 --> 00:05:25,600 25TH AMENDMENT SPECIFICALLY 175 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:26,629 ADDRESSES 176 00:05:26,629 --> 00:05:28,199 THE INCAPACITY 177 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:30,110 OF THE PRESIDENT TO DISCHARGE 178 00:05:30,110 --> 00:05:32,009 THE DUTIES OF HIS OFFICE 179 00:05:32,009 --> 00:05:33,910 IT WAS NEVER INTENDED 180 00:05:33,910 --> 00:05:34,839 AS A POLITICAL 181 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:38,220 WEAPON WHEN CONGRESS DOESN'T LIKE THE WAY HE DISCHARGES 182 00:05:38,220 --> 00:05:39,480 THOSE DUTIES 183 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,199 I'VE READ THIS SPEECH 184 00:05:41,199 --> 00:05:42,129 HE NEVER 185 00:05:42,129 --> 00:05:42,959 SUGGESTED 186 00:05:42,959 --> 00:05:43,730 RAMPAGING 187 00:05:43,730 --> 00:05:44,540 THE CAPITOL 188 00:05:44,540 --> 00:05:45,350 AND DISRUPTING 189 00:05:45,350 --> 00:05:46,500 THE CONGRESS 190 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:49,490 HE URGED THEM TO AND THIS IS AN EXACT QUOTE 191 00:05:49,490 --> 00:05:50,790 PEACEFULLY 192 00:05:50,819 --> 00:05:52,430 AND PATRIOTCALLY 193 00:05:52,730 --> 00:05:53,940 MAKE THEIR VOICES 194 00:05:53,940 --> 00:05:55,240 HEARD 195 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:57,350 MANY OF US REPUBLICANS 196 00:05:57,350 --> 00:05:58,519 JOINED A BIPARTISAN 197 00:05:58,519 --> 00:06:00,170 VOTE TO RESPECT 198 00:06:00,170 --> 00:06:04,100 THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES DESPITE OUR SUSPICIONS 199 00:06:04,100 --> 00:06:05,060 AND OUR MISGIVINGS 200 00:06:05,060 --> 00:06:06,600 AND OUR DESIRES 201 00:06:06,970 --> 00:06:08,339 WE DID THIS 202 00:06:08,339 --> 00:06:09,970 BECAUSE THE CONSTITUTION 203 00:06:09,970 --> 00:06:11,459 COMMANDED IT 204 00:06:11,459 --> 00:06:12,899 AND OUR INSTITUTIONS 205 00:06:12,899 --> 00:06:13,519 DEPEND 206 00:06:13,519 --> 00:06:15,009 ON IT 207 00:06:15,290 --> 00:06:18,370 TODAY THOSE SAME PRINCIPLES SHOULD COMPEL A BIPARTISAN 208 00:06:18,370 --> 00:06:19,540 VOTE TO OPPOSE 209 00:06:19,540 --> 00:06:20,490 THIS 210 00:06:20,490 --> 00:06:21,500 GROTESQUE 211 00:06:21,500 --> 00:06:24,160 ABUSE OF THE 25TH AMENDMENT 212 00:06:24,730 --> 00:06:28,449 LAST WEEK THE MAJORITY ARGUED THAT THE PRESIDENT TRIED TO 213 00:06:28,449 --> 00:06:29,110 MISUSE 214 00:06:29,110 --> 00:06:30,060 THE CONSTITUTION 215 00:06:30,060 --> 00:06:33,529 TO OVERTURN THE VOTES OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE 216 00:06:33,529 --> 00:06:34,370 HE ASSERTED 217 00:06:34,370 --> 00:06:37,339 NO DIRECT POWER RATHER HE URGED THE VICE PRESIDENT AND 218 00:06:37,339 --> 00:06:39,100 CONGRESS TO DO SO 219 00:06:39,100 --> 00:06:40,240 MANY OF US DECLINED 220 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,199 HIS BAD ADVICE 221 00:06:42,449 --> 00:06:44,069 YET THIS WEEK THE MAJORITY 222 00:06:44,069 --> 00:06:45,190 DIRECTLY 223 00:06:45,190 --> 00:06:47,399 IS ASSERTING POWER TO MISUSE 224 00:06:47,399 --> 00:06:48,129 THE 25TH 225 00:06:48,129 --> 00:06:49,050 AMENDMENT 226 00:06:49,050 --> 00:06:51,139 IN A MANNER THAT DOES OVERTURN 227 00:06:51,139 --> 00:06:52,470 THE VOTES OF THE PREVIOUS 228 00:06:52,470 --> 00:06:53,120 ELECTORAL 229 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:54,420 COLLEGE 230 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:56,209 DON'T THEY SEE 231 00:06:56,209 --> 00:06:58,790 THAT THEY ARE COMMITTING DIRECTLY 232 00:06:58,970 --> 00:06:59,810 THE SAME 233 00:06:59,810 --> 00:07:00,439 OFFENSE 234 00:07:00,439 --> 00:07:04,959 THEY ACCUSE THE PRESIDENT OF COMMITTING INDIRECTLY 235 00:07:04,959 --> 00:07:07,030 EVERY ACT WE TAKE 236 00:07:07,209 --> 00:07:08,300 BUILDS A PRECEDENT 237 00:07:08,300 --> 00:07:09,129 FOR FUTURE 238 00:07:09,129 --> 00:07:10,430 ACTS 239 00:07:10,860 --> 00:07:14,500 ONCE CONGRESS ASSERT THIS IS NEW ROLE AS ARM CHIRE 240 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:15,670 PSYCHIATRISTS 241 00:07:15,670 --> 00:07:17,100 AND A NEW POWER 242 00:07:17,100 --> 00:07:17,959 TO EQUATE 243 00:07:17,959 --> 00:07:18,750 INTEMPERATE 244 00:07:18,750 --> 00:07:19,790 SPEECH 245 00:07:19,790 --> 00:07:20,949 WITH FUNCTIONAL 246 00:07:20,949 --> 00:07:22,250 DISABILITY 247 00:07:22,970 --> 00:07:26,110 THE MOST IMPORTANT PILLARS OF OUR GOVERNMENT STABILITY 248 00:07:26,110 --> 00:07:28,199 THE RULE OF LAW AND THE SEPARATION 249 00:07:28,199 --> 00:07:29,600 OF POWERS 250 00:07:29,819 --> 00:07:31,500 WILL FRACTURE 251 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:34,129 IT WON'T AFFECT THIS PRESIDENT 252 00:07:34,129 --> 00:07:35,230 BUT IT WILL STOP 253 00:07:35,230 --> 00:07:37,860 FUTURE PRESIDENTS FROM THIS DAY FORWARD 254 00:07:37,860 --> 00:07:39,240 FOR THEIR SAKE 255 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:41,600 PLEASE DON'T DO THIS I 256 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:43,100 YIELD BACK 257 00:07:43,199 --> 00:07:44,500 THE 258 00:07:44,569 --> 00:07:47,930 SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE DOES THE GENTLEMAN RESERVE 259 00:07:47,930 --> 00:07:49,500 THE GENTLEMAN FROM 260 00:07:49,500 --> 00:07:52,089 MARYLAND IS RECOGNIZED MR RASKIN I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO 261 00:07:52,089 --> 00:07:53,949 SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI 262 00:07:53,949 --> 00:07:55,360 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE MS 263 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:58,019 PELOSI OF CALIFORNIA SMBING RECOGNIZED THE SPEAKER THANK YOU VERY 264 00:07:58,019 --> 00:08:00,480 MUCH MR SPEAKER I THANK THE GENTLEMAN 265 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,480 FOR YIELDING AND APPLAUD HIM AND SALUTE HIM 266 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:04,649 AS A CONSTITUTIONAL 267 00:08:04,649 --> 00:08:05,709 SCHOLAR 268 00:08:05,709 --> 00:08:06,800 AN INTELLECTUAL 269 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:08,750 RESOURCE AND THE FORCE OF JUSTICE 270 00:08:08,750 --> 00:08:10,040 HE HAS BEEN 271 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:11,310 AS HE 272 00:08:11,310 --> 00:08:12,240 ADVANCED 273 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:13,720 THIS RESOLUTION 274 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:16,339 I THANK THE ENTIRE HOUSE THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS 275 00:08:16,339 --> 00:08:17,740 FOR LOVE OF COUNTRY 276 00:08:17,740 --> 00:08:18,560 DETERMINATION 277 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:20,560 TO PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY 278 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:23,610 AND LOYALTY TO OUR OATH THAT HAS BEEN SO BEAUTIFULLY 279 00:08:23,610 --> 00:08:24,420 MANIFESTED 280 00:08:24,420 --> 00:08:25,589 IN THIS DARK 281 00:08:25,589 --> 00:08:27,449 PAST WEEK 282 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,730 MR SPEAKER A DARK WEEK IT HAS BEEN INDEED 283 00:08:30,730 --> 00:08:32,279 ON WEDNESDAY 284 00:08:32,279 --> 00:08:35,220 THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 285 00:08:35,220 --> 00:08:36,019 INCITED A DEADLY 286 00:08:36,019 --> 00:08:37,289 INSURRECTION 287 00:08:37,289 --> 00:08:38,720 AGAINST AMERICA 288 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:41,850 THAT TARGETED THE VERY HEART OF OUR DEMOCRACY 289 00:08:41,850 --> 00:08:44,039 THIS TEMPLE OF DEMOCRACY 290 00:08:44,039 --> 00:08:46,370 THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL 291 00:08:46,669 --> 00:08:47,529 DEFILING 292 00:08:47,529 --> 00:08:48,429 THE GENIUS 293 00:08:48,429 --> 00:08:49,830 OF THE CONSTITUTION 294 00:08:49,830 --> 00:08:50,450 SEPARATE 295 00:08:50,450 --> 00:08:51,629 BUT EQUAL 296 00:08:51,629 --> 00:08:52,330 ATTACKING 297 00:08:52,330 --> 00:08:54,679 THE FIRST BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT 298 00:08:55,269 --> 00:08:56,889 TRYING TO PREVENT US 299 00:08:56,889 --> 00:08:58,469 FROM ASCERTAINING 300 00:08:58,980 --> 00:09:00,070 OUR CONSTITUTIONAL 301 00:09:00,070 --> 00:09:01,850 DUTY TO ASCERTAIN 302 00:09:01,850 --> 00:09:03,159 THAT JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA 303 00:09:03,159 --> 00:09:04,090 HARRIS 304 00:09:04,090 --> 00:09:05,029 WILL BE PRESIDENT 305 00:09:05,029 --> 00:09:09,000 AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 306 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,899 THE GLEEFUL DESECRATION THEY HAVE GLEEFUL DESECRATION OF THE CAPITOL 307 00:09:11,899 --> 00:09:15,700 AND VIOLENCE AGAINST THE CONGRESS OUR STAFF AND OUR WORKERS 308 00:09:15,700 --> 00:09:17,669 ARE HORRORS THAT WILL FOREVER 309 00:09:17,669 --> 00:09:18,969 STAIN 310 00:09:19,039 --> 00:09:21,089 OUR NATION'S HISTORY 311 00:09:21,129 --> 00:09:24,470 FIVE AMERICANS HAVE DIED FOLLOWING THE VIOLENT ATTACK 312 00:09:24,470 --> 00:09:26,820 MORE THAN 50 POLICE OFFICERS WERE SERIOUSLY 313 00:09:26,820 --> 00:09:27,620 INJURED 314 00:09:27,620 --> 00:09:29,479 INCLUDING 15 315 00:09:29,590 --> 00:09:30,669 OFFICERS 316 00:09:30,669 --> 00:09:32,299 WHO WERE HOSPITALIZED 317 00:09:32,590 --> 00:09:35,389 ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSE I SALUTE AND EXPRESS DEEPESTEST 318 00:09:35,389 --> 00:09:36,580 GRATITUDE 319 00:09:36,580 --> 00:09:38,700 TO THE U S CAPITOL POLICE FOR THE VALOR 320 00:09:38,700 --> 00:09:40,350 THEY SHOWED IN PROTECTING 321 00:09:40,350 --> 00:09:41,679 THE LIVES 322 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:42,700 OF MEMBERS 323 00:09:42,700 --> 00:09:44,000 ESPECIALLY 324 00:09:44,110 --> 00:09:44,820 PROTECTING 325 00:09:44,820 --> 00:09:46,610 OUR STAFF AND THOSE 326 00:09:46,610 --> 00:09:47,879 WHO MAKE CONGRESS 327 00:09:47,879 --> 00:09:49,179 FUNCTION 328 00:09:52,549 --> 00:09:54,179 MR SPEAKER 329 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:56,879 THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR OUR COUNTRY THAT WE 330 00:09:56,879 --> 00:09:58,029 HAVE TO COME 331 00:09:58,029 --> 00:09:59,470 TO THE FLOOR 332 00:09:59,470 --> 00:10:01,159 IN A WAY TO DEFEND 333 00:10:01,159 --> 00:10:03,320 THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES 334 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:05,000 AT THIS TIME 335 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,309 THE FACTS ARE VERY CLEAR 336 00:10:07,309 --> 00:10:08,230 THE PRESIDENT 337 00:10:08,230 --> 00:10:09,159 CALLED 338 00:10:09,159 --> 00:10:10,909 FOR THIS SEDITIOUS 339 00:10:10,909 --> 00:10:12,039 ATTACK 340 00:10:12,039 --> 00:10:15,360 FOR DAYS HE URGED SUPPORTERS TO COME TO WASHINGTON 341 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:17,159 FOR THE INSURRECTION 342 00:10:17,159 --> 00:10:18,909 WEDNESDAY MORNING HE PARTICIPATED 343 00:10:18,909 --> 00:10:20,950 IN A RALLY TO ENCOURAGE 344 00:10:20,950 --> 00:10:23,360 THE RIOTERS TO MARCH ON THE CAPITOL 345 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:24,610 AND FIGHT 346 00:10:24,610 --> 00:10:27,659 AND NOT ONLY DID HE URGE PEOPLE TO MARCH ON 347 00:10:27,659 --> 00:10:29,090 THE CAPITOL AND FIGHT 348 00:10:29,090 --> 00:10:31,159 HE FURTHER FANNED THE FLAMES 349 00:10:31,159 --> 00:10:32,745 AND HE AND HIS FAMILY 350 00:10:32,745 --> 00:10:33,519 CHEERED 351 00:10:33,519 --> 00:10:34,969 AND CELEBRATED 352 00:10:35,129 --> 00:10:36,309 THE DESECRATION 353 00:10:36,309 --> 00:10:37,849 OF THE CAPITOL 354 00:10:38,230 --> 00:10:41,110 LATER THAT DAY AS THE DANGERS ESCALATED HE IGNORE AND 355 00:10:41,110 --> 00:10:42,350 FLAT OUT 356 00:10:42,350 --> 00:10:43,049 REJECTED 357 00:10:43,049 --> 00:10:46,419 THE PLEAS OF CONGRESS INCLUDING THOSE OF HIS OWN PARTY 358 00:10:46,419 --> 00:10:49,129 TO CALL OFF HIS SUPPORTERS 359 00:10:49,490 --> 00:10:50,959 THE RIOTERS 360 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:53,149 THE TERRORISTS 361 00:10:53,330 --> 00:10:55,190 AS THEY ENGAGED IN VANDALISM 362 00:10:55,190 --> 00:10:56,639 AND VIOLENCE 363 00:10:56,789 --> 00:10:57,980 LATER THAT 364 00:10:57,980 --> 00:10:59,990 AND NOW THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING 365 00:10:59,990 --> 00:11:02,149 THAT HE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE 366 00:11:02,149 --> 00:11:03,559 AND THAT HIS 367 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:04,899 INCITEMENT TO VIOLENCE 368 00:11:04,899 --> 00:11:06,289 WAS TOTALLY 369 00:11:06,289 --> 00:11:07,589 APPROPRIATE 370 00:11:08,009 --> 00:11:08,750 THE PRESIDENT'S 371 00:11:08,750 --> 00:11:10,210 ACTIONS DEMONSTRATE 372 00:11:10,210 --> 00:11:11,379 HIS ABSOLUTE 373 00:11:11,379 --> 00:11:12,110 INABILITY 374 00:11:12,110 --> 00:11:12,799 TO DISCHARGE 375 00:11:12,799 --> 00:11:14,360 THE MOST BASIC AND FUNDAMENTAL 376 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:15,370 DUTIES OF 377 00:11:15,370 --> 00:11:16,320 HIS OFFICE 378 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:17,750 THEREFORE THE PRESIDENT 379 00:11:17,750 --> 00:11:21,169 MUST BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE IMMEDIATELY 380 00:11:21,169 --> 00:11:24,659 THIS IS A DECISION WE MAKE WITH THE UTMOST SOLEMNNYITY 381 00:11:24,659 --> 00:11:26,049 AND PRAYERFULNESS 382 00:11:26,049 --> 00:11:28,210 WHICH THIS CRISIS REQUIRES 383 00:11:28,210 --> 00:11:30,480 REMOVAL OF THE PRESIDENT IS AN UNPRECEDENTED 384 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:31,460 ACTION 385 00:11:31,460 --> 00:11:33,110 BUT IT IS REQUIRED 386 00:11:33,110 --> 00:11:34,399 BECAUSE HE IS AN 387 00:11:34,399 --> 00:11:35,860 BECAUSE IT IS AN UNPRECEDENTED 388 00:11:35,860 --> 00:11:36,590 MOMENT 389 00:11:36,590 --> 00:11:37,570 IN HISTORY 390 00:11:37,570 --> 00:11:38,690 BECAUSE OF THE DANGER 391 00:11:38,690 --> 00:11:41,379 HE POSES I HEARD THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAY 392 00:11:41,379 --> 00:11:43,289 THAT WE ARE OBJECTING 393 00:11:43,450 --> 00:11:44,519 TO THE PRESIDENT 394 00:11:44,519 --> 00:11:47,330 BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE THE WAY HE EXECUTES 395 00:11:47,330 --> 00:11:48,750 THE DUTIES 396 00:11:50,090 --> 00:11:53,029 WE DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL INCITEMENT 397 00:11:53,029 --> 00:11:54,459 TO INSURRECTION 398 00:11:55,269 --> 00:11:56,579 TREASONOUS ACTIVITY 399 00:11:56,620 --> 00:11:58,000 AND IF YOU ARE ASSOCIATING 400 00:11:58,000 --> 00:11:59,379 YOURSELF WITH THAT 401 00:11:59,379 --> 00:12:00,929 AS THE PROPER EXECUTION 402 00:12:00,929 --> 00:12:02,439 OF THE PRESIDENT'S 403 00:12:03,460 --> 00:12:04,919 DUTIES YOU ARE ASSOCIATING 404 00:12:04,919 --> 00:12:06,789 YOURSELF WITH SEDITION 405 00:12:07,669 --> 00:12:08,909 AND TREASON 406 00:12:08,909 --> 00:12:09,639 YESTERDAY 407 00:12:09,639 --> 00:12:12,100 IN A PRO FORMA SESSION WE INTRODUCED A UNANIMOUS CONSENT 408 00:12:12,100 --> 00:12:14,189 REQUEST TO TAKE UP 409 00:12:14,269 --> 00:12:15,509 CONGRESSMAN RASKIN'S 410 00:12:15,509 --> 00:12:16,529 LEGISLATION 411 00:12:16,529 --> 00:12:18,740 WHICH CALLS ON THE VICE PRESIDENT 412 00:12:18,740 --> 00:12:19,539 TO MOBILIZE 413 00:12:19,539 --> 00:12:22,379 THE CABINET TO ACTIVATE THE 25TH AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THE 414 00:12:22,379 --> 00:12:23,169 PRESIDENT 415 00:12:23,169 --> 00:12:24,460 FROM OFFICE 416 00:12:24,460 --> 00:12:26,679 AGAIN TO PREVENT HIM FROM 417 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:28,360 CAUSE MANAGER DAMAGE TO OUR COUNTRY 418 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:29,309 WHO KNOWS 419 00:12:29,309 --> 00:12:31,360 WHAT HE MIGHT DO NEXT 420 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:34,049 HOUSE REPUBLICANS REJECTED THIS LEGISLATION 421 00:12:34,049 --> 00:12:35,979 AND SO THE PRESIDENT'S 422 00:12:36,210 --> 00:12:38,899 UNHINGED UNSTABLE DERANGED ACTS OF 423 00:12:38,899 --> 00:12:40,320 SEDITION MAY CONTINUE 424 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:41,049 ENDANGERING 425 00:12:41,049 --> 00:12:41,990 AMERICA 426 00:12:41,990 --> 00:12:43,000 AND UNDERMINING 427 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,469 OUR DEMOCRACY 428 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:46,639 NOW WE ARE TAKING UP THIS LEGISLATION 429 00:12:46,639 --> 00:12:48,340 IN REGULAR SESSION 430 00:12:48,340 --> 00:12:50,700 AFTER PASSAGE WE ARE CALLING ON THE VICE PRESIDENT TO 431 00:12:50,700 --> 00:12:51,659 RESPOND 432 00:12:51,659 --> 00:12:54,110 WITHIN 24 HOURS OF PASSAGE 433 00:12:54,110 --> 00:12:54,990 THIS RESOLUTION 434 00:12:54,990 --> 00:12:56,289 GIVES 435 00:12:56,779 --> 00:12:58,120 A CLEAR CHOICE 436 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:01,460 TO HONOR THE OATH OF OFFICE TO DEFEND OUR DEMOCRACY 437 00:13:01,460 --> 00:13:03,620 AND UPHOLD THE SACRED TRUST 438 00:13:03,620 --> 00:13:05,850 GIVEN TO US BY THE CONSTITUTION 439 00:13:05,850 --> 00:13:09,330 AND BY THOSE WHOM WE REPRESENT 440 00:13:09,649 --> 00:13:10,690 MR SPEAKER 441 00:13:10,690 --> 00:13:13,289 DURING THE PRESIDENT TRUMP PRESIDENCY 442 00:13:13,289 --> 00:13:15,250 THESE FOUR YEARS AND ESPECIALLY 443 00:13:15,250 --> 00:13:17,149 DURING THIS SAD TIME 444 00:13:17,149 --> 00:13:22,000 I RECALL THE WORDS OF THE GREAT ISRAELI POWER 445 00:13:22,250 --> 00:13:23,539 HE SAID 446 00:13:23,539 --> 00:13:25,070 WHEN HE SAID 447 00:13:25,070 --> 00:13:27,070 I CAN'T KEEP SILENCE 448 00:13:27,070 --> 00:13:29,120 IN LIGHT OF HOW MY COUNTRY 449 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:30,679 HAS CHANGED 450 00:13:31,789 --> 00:13:34,029 WENT QUIT TRYING TO REMIND HER 451 00:13:34,029 --> 00:13:35,669 IN HER EARS 452 00:13:35,669 --> 00:13:37,450 I'LL SING MY PRIDE 453 00:13:37,450 --> 00:13:40,479 UNTIL SHE OPENS HER EYES 454 00:13:40,799 --> 00:13:43,029 I CAN'T KEEP SILENT 455 00:13:43,029 --> 00:13:44,850 OF HOW MY COUNTRY HAS 456 00:13:44,850 --> 00:13:46,149 CHANGED 457 00:13:46,990 --> 00:13:49,710 I URGE MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES TO OPEN THEIR EYES 458 00:13:49,710 --> 00:13:52,600 AND TO FINALLY HOLD THIS PRESIDENT ACCOUNTABLE 459 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:53,470 THE SECURITY 460 00:13:53,470 --> 00:13:54,509 OF OUR COUNTRY 461 00:13:54,509 --> 00:13:56,940 AND THE FUTURE OF OUR VERY DEMOCRACY 462 00:13:56,940 --> 00:13:58,149 ARE AT STAKE 463 00:13:58,149 --> 00:13:59,870 WHEN WE PRAY 464 00:13:59,940 --> 00:14:01,519 GOD BLESS AMERICA 465 00:14:01,519 --> 00:14:02,809 LET US HOPE 466 00:14:02,809 --> 00:14:05,389 THAT BLESSING COMES DOWN STRONGLY 467 00:14:05,399 --> 00:14:08,399 ON US THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH THAT MR 468 00:14:08,399 --> 00:14:10,769 SPEAKER I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME 469 00:14:10,769 --> 00:14:13,350 AND AGAIN APPLAUD THE GREAT LEADERSHIP 470 00:14:13,350 --> 00:14:14,611 OF MR RASKIN THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE SPEAKER PRO 471 00:14:14,611 --> 00:14:17,470 TEMPORE THE SPEAKER YIELDS BACK DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND 472 00:14:17,470 --> 00:14:19,879 RESERVE MR RASKIN I RESERVE YES THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE 473 00:14:19,879 --> 00:14:22,793 THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO IS RECOGNIZED MR JORDAN MR SPEAKER 474 00:14:22,793 --> 00:14:24,529 I YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA MR 475 00:14:24,529 --> 00:14:26,120 CLINE THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR 476 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:27,470 TWO MINUTES MR CLINE THANK 477 00:14:27,470 --> 00:14:30,470 YOU MR SPEAKER I RISE TODAY IN OPPOSITION TO HOUSE 478 00:14:30,470 --> 00:14:33,590 RESOLUTION 21 CALLING ON VICE PRESIDENT PENCE TO INVOKE SECTION 479 00:14:33,590 --> 00:14:36,039 4 OF THE 25TH AMENDMENT 480 00:14:36,039 --> 00:14:38,519 LIKE ALL OF US I CONDEMN IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE 481 00:14:38,519 --> 00:14:39,789 TERMENTS THE VIOLENCE THAT OWE TERMS THE VIOLENCE 482 00:14:39,789 --> 00:14:41,029 THAT OCCURRED HERE 483 00:14:41,029 --> 00:14:42,830 IN OUR NATION'S CAPITOL LAST WEEK 484 00:14:42,830 --> 00:14:44,799 POLITICAL VIOLENCE IS NEVER THE ANSWER 485 00:14:44,799 --> 00:14:45,710 REGARDLESS 486 00:14:45,710 --> 00:14:47,039 OF WHICH SIDE 487 00:14:47,039 --> 00:14:49,570 OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM IT OCCURS 488 00:14:49,570 --> 00:14:51,570 AND THAT'S A STRONGLY HELD POSITION ON WHICH I'VE BEEN 489 00:14:51,570 --> 00:14:52,830 CLEAR SINCE WELL 490 00:14:52,830 --> 00:14:54,620 BEFORE MY TIME IN CONGRESS 491 00:14:54,620 --> 00:14:56,240 LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT A FEW THINGS 492 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,620 THE ADOPTION OF THIS POLITICAL RESOLUTION 493 00:14:58,620 --> 00:15:00,789 WOULD BE DIVISIVE RATHER THAN UNIFYING 494 00:15:00,789 --> 00:15:03,429 THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS SAID HE HAS NO INTENTION 495 00:15:03,429 --> 00:15:05,730 OF TAKING ACTION UNDER THE AMENDMENT 496 00:15:05,730 --> 00:15:07,049 SO THIS PROCESS 497 00:15:07,049 --> 00:15:10,389 IS PURE POLITICAL THEATER ON THE PART OF THE MAJORITY 498 00:15:10,389 --> 00:15:13,289 IN ADDITION NO DUE PROCESS HAS BEEN PROVIDED 499 00:15:13,289 --> 00:15:15,059 AS A FORM PROSECUTOR OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IF LAW ENFORCEMENT 500 00:15:15,059 --> 00:15:16,700 BROUGHT EVIDENCE OF A CRIME TO ME AND SAID TAKE 501 00:15:16,700 --> 00:15:18,539 THIS TO THE JURY TOMORROW THERE WOULD BE NO TIME 502 00:15:18,539 --> 00:15:19,839 FOR 503 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,519 THE DEFENDANT TO PREPARE A DEFENSE I WOULD BE VIOLATING 504 00:15:22,519 --> 00:15:23,819 RULES 505 00:15:24,970 --> 00:15:26,149 AND PROCEDURE 506 00:15:26,149 --> 00:15:28,259 IN THE MORE THAN 50 YEARS SINCE THE 25TH AMENDMENT 507 00:15:28,259 --> 00:15:30,970 WAS RATIFIED SECTION 4 HAS NEVER 508 00:15:30,970 --> 00:15:32,409 BEEN INVOKED 509 00:15:32,409 --> 00:15:34,009 AS SUCH THERE ARE NO JUDICIAL 510 00:15:34,009 --> 00:15:37,149 OR AUTHORITATIVE OPINIONS THAT WOULD EVALUATE ITS IMPLEMENTATION 511 00:15:37,149 --> 00:15:39,960 AND ABSENT THIS WE MUST LOOK TO THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT 512 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:41,940 OF THE CONGRESS THAT PASSED ITS LANGUAGE 513 00:15:41,940 --> 00:15:44,480 AND NOWHERE IN THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT IS THE CURRENT SITUATION 514 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:45,210 ENVISIONED 515 00:15:45,210 --> 00:15:46,990 IT'S MEANT TO BE USED FOR INCAPACITY 516 00:15:46,990 --> 00:15:49,399 NOT FOR POLITICAL ENDS WITH EIGHT DAYS REMAINING IN A 517 00:15:49,399 --> 00:15:51,149 PRESIDENT'S TERM 518 00:15:51,149 --> 00:15:53,899 LAST WEEK VICE PRESIDENT PENCE WAS LAUDED BY THE MAJORITY 519 00:15:53,899 --> 00:15:56,200 FOR NOT YIELDING TO PRESSURE TO EXERT POWER BEYOND HIS 520 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,940 CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION 521 00:15:58,940 --> 00:16:01,740 YET THE MAJORITY TODAY IS ATTEMPTING TO PRESSURE HIM TO 522 00:16:01,740 --> 00:16:03,100 EXERT POWER BEYOND 523 00:16:03,100 --> 00:16:04,480 THE INTENTION OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL 524 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:06,120 ROLE IN SECTION 4 525 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:07,000 OF THE 25TH AMENDMENT 526 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,389 THIS ACTION WILL ONLY FURTHER FUEL THE POLITICAL DIVIDE AMONG 527 00:16:09,389 --> 00:16:10,389 OUR CITIZENS 528 00:16:10,389 --> 00:16:11,399 AND WILL BE DETRIMENTAL 529 00:16:11,399 --> 00:16:14,120 TO THE LONG TERM EFFORTS TO UNIFY OUR COUNTRY 530 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:17,029 MR SPEAKER BOTH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRESIDENT ELECT BIDEN HAVE 531 00:16:17,029 --> 00:16:19,429 CALLED FOR A PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER 532 00:16:19,429 --> 00:16:21,610 I WOULD ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF BOTH PARTIES TO WORK TOWARD 533 00:16:21,610 --> 00:16:25,049 THIS END AND VOTE AGAINST THIS RUSHED MISGUIDED POLITICALLY MOTIVATED 534 00:16:25,049 --> 00:16:25,870 RESOLUTION 535 00:16:25,870 --> 00:16:27,289 I YIELD BACK THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS 536 00:16:27,289 --> 00:16:28,559 BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME MR JORDAN I RESERVE 537 00:16:28,559 --> 00:16:30,156 THE SPEAKER PRO 538 00:16:30,156 --> 00:16:30,883 TEMPORE 539 00:16:30,883 --> 00:16:31,610 THE 540 00:16:31,610 --> 00:16:33,269 GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME THE GENTLEMAN FROM 541 00:16:33,269 --> 00:16:34,019 MARYLAND 542 00:16:34,019 --> 00:16:34,769 MR 543 00:16:34,769 --> 00:16:36,700 RASKIN I NOW YIELD ONE MINUTE TO MS LOFGREN THE 544 00:16:36,700 --> 00:16:37,470 SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE 545 00:16:37,470 --> 00:16:39,169 THE GENTLELADY FROM CALIFORNIA 546 00:16:39,169 --> 00:16:41,559 MS LOFGREN THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE ADMINISTRATION 547 00:16:41,559 --> 00:16:44,419 COMMITTEE IS RECOGNIZED MS LOFGREN MR SPEAKER 548 00:16:44,419 --> 00:16:48,129 LAST WEEK AS WE COUNTED ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES I SAID 549 00:16:48,129 --> 00:16:50,110 THIS DAY MARKS A CROSSROAD FOR OUR AMERICAN CROSSROADS 550 00:16:50,110 --> 00:16:52,359 FOR OUR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY 551 00:16:52,429 --> 00:16:55,490 WE DIDN'T KNOW THEN WHAT AN OMINOUS STATEMENT THAT WAS 552 00:16:55,490 --> 00:16:57,100 WE DO KNOW 553 00:16:57,100 --> 00:17:00,210 CONGRESS WAS ATTACKED BY A VIOLENT MOB 554 00:17:00,210 --> 00:17:01,590 INCITED BY THE PRESIDENT 555 00:17:01,590 --> 00:17:03,990 TO STOP US FROM DOING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL 556 00:17:03,990 --> 00:17:04,920 JOB 557 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:07,880 THE PRESIDENT NOT ONLY ENCOURAGED THE MOB HE SAID HE 558 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:08,960 LOVED THEM 559 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,680 AND MADE NO SERIOUS EFFORT TO STOP THEM 560 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:13,990 LIVES WERE LOST AND PUT IN DANGER 561 00:17:13,990 --> 00:17:14,710 CONSTITUTIONAL 562 00:17:14,710 --> 00:17:16,859 GOVERNMENT WAS URGENTLY THREATENED 563 00:17:16,859 --> 00:17:20,299 THE PRESIDENT'S ACTIONS WERE NOT ONLY WRONG THEY WERE DANGEROUS 564 00:17:20,299 --> 00:17:22,720 HE LIVES IN AN ALTERNATE REALITY 565 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:23,930 HE'S A CONTINUING 566 00:17:23,930 --> 00:17:25,789 THREAT TO AMERICA 567 00:17:25,789 --> 00:17:29,460 VICE PRESIDENT PENCE SHOULD INVOKE THE 25TH AMENDMENT 568 00:17:29,460 --> 00:17:30,680 ASSUME PRESIDENTIAL 569 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:32,690 DUTIES UNTIL THE INAUGURATION 570 00:17:32,690 --> 00:17:33,869 NEXT WEEK 571 00:17:33,869 --> 00:17:35,650 AND SAVE US FROM A PRESIDENT 572 00:17:35,650 --> 00:17:37,019 WHO IS UNABLE 573 00:17:37,019 --> 00:17:38,440 TO FUNCTION 574 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:39,329 UNABLE 575 00:17:39,329 --> 00:17:41,259 TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY 576 00:17:41,259 --> 00:17:43,750 I URGE ALL INCLUDING MY REPUBLICAN 577 00:17:43,750 --> 00:17:44,779 COLLEAGUES 578 00:17:44,779 --> 00:17:45,789 TO PUT POLITICS 579 00:17:45,789 --> 00:17:47,029 ASIDE 580 00:17:47,029 --> 00:17:48,710 ACT TO SECURE 581 00:17:48,710 --> 00:17:49,950 THE SAFETY 582 00:17:49,950 --> 00:17:51,440 OF OUR COUNTRY 583 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:53,500 WE TRULY ARE AT A CROSSROADS 584 00:17:53,500 --> 00:17:54,799 FOR OUR AMERICAN 585 00:17:54,799 --> 00:17:58,970 DEMOCRACY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND MR 586 00:17:58,970 --> 00:17:59,997 RASKIN I RESERVE 587 00:17:59,997 --> 00:18:00,625 THE 588 00:18:00,625 --> 00:18:01,252 SPEAKER 589 00:18:01,252 --> 00:18:01,880 PRO 590 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:02,220 TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME THE 591 00:18:02,220 --> 00:18:03,990 GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO IS RECOGNIZED 592 00:18:03,990 --> 00:18:04,779 MR JORDAN MR SPEAKER I YIELD TWO I YIELD TWO 593 00:18:04,779 --> 00:18:05,390 MINUTES 594 00:18:05,390 --> 00:18:07,001 TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM ARIZONA THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE 595 00:18:07,001 --> 00:18:09,210 GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED MR BIGGS THANK YOU 596 00:18:09,210 --> 00:18:10,619 THE VIOLENCE 597 00:18:10,750 --> 00:18:12,339 HAS BEEN CONDEMNED 598 00:18:14,519 --> 00:18:16,279 SO I WONDERER WOULD WHY ARE THE DEMOCRATS 599 00:18:16,279 --> 00:18:17,630 STOKING THE FIRE 600 00:18:17,630 --> 00:18:19,859 INSTEAD OF DOUSING THE FLAMES 601 00:18:19,859 --> 00:18:21,140 THIS 602 00:18:21,140 --> 00:18:22,319 25TH AMENDMENT RESOLUTION 603 00:18:22,319 --> 00:18:23,240 IS ACTUALLY 604 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:23,930 SIMILAR 605 00:18:23,930 --> 00:18:25,500 WITH SOME DIFFERENCES 606 00:18:25,500 --> 00:18:28,950 FROM THE PROPOSAL FILED IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR 607 00:18:28,950 --> 00:18:32,059 BY THE SAME REPRESENTATIVE AND JOINED BY 42 DEMOCRATS 608 00:18:32,059 --> 00:18:34,990 THE PROBLEM THAT TIME IS THEY WERE TRYING TO GET 609 00:18:34,990 --> 00:18:38,740 THIS COMMISSION TOGETHER THIS TIME THEY WANT THE VICE PRESIDENT 610 00:18:38,740 --> 00:18:40,039 TO 611 00:18:40,279 --> 00:18:40,940 INVOKE 612 00:18:40,940 --> 00:18:42,220 THE OTHER 613 00:18:42,220 --> 00:18:45,180 PORTION OF ARTICLE 4 BUT THE PROBLEM OF COURSE IS 614 00:18:45,180 --> 00:18:47,529 THE VICE PRESIDENT SAID IN A VERY LOVELY LETTER TO 615 00:18:47,529 --> 00:18:50,519 THEM SAYING HE'S NOT GOING TO DO THAT 616 00:18:50,519 --> 00:18:52,720 SO OUR NATION IS DIVIDED 617 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:54,309 AND WHILE FOLKS ON THE LEFT ARE TRYING TO LAY 618 00:18:54,309 --> 00:18:55,960 THIS ALL ON PRESIDENT TRUMP 619 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:57,559 YOU SHOULD CONSIDER A FEW 620 00:18:57,559 --> 00:18:58,190 STATEMENTS FROM CLIQUES ACROSS THE AISLE ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES 621 00:18:58,190 --> 00:18:59,829 COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE AISLE 622 00:18:59,829 --> 00:19:02,539 ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES AT ONE POINT SAID IF YOU 623 00:19:02,539 --> 00:19:06,079 SEE ANYBODY FROM THAT CABINET IN 624 00:19:06,079 --> 00:19:08,700 A RESTAURANT AND DEPARTMENT STORE GAS STATION YOU GET OUT 625 00:19:08,700 --> 00:19:09,950 AND CREATE A CROWD 626 00:19:09,950 --> 00:19:12,319 AND YOU PUSH BACK ON THEM AND YOU TELL THEM 627 00:19:12,319 --> 00:19:13,950 THEY'RE NOT WELCOME HERE 628 00:19:13,950 --> 00:19:16,599 THEY'RE NOT WELCOME ANYMORE ANYWHERE 629 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:19,329 SENATOR BOOKER CALLED FOR HIS SUPPORTERS TO GO TO THE 630 00:19:19,329 --> 00:19:21,660 HILL TODAY GET UP AND PLEASE GET UP IN THE 631 00:19:21,660 --> 00:19:23,759 FACE OF SOME CONGRESS PEOPLE 632 00:19:23,759 --> 00:19:25,029 I HAVE DOZENS 633 00:19:25,029 --> 00:19:25,900 OF MORE 634 00:19:25,900 --> 00:19:27,710 SIMILAR STATEMENTS 635 00:19:28,170 --> 00:19:31,160 BUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY IS A RESOLUTION 636 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:33,379 ASKING THE VICE PRESIDENT 637 00:19:33,509 --> 00:19:35,059 TO INVOKE 638 00:19:35,539 --> 00:19:38,480 THE 25TH AMENDMENT AND GET THE CABINET TOGETHER TO REMOVE 639 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:39,960 THIS PRESIDENT 640 00:19:40,420 --> 00:19:41,910 AND WHAT THAT DOES 641 00:19:41,910 --> 00:19:43,289 IT IS BASICALLY 642 00:19:43,289 --> 00:19:44,460 DOING WHAT THE DEMOCRATS 643 00:19:44,460 --> 00:19:47,299 WRONGFULLY CLAIMED PRESIDENT TRUMP DID ON JANUARY 6 644 00:19:47,299 --> 00:19:48,829 IT POURS GAS 645 00:19:48,829 --> 00:19:49,759 ON THE SMOLDERING 646 00:19:49,759 --> 00:19:51,660 EMBERS WHICH CONSIST OF TENS 647 00:19:51,660 --> 00:19:52,609 OF MILLIONS 648 00:19:52,609 --> 00:19:53,849 WHO BELIEVE 649 00:19:53,849 --> 00:19:55,240 THE INTEGRITY OF THE ELECTION 650 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:56,619 WAS QUESTIONABLE 651 00:19:56,619 --> 00:19:58,500 THEY FEEL DISENFRANCHISED 652 00:19:58,710 --> 00:20:01,190 AND QUITE FRANKLY THEY ARE MORE ANGRY 653 00:20:01,190 --> 00:20:01,950 THAN 654 00:20:01,950 --> 00:20:03,250 AGGRIEVED 655 00:20:03,650 --> 00:20:05,710 SOME BELIEVE THAT BY DOING THIS 656 00:20:05,710 --> 00:20:07,420 IT'S GOING TO BE HEALING I HEARD THIS GENTLEMAN SAY 657 00:20:07,420 --> 00:20:09,240 THIS IN THE RULES COMMITTEE 658 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:11,819 DOING THIS TODAY WOULD BE HEALING 659 00:20:11,819 --> 00:20:13,930 AND YET THE VICE PRESIDENT SAID HE'S NOT GOING TO 660 00:20:13,930 --> 00:20:16,480 DO THAT AND IF THIS RESOLUTION IS TO ASK THE 661 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:20,279 VICE PRESIDENT TO INVOKE THIS 25TH AMENDMENT 662 00:20:20,279 --> 00:20:23,380 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN HAS AN ADDITIONAL 30 663 00:20:23,380 --> 00:20:26,279 SECONDS MR BIGGS THANK YOU IF THIS IS WHAT THE 664 00:20:26,279 --> 00:20:29,990 PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO ASK THE VICE PRESIDENT 665 00:20:29,990 --> 00:20:33,539 THEN THE PURPOSE IS NOW NULL 666 00:20:33,539 --> 00:20:35,200 BUT I SUGGEST 667 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:37,619 TO YOU IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD APPEAR LIKE IF 668 00:20:37,619 --> 00:20:40,279 WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED ON EVEN AFTER YOU RECEIVED THE 669 00:20:40,279 --> 00:20:42,000 ANSWER YOU'RE SEEKING 670 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,849 AND IT'S DISAPPROBATION 671 00:20:43,849 --> 00:20:45,079 OF YOUR IDEA 672 00:20:45,079 --> 00:20:47,119 THE ONLY THING THAT COULD BE LEFT 673 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:48,940 IS TO POUR GAS ON A FIRE 674 00:20:48,940 --> 00:20:52,119 I'M ASKING THAT COOLER HEADS PREVAIL HERE 675 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:52,859 THIS 676 00:20:52,859 --> 00:20:54,710 IS NOT NECESSARY 677 00:20:54,740 --> 00:20:57,089 DON'T LET THIS GET IN THE WAY 678 00:20:57,089 --> 00:20:58,640 AND JUST TO PARROT 679 00:20:58,640 --> 00:20:59,809 THE LAST SPEAKER 680 00:20:59,809 --> 00:21:01,829 I'M ASKING FRIENDS ACROSS THE AISLE 681 00:21:01,829 --> 00:21:04,589 DON'T DO THIS THING THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN 682 00:21:04,589 --> 00:21:05,519 FROM OHIO 683 00:21:05,519 --> 00:21:06,990 YOU RESERVE 684 00:21:07,029 --> 00:21:08,829 MR JORDAN RESERVE THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES 685 00:21:08,829 --> 00:21:10,089 THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND MR 686 00:21:10,089 --> 00:21:12,079 RASKIN MR SPEAKER THE GENTLEMAN 687 00:21:13,369 --> 00:21:17,599 REASONABLY POSES THE QUESTION WHY ARE WE DOING THIS 688 00:21:17,599 --> 00:21:20,390 WE THINK THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTES 689 00:21:20,390 --> 00:21:22,440 A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER 690 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:23,869 TO THE REPUBLIC 691 00:21:23,869 --> 00:21:25,369 AND TO OUR PEOPLE 692 00:21:25,369 --> 00:21:26,899 FOR EXAMPLE 693 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:28,289 ON THE WHITE SUPREMACIST 694 00:21:28,289 --> 00:21:29,430 WEBSITES 695 00:21:29,430 --> 00:21:30,910 THAT HELPED TO BUILD 696 00:21:30,910 --> 00:21:31,730 THE PRESIDENT'S 697 00:21:31,730 --> 00:21:33,029 MOB 698 00:21:33,170 --> 00:21:34,529 THEY ARE NOW CALLING 699 00:21:34,529 --> 00:21:36,619 FOR A RETURN ENGAGEMENT 700 00:21:36,619 --> 00:21:39,970 ON THE DAYS OF JANUARY 19 AND 20 701 00:21:39,970 --> 00:21:42,440 THEY ARE CALLING AGAIN FOR AN ATTACK 702 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,049 ON THE CAPITOL AND THEY'RE CALLING AGAIN 703 00:21:45,049 --> 00:21:46,200 FOR THE 704 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:47,319 STATE LEGISLATURES 705 00:21:47,319 --> 00:21:49,799 NOW IN 50 STATES TO BE SURROUNDED 706 00:21:49,799 --> 00:21:51,980 WHAT WILL THE ATTITUDE BE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE 707 00:21:51,980 --> 00:21:53,259 UNITED STATES 708 00:21:53,259 --> 00:21:55,599 WILL HE GIVE THEM AID AND COMFORT 709 00:21:55,599 --> 00:21:57,170 WILL HE WINK AT THEM 710 00:21:57,170 --> 00:21:58,890 WILL HE SEND THEM POSITIVE 711 00:21:58,890 --> 00:22:01,970 TWEETS AND MESSAGES CALLING THEM PATRIOTS 712 00:22:01,970 --> 00:22:05,329 ALSO ON EXTREME RIGHT WING WEBSITES THEY'RE CALLING FOR PRESIDENT 713 00:22:05,329 --> 00:22:06,440 TO PARDON 714 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:07,559 THE ORGANIZERS 715 00:22:07,559 --> 00:22:10,119 OF THE ARMED VIOLENT INSURRECTION 716 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:11,839 THAT TOOK PLACE IN THIS BODY 717 00:22:11,839 --> 00:22:13,759 NOT EVEN A WEEK AGO 718 00:22:13,759 --> 00:22:16,990 AND WHAT IF THE PRESIDENT DECIDES TO PARDON THEM 719 00:22:16,990 --> 00:22:19,180 WE KNOW THIS PRESIDENT IS NOT LIVING UP TO THE 720 00:22:19,180 --> 00:22:20,569 MOST MINIMAL DUTIES 721 00:22:20,569 --> 00:22:23,210 OF HIS OFFICE THAT'S WHY WE ARE DOING THIS TO 722 00:22:23,210 --> 00:22:24,269 PROTECT 723 00:22:24,269 --> 00:22:25,119 THE PUBLIC 724 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:26,329 AND BY THE WAY 725 00:22:26,329 --> 00:22:28,779 WE'RE NOT TELLING THE VICE PRESIDENT 726 00:22:28,779 --> 00:22:31,160 WHAT HE MUST DO WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO DO 727 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:34,210 THAT WE'RE TELLING HIM WHAT HE THINKS HE SHOULD DO 728 00:22:34,210 --> 00:22:35,490 AND THAT THE CONGRESS 729 00:22:35,490 --> 00:22:36,920 WILL BE WITH HIM 730 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:39,190 BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT HE HAS COME UNDER EXTREME RIGHT 731 00:22:39,190 --> 00:22:40,059 WING PRESSURE 732 00:22:40,059 --> 00:22:41,240 ON EVERYTHING 733 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,230 FROM THE COUNTING OF THE ELECTORAL 734 00:22:43,230 --> 00:22:44,269 COLLEGE VOTES 735 00:22:44,269 --> 00:22:46,769 TO HIS POSITIONS ON A WHOLE RANGE OF THINGS TO 736 00:22:46,769 --> 00:22:49,230 GO ALONG WITH DONALD TRUMP SO WE ARE TRYING TO 737 00:22:49,230 --> 00:22:52,440 COUNTER BALANCE COUNTERBALANCE THAT ATTACK ON HIM FROM THE RIGHT 738 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:53,910 TO SAY THE PEOPLE 739 00:22:53,910 --> 00:22:56,759 WANT TO SEE A PEACEFUL WAY THROUGH THIS WITH THAT 740 00:22:56,759 --> 00:22:58,847 I WILL RECOGNIZE MS JACKSON LEE FOR ONE MINUTE THE 741 00:22:58,847 --> 00:23:01,160 SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLELADY FROM TEXAS MS JACKSON LEE 742 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:02,490 IS RECOGNIZED 743 00:23:02,490 --> 00:23:03,660 MS JACKSON LEE ACCOUNTABILITY 744 00:23:03,660 --> 00:23:04,779 COMES BEFORE 745 00:23:04,779 --> 00:23:05,609 HEALING 746 00:23:05,609 --> 00:23:06,579 BUT HEALING 747 00:23:06,579 --> 00:23:08,029 SHOULD COME 748 00:23:08,029 --> 00:23:09,289 IF WE LOOK AT THE CONSTITUTION 749 00:23:09,289 --> 00:23:11,130 WE WILL CLEARLY SEE THAT MR 750 00:23:11,130 --> 00:23:12,750 RASKIN'S RESOLUTION 751 00:23:12,750 --> 00:23:14,259 FITS THE LANGUAGE 752 00:23:14,259 --> 00:23:15,099 AN INABILITY 753 00:23:15,099 --> 00:23:16,230 TO BE ABLE TO DISCHARGE 754 00:23:16,230 --> 00:23:17,299 YOUR DUTIES 755 00:23:17,299 --> 00:23:18,140 TO EXERCISE 756 00:23:18,140 --> 00:23:19,700 THE LAWS CAREFULLY 757 00:23:19,700 --> 00:23:21,880 DO YOU CONSIDER THESE WORDS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE 758 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:23,029 UNITED STATES 759 00:23:23,029 --> 00:23:24,059 TO INSURRECTIONISTS 760 00:23:24,059 --> 00:23:25,190 AND TERRORISTS 761 00:23:25,190 --> 00:23:28,000 TO WALK DOWN TO THE CAPITOL TELLS THE PRESIDENT 762 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,750 TELLING THEM IF YOU DON'T FIGHT LIKE HELL YOU'RE NOT 763 00:23:30,750 --> 00:23:32,529 GOING TO HAVE A COUNTRY ANYMORE 764 00:23:32,529 --> 00:23:35,559 AND THAT IS THE ATTACK THAT THE DOMESTIC TERRORISTS MADE 765 00:23:35,559 --> 00:23:36,950 ON THIS PLACE 766 00:23:36,950 --> 00:23:40,019 ALL WE'RE ASKING THE VICE PRESIDENT THROUGH THIS RESOLUTION 767 00:23:40,019 --> 00:23:41,670 IS TO REFLECT ON THAT 768 00:23:41,670 --> 00:23:43,930 AND TO CALL UPON THE 25TH AMENDMENT 769 00:23:43,930 --> 00:23:45,410 TO CONVENE THE CABINET 770 00:23:45,410 --> 00:23:46,750 TO BEGIN THE HEALING 771 00:23:46,750 --> 00:23:47,839 BECAUSE 772 00:23:47,839 --> 00:23:50,039 THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS DANGEROUS 773 00:23:50,039 --> 00:23:51,579 TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 774 00:23:51,579 --> 00:23:53,549 THAT IS WHY WE'RE ON THE FLOOR TODAY 775 00:23:53,549 --> 00:23:56,019 WE HOPE THAT HE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT 776 00:23:56,019 --> 00:23:57,500 BECAUSE THE CONSTITUTION 777 00:23:57,500 --> 00:23:58,901 SAYS IN MANY PLACES THAT THE OOKS ACTIONS OF THIS 778 00:23:58,901 --> 00:24:01,099 PRESIDENT THAT THE ACTIONS OF THIS PRESIDENT 779 00:24:01,099 --> 00:24:02,269 IS DANGEROUS 780 00:24:02,269 --> 00:24:03,519 PEOPLE HAVE DIED 781 00:24:03,519 --> 00:24:05,829 WE HAVE LOST TWO POLICE OFFICERS 782 00:24:05,829 --> 00:24:07,359 OTHERS ARE IN THE HOSPITAL 783 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:08,160 AND YES 784 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:09,194 IT WAS AN INSURRECTION 785 00:24:09,194 --> 00:24:09,819 IT 786 00:24:09,819 --> 00:24:11,289 IS TIME TO PASS 787 00:24:11,289 --> 00:24:12,549 H RES 21 788 00:24:12,549 --> 00:24:13,369 I YIELD BACK THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLELADY'S TIME 789 00:24:13,369 --> 00:24:15,796 HAS EXPIRED THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND DO YOU RESERVE MR 790 00:24:15,796 --> 00:24:17,240 RASKIN YES THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE 791 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:18,980 BALANCE OF HIS TIME THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO 792 00:24:18,980 --> 00:24:20,190 MR JORDAN THANK YOU MR SPEAKER I YIELD ONE MINUTE 793 00:24:20,190 --> 00:24:22,055 TO THE GENTLELADY FROM GEORGIA THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE 794 00:24:22,055 --> 00:24:24,444 GENTLELADY FROM GEORGIA IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE MS TAYLOR 795 00:24:24,444 --> 00:24:25,720 GREENE MR SPEAKER 796 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:29,190 I'D LIKE TO QUOTE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 797 00:24:29,190 --> 00:24:31,990 I KNOW THAT EVERYONE HERE WILL SOON BE MARCHING 798 00:24:31,990 --> 00:24:33,900 OVER TO THE CAPITOL BUILDING 799 00:24:33,900 --> 00:24:35,119 TO PEACEFULLY 800 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:36,069 AND 801 00:24:36,069 --> 00:24:38,630 PATRIOTICALLY MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD 802 00:24:38,630 --> 00:24:39,650 GO HOME 803 00:24:39,650 --> 00:24:40,650 WITH PEACE 804 00:24:40,650 --> 00:24:42,279 WITH LOVE AND IN PEACE 805 00:24:42,279 --> 00:24:44,259 REMEMBER THIS DAY FOREVER 806 00:24:44,259 --> 00:24:46,349 PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP 807 00:24:46,349 --> 00:24:48,609 I CONDEMN THIS VIOLENCE REPUBLICANS 808 00:24:48,609 --> 00:24:52,339 HAVE CONDEMNED THIS VIOLENCE PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS CONDEMNED THIS VIOLENCE 809 00:24:52,339 --> 00:24:53,640 BUT ELECTED DEMOCRATS 810 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:55,750 OVER THE PAST YEAR HAVE PROMOTED 811 00:24:55,750 --> 00:24:57,049 VIOLENCE 812 00:24:57,099 --> 00:24:58,099 HAVE SUPPORTED 813 00:24:58,099 --> 00:24:58,700 IT 814 00:24:58,700 --> 00:25:01,309 THEY FUND IT ON THEIR ACT BLUE FUNDRAISING 815 00:25:01,309 --> 00:25:02,599 PLATFORM 816 00:25:02,599 --> 00:25:04,799 AND THERE HAS BEEN BILLIONS 817 00:25:04,799 --> 00:25:06,339 OF DAMAGE CAUSED 818 00:25:06,339 --> 00:25:09,569 OVER THIS PAST YEAR RIOTS ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY 819 00:25:09,569 --> 00:25:11,379 YOU KNOW HOW MANY 820 00:25:11,380 --> 00:25:12,230 COMPANIES 821 00:25:12,230 --> 00:25:13,569 HAVE ENDURED 822 00:25:13,569 --> 00:25:14,289 VIOLENCE 823 00:25:14,289 --> 00:25:15,490 AND DESTRUCTION 824 00:25:15,490 --> 00:25:16,710 I HAVE 825 00:25:16,710 --> 00:25:19,170 83 PAGES HERE OF BUSINESSES 826 00:25:19,170 --> 00:25:20,880 THAT HAD PROPERTY DAMAGE 827 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:22,359 WERE BURNED 828 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:24,430 THROUGH THE MINNESOTA RIOTS 829 00:25:24,430 --> 00:25:25,619 OUR 830 00:25:25,619 --> 00:25:27,349 VICE PRESIDENT ELECT 831 00:25:27,349 --> 00:25:28,630 KAMALA HARRIS 832 00:25:28,630 --> 00:25:29,930 POSTED 833 00:25:29,990 --> 00:25:30,809 THE MINNESOTA 834 00:25:30,809 --> 00:25:33,210 FREEDOM FUND BAIL LINK ENCOURAGING 835 00:25:33,210 --> 00:25:34,890 PEOPLE TO DONATE MONEY 836 00:25:34,890 --> 00:25:36,059 TO BAIL CRIMINALS 837 00:25:36,059 --> 00:25:37,150 OUT OF JAIL 838 00:25:37,150 --> 00:25:37,194 WE SHOULDN'T BE HYPOCRITES I YIELD BACK THE SPEAKER PRO 839 00:25:37,194 --> 00:25:39,000 TEMPORE THE GENTLELADY'S TIME HAS EXPIRED 840 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:40,319 THE GENTLELADY 841 00:25:40,589 --> 00:25:42,180 YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF HER TIME THE GENTLEMAN FROM 842 00:25:42,180 --> 00:25:43,599 OHIO DO YOU RESERVE 843 00:25:43,599 --> 00:25:44,994 MR JORDAN RESERVE THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES 844 00:25:44,994 --> 00:25:46,414 THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND MR 845 00:25:46,414 --> 00:25:48,690 RASKIN MR SPEAKER I'M HONORED TO YIELD TWO MINUTES TO 846 00:25:48,690 --> 00:25:50,910 MR KATKO OF NEW YORK 847 00:25:50,910 --> 00:25:52,089 MR 848 00:25:52,089 --> 00:25:54,029 KATKO I THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR YIELDING I RISE AS 849 00:25:54,029 --> 00:25:55,089 A PROUD AMERICAN 850 00:25:55,089 --> 00:25:57,440 WHO HAS A DISTINCT HONOR OF SERVING IN THIS GREAT 851 00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:58,740 BODY 852 00:25:59,109 --> 00:26:00,690 AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS 853 00:26:00,690 --> 00:26:02,470 WE TAKE AN OATH TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION 854 00:26:02,470 --> 00:26:03,970 BECAUSE AT TIMES 855 00:26:03,970 --> 00:26:05,579 IT NEEDS DEFENDING 856 00:26:05,579 --> 00:26:08,049 ON JANUARY 6 THE NATION WATCHED 857 00:26:08,049 --> 00:26:10,809 AS INSURRECTIONISTS STORMED THE CAPITOL THREATENING THE SAFETY OF COUNTLESS 858 00:26:10,809 --> 00:26:11,839 INDIVIDUALS 859 00:26:11,839 --> 00:26:12,880 AND SUCCESSFULLY 860 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:14,029 ALBEIT TEMPORARILY 861 00:26:14,029 --> 00:26:16,019 DISRUPTING OUR PROCESS 862 00:26:16,130 --> 00:26:18,400 IN THE MIDST OF THE ATTACK HUNDREDS OF CAPITOL POLICE 863 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:19,380 OFFICERS 864 00:26:19,380 --> 00:26:22,359 HEROICALLY UPHELD THEIR DUTY TO DEFEND THE UNITED STATES 865 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:24,660 AND PROTECT THOSE WHO WORK HERE 866 00:26:24,660 --> 00:26:27,099 MANY OFFICERS WERE SEVERELY INJURED AND BEATEN 867 00:26:27,099 --> 00:26:29,230 INCLUDING ONE OF MY FORMER INTERNS 868 00:26:29,230 --> 00:26:30,970 AND TRG TRAGICALLY ONE OFFICER 869 00:26:30,970 --> 00:26:32,730 OFFICER BRIAN SICKNICK 870 00:26:32,730 --> 00:26:34,970 SUCCUMBED TO THE INJURIES HE SUSTAINED 871 00:26:34,970 --> 00:26:36,809 TO OFFICER SICKNICK'S FAMILY 872 00:26:36,809 --> 00:26:38,359 I EXTEND MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES 873 00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:40,839 AND KNOW WE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU 874 00:26:40,839 --> 00:26:42,680 TO ALL CAPITOL POLICE OFFICERS 875 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,289 WE'RE DEEPLY THANKFUL FOR YOUR BRAVERY 876 00:26:45,289 --> 00:26:48,240 BECAUSE OF YOU THOUSANDS WERE LIVES WERE PROTECTED AND THE 877 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,609 PEOPLE'S WORK WAS ABLE TO RESUME 878 00:26:50,609 --> 00:26:53,589 NOW JUST AS THE CAPITOL POLICE PROTECTED US 879 00:26:53,589 --> 00:26:55,230 CONGRESS MUST MATCH THAT 880 00:26:55,230 --> 00:26:55,990 COURAGE 881 00:26:55,990 --> 00:26:57,859 AND PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION 882 00:26:57,890 --> 00:26:59,380 OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES 883 00:26:59,380 --> 00:27:01,150 AND THIS NATION 884 00:27:01,150 --> 00:27:04,089 THE PRESIDENT'S ROLE IN THIS INSURRECTION IS UNDENIABLE 885 00:27:04,089 --> 00:27:06,460 BOTH ON SOCIAL MEDIA ON JANUARY 6 886 00:27:06,460 --> 00:27:08,269 AND IN HIS SPEECH THAT DAY 887 00:27:08,269 --> 00:27:12,809 HE DELDEL DELIBERATELY PROMOTED BASELESS THEORIES CREATING A COMBUSTIBLE ENVIRONMENT 888 00:27:12,809 --> 00:27:13,779 OF MISINFORMATION 889 00:27:13,779 --> 00:27:15,190 AND DIVISION 890 00:27:15,259 --> 00:27:17,250 TO ALLOW THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO INCITE 891 00:27:17,250 --> 00:27:19,529 THIS ATTACK WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES 892 00:27:19,650 --> 00:27:22,440 IS A DIRECT THREAT TO THE FUTURE OF THIS DEMOCRACY 893 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,619 FOR THIS REASON I WILL VOTE TO IMPEACH THIS PRESIDENT 894 00:27:24,619 --> 00:27:25,919 TOMORROW 895 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,839 THE BILL BEFORE US TONIGHT IS A NONBINDING RESOLUTION 896 00:27:28,839 --> 00:27:32,029 WHICH REQUESTS THE VICE PRESIDENT TO INVOKE THE 25TH AMENDMENT 897 00:27:32,029 --> 00:27:34,450 A STEP HE'S ALREADY SAID HE WILL NOT TAKE 898 00:27:34,450 --> 00:27:36,619 IT IS MERELY A SYMBOLIC GESTURE AND I WILL OPPOSE 899 00:27:36,619 --> 00:27:38,069 THAT RESOLUTION 900 00:27:38,759 --> 00:27:40,940 AFTER LAST WEEK'S ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL IT IS CLEAR 901 00:27:40,940 --> 00:27:44,259 OUR NATION'S MORE DIVIDED THAN EVER IN RECENT HISTORY 902 00:27:44,259 --> 00:27:46,509 WE BEGAN THIS GREAT EXPERIMENT OVER 903 00:27:46,509 --> 00:27:47,789 240 YEARS AGO 904 00:27:47,789 --> 00:27:50,440 AND TO PRESERVE IT WE MUST REMEMBER THAT OUR 905 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:52,789 FAITH RACE OR POLITICAL PARTY 906 00:27:52,789 --> 00:27:54,859 IS NOT WHAT UNITES US WHAT UNITES US IS THAT 907 00:27:54,859 --> 00:27:56,419 WE ARE AMERICANS 908 00:27:56,670 --> 00:27:58,450 I'D ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF THIS BODY 909 00:27:58,450 --> 00:27:59,690 AND EVERYONE AT HOME 910 00:27:59,690 --> 00:28:01,609 TO REMEMBER THAT SIMPLE TRUTH 911 00:28:01,609 --> 00:28:03,130 AND WITH THAT I YIELD BACK THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE 912 00:28:03,130 --> 00:28:03,980 THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME THE 913 00:28:03,980 --> 00:28:06,890 GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO DO YOU YOU RESERVE 914 00:28:06,890 --> 00:28:08,069 MR JORDAN 915 00:28:08,069 --> 00:28:10,049 NO I WILL YIELD 916 00:28:11,049 --> 00:28:12,680 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND RESERVES 917 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:13,950 MR JORDAN I WILL YIELD 918 00:28:13,950 --> 00:28:16,589 2 1 2 MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA 919 00:28:16,589 --> 00:28:18,180 MR BISHOP THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN FROM NORTH 920 00:28:18,180 --> 00:28:21,230 CAROLINA MR BISHOP IS RECOGNIZED MR BISHOP THANK YOU MR 921 00:28:21,230 --> 00:28:24,670 SPEAKER I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR YIELDING TWO 922 00:28:24,670 --> 00:28:26,139 TWO QUESTIONS 923 00:28:26,549 --> 00:28:29,529 AS WE BEGIN ANOTHER 24 HOURS THAT WILL DEEPEN THE 924 00:28:29,529 --> 00:28:33,259 WOUNDS OF THE COUNTRY AND THE DISAFFECTION OF AMERICANS 925 00:28:33,259 --> 00:28:34,559 FIRST 926 00:28:34,700 --> 00:28:36,829 WILL YOU STOP AT NOTHING 927 00:28:37,299 --> 00:28:38,190 SECOND 928 00:28:38,190 --> 00:28:39,839 IS THERE ANY HYPOCRISY 929 00:28:39,839 --> 00:28:41,349 TOO FAR 930 00:28:42,460 --> 00:28:44,710 LET'S CALL THIS WHAT IT IS 931 00:28:44,710 --> 00:28:46,250 AN ULTIMATUM 932 00:28:46,599 --> 00:28:48,059 AN ATTEMPT TO INTIMIDATE 933 00:28:48,059 --> 00:28:50,930 AND BULLY VICE PRESIDENT PENCE 934 00:28:52,319 --> 00:28:53,450 THEY'RE NOT SEEKING 935 00:28:53,450 --> 00:28:55,950 THE SAME ENDS AS MR MCCLINTOCK OF 936 00:28:55,950 --> 00:28:57,650 CALIFORNIA SAID 937 00:28:57,650 --> 00:29:00,049 TO EMPLOYEE THE SAME MEANS 938 00:29:00,549 --> 00:29:01,910 THEY SPEAK TO BULLY 939 00:29:01,910 --> 00:29:03,589 THE VICE PRESIDENT 940 00:29:03,589 --> 00:29:04,420 TO ABUSE 941 00:29:04,420 --> 00:29:07,029 POWER UNDER THE 25TH AMENDMENT INTENDED 942 00:29:07,029 --> 00:29:08,440 TO PROVIDE FOR TEMPORARY 943 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:09,859 OR SUDDEN INCAPACITY 944 00:29:09,859 --> 00:29:11,359 OF THE PRESIDENT 945 00:29:11,509 --> 00:29:13,710 WHILE THEY CLAIM TO BE SCANDALIZED 946 00:29:13,710 --> 00:29:14,809 ABOUT THE PRESIDENT 947 00:29:14,809 --> 00:29:17,500 BULLYING THE VICE PRESIDENT ONE WEEK AGO 948 00:29:17,500 --> 00:29:21,700 TO ABUSE POWER UNDER THE 12TH AMENDMENT 949 00:29:21,759 --> 00:29:23,839 WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND HE 950 00:29:23,839 --> 00:29:24,950 HAS NOT ANSWERED 951 00:29:24,950 --> 00:29:27,890 WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS NOW 952 00:29:27,890 --> 00:29:28,670 TONIGHT 953 00:29:28,670 --> 00:29:31,180 THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS CLARIFIED 954 00:29:31,180 --> 00:29:33,059 IN A LETTER SENT TO ALL OF US AT 7 955 00:29:33,059 --> 00:29:33,940 34 956 00:29:33,940 --> 00:29:36,809 P M THAT THIS RESOLUTION HAS ABSOLUTELY 957 00:29:36,809 --> 00:29:38,990 NO OTHER PURPOSE 958 00:29:39,150 --> 00:29:42,579 HERE ARE THREE KEY THING HE IS SAID 959 00:29:42,579 --> 00:29:43,990 I QUOTE 960 00:29:43,990 --> 00:29:46,740 I URGE YOU AND EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS TO AVOID 961 00:29:46,740 --> 00:29:48,670 ACTIONS THAT WOULD FURTHER DIVIDE 962 00:29:48,670 --> 00:29:50,900 AND INFLAME THE PASSIONS OF THE MOMENT 963 00:29:50,900 --> 00:29:53,369 WORK WITH US TO LOWER THE TEMPERATURE 964 00:29:53,369 --> 00:29:54,220 AND UNITE 965 00:29:54,220 --> 00:29:55,750 OUR COUNTRY 966 00:29:55,759 --> 00:29:56,569 QUOTE 967 00:29:56,569 --> 00:29:58,259 AS YOU KNOW FULL WELL 968 00:29:58,259 --> 00:30:00,319 THE 25TH AMENDMENT WAS DESIGNED 969 00:30:00,319 --> 00:30:01,630 TO ADDRESS PRESIDENTIAL 970 00:30:01,630 --> 00:30:02,470 INCAPACITY 971 00:30:02,470 --> 00:30:03,700 OR DISABILITY 972 00:30:03,700 --> 00:30:05,069 UNDER OUR CONSTITUTION 973 00:30:05,069 --> 00:30:09,589 THE 25TH AMENDMENT IS NOT A MEANS OF USURPATION 974 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:10,920 QUOTE 975 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:12,829 AND LISTEN TO THIS ONE CAREFULLY 976 00:30:12,829 --> 00:30:13,710 QUOTE 977 00:30:13,710 --> 00:30:14,970 LAST WEEK 978 00:30:14,970 --> 00:30:16,640 I DID NOT YIELD TO PRESSURE 979 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:18,920 TO EXERT POWER BEYOND MY CONSTITUTIONAL 980 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:19,980 AUTHORITY 981 00:30:19,980 --> 00:30:22,119 AND I WILL NOT NOW YIELD TO EFFORTS IN THE 982 00:30:22,119 --> 00:30:24,559 HOUSE TO PLAY POLITICAL GAMES 983 00:30:24,559 --> 00:30:26,289 AT A TIME SO SERIOUS 984 00:30:26,289 --> 00:30:29,019 IN THE LIFE OF OUR NATION 985 00:30:29,019 --> 00:30:30,650 THE VICE PRESIDENT 986 00:30:30,650 --> 00:30:32,390 HAS GIVEN YOU YOUR ANSWER 987 00:30:32,390 --> 00:30:33,859 BEFORE YOU ASK 988 00:30:33,859 --> 00:30:35,289 THE QUESTION 989 00:30:35,349 --> 00:30:38,680 NO LEGITIMATE PURPOSE TO THIS RESOLUTION REMAINS 990 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:39,730 YOUR ULTIMATUM 991 00:30:39,730 --> 00:30:40,619 GOS 992 00:30:40,619 --> 00:30:43,269 DOWN TO A CORE FEATURE OF THE 993 00:30:43,269 --> 00:30:44,569 CONSTITUTION 994 00:30:44,589 --> 00:30:46,649 THE FRAMERS WERE EMPHATIC 995 00:30:47,579 --> 00:30:50,970 TO AVOID MAKING THE PRESIDENT A CREATURE OF CONGRESS 996 00:30:50,970 --> 00:30:52,240 THE 25TH AMENDMENT 997 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:54,500 WAS NOT RATIFIED TO CHANGE THAT 998 00:30:54,500 --> 00:30:56,259 AS YOU WELL KNOW 999 00:30:56,259 --> 00:30:57,970 PLEASE DO NOT PERVERT 1000 00:30:57,970 --> 00:30:59,799 THIS IMPORTANT PROTECTION 1001 00:30:59,799 --> 00:31:01,849 TO UNDERMINE THE CONSTITUTION 1002 00:31:01,990 --> 00:31:04,279 I YIELD BACK THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE MEMBERS ARE REMINED 1003 00:31:04,279 --> 00:31:07,299 TO DIRECT THEIR COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR 1004 00:31:07,299 --> 00:31:08,630 THE GENTLEMAN FROM 1005 00:31:08,630 --> 00:31:11,289 MARYLAND MR RASKIN I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO THE GENTLEMAN 1006 00:31:11,289 --> 00:31:15,309 FROM TENNESSEE THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED 1007 00:31:15,490 --> 00:31:18,019 LAST WEDNESDAY I CAME TO THESE HALLLOWED HALLS 1008 00:31:18,019 --> 00:31:19,420 WHERE I SERVE 1009 00:31:19,420 --> 00:31:21,359 TO WATCH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE 1010 00:31:21,359 --> 00:31:22,029 RATIFY 1011 00:31:22,029 --> 00:31:25,440 AND CERTIFY THE ELECTION OF JOE BIDEN IN WHAT WAS 1012 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:26,410 FAIR 1013 00:31:26,410 --> 00:31:27,630 TRANSPARENT 1014 00:31:27,630 --> 00:31:29,549 ELECTION THAT 61 1015 00:31:29,549 --> 00:31:30,329 COURTS 1016 00:31:30,329 --> 00:31:33,799 LOOKED INTO AND ALL SAID IT WAS FINE 1017 00:31:33,799 --> 00:31:36,430 MR COHEN I WAS SITTING UP THERE IN THE GALLERY 1018 00:31:36,430 --> 00:31:38,859 WHEN A CAPITOL POLICEMAN CAME IN 1019 00:31:38,859 --> 00:31:40,569 AND SAID WE'RE LOCKING THE 1020 00:31:40,569 --> 00:31:42,910 DOOR WE ARE LOCKING THE DOORS 1021 00:31:42,910 --> 00:31:45,087 AND WITH ONLY MINUTES OF THAT I HEARD THE RATTLE 1022 00:31:45,087 --> 00:31:46,039 TISSUE THE RABBLE 1023 00:31:46,039 --> 00:31:47,660 KNOCKING ON THE DOOR 1024 00:31:47,660 --> 00:31:49,839 TRYING TO KNOCK IT DOWN 1025 00:31:50,359 --> 00:31:52,380 WE WERE THEN TOLD TO PUT ON OUR GAS MASKS 1026 00:31:52,380 --> 00:31:53,539 AND EVACUATE 1027 00:31:53,539 --> 00:31:55,470 AND WE ALL DID IT 1028 00:31:55,470 --> 00:31:56,740 THIS WAS AN ASSAULT 1029 00:31:56,740 --> 00:31:58,210 ON THE CONSTITUTION 1030 00:31:58,210 --> 00:32:00,119 AN ASSAULT ON CONGRESS 1031 00:32:00,119 --> 00:32:01,329 IT WAS A FELONIOUS 1032 00:32:01,329 --> 00:32:02,029 ASSAULT 1033 00:32:02,029 --> 00:32:04,420 IT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO MURDER 1034 00:32:04,420 --> 00:32:05,390 THE CONGRESS 1035 00:32:05,390 --> 00:32:06,619 AND OUR PROCESSES 1036 00:32:06,619 --> 00:32:07,890 TO ELECT OUR PRESIDENT 1037 00:32:07,890 --> 00:32:09,309 OF THE UNITED STATES 1038 00:32:09,309 --> 00:32:11,019 IT IS THE POLITICAL EQUIVALENT 1039 00:32:11,019 --> 00:32:14,039 OF SHOOTING SOMEBODY ON 5TH AVENUE AND GETTING AWAY WITH 1040 00:32:14,039 --> 00:32:16,799 IT AND SOMEBODY NEEDS TO STAND UP TO THAT 1041 00:32:16,799 --> 00:32:18,900 AND THE 25TH AMENDMENT IS ONE WAY TO DO IT 1042 00:32:18,900 --> 00:32:19,809 WHETHER REPUBLICANS 1043 00:32:19,809 --> 00:32:21,009 CAN PURGE THEMSELVES 1044 00:32:21,009 --> 00:32:22,519 OF THEIR OWN CREATION 1045 00:32:22,519 --> 00:32:24,049 WHO HAS DAMAGED THIS COUNTRY 1046 00:32:24,049 --> 00:32:26,660 I ASK US TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION 1047 00:32:26,660 --> 00:32:29,549 BRING THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER AN GET RID OF THIS CANCER 1048 00:32:29,549 --> 00:32:30,869 I YIELD BACK THE 1049 00:32:30,869 --> 00:32:32,049 SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN YEALEDS BACK DOES THE GENTLEMAN 1050 00:32:32,049 --> 00:32:32,809 RESERVE 1051 00:32:32,809 --> 00:32:34,684 THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO 1052 00:32:34,684 --> 00:32:35,480 MR 1053 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:36,769 YORDAN THANK YOU MR SPEAKER I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO 1054 00:32:36,769 --> 00:32:38,250 THE GENTLEMAN FROM WISCONSIN 1055 00:32:38,250 --> 00:32:39,019 THE 1056 00:32:39,019 --> 00:32:40,109 SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED 1057 00:32:40,109 --> 00:32:42,569 THANK YOU THIS IS AN ABSURD RESOLUTION 1058 00:32:42,569 --> 00:32:43,869 CALLOUSLY 1059 00:32:44,220 --> 00:32:46,029 POLITICIZING AN UNPREDICTABLE 1060 00:32:46,029 --> 00:32:47,329 HAPPENING LAST WEEK 1061 00:32:47,329 --> 00:32:50,640 WE ALL KNOW PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED FOR A PEACEFUL PATRIOTIC 1062 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:51,599 MARCH 1063 00:32:51,599 --> 00:32:52,420 I 1064 00:32:52,420 --> 00:32:54,809 HAVE ATTENDED MULTIPLE TRUMP RALLY 1065 00:32:55,390 --> 00:32:56,059 ALWAYS 1066 00:32:56,059 --> 00:32:57,069 PEACEFUL 1067 00:32:57,069 --> 00:32:57,960 EVENTS 1068 00:32:57,960 --> 00:32:58,569 TIPICAL 1069 00:32:58,569 --> 00:33:01,059 OF THOUSANDS OF THE PROTESTERS 1070 00:33:02,180 --> 00:33:03,279 LAST WEEK 1071 00:33:03,279 --> 00:33:06,259 I NEVER WOULD HAVE EXPECTED THIS IN A MILLION YEARS 1072 00:33:06,259 --> 00:33:07,799 THAT IS A HORRIBLE EVENT 1073 00:33:07,799 --> 00:33:10,390 BUT NOT LIKE THE BLACK LIVES MATTER OR ANTIFA EVENTS 1074 00:33:10,390 --> 00:33:13,940 THAT WENT ON DAY AFTER DAY IN CITY AFTER CITY 1075 00:33:13,940 --> 00:33:15,430 WITH PROMINENT DEMOCRATS 1076 00:33:15,430 --> 00:33:16,720 FANNING THE FLAMES 1077 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:18,049 BY MISCHARACTERIZING 1078 00:33:18,049 --> 00:33:19,680 POLICE SHOOTINGS 1079 00:33:20,589 --> 00:33:21,269 OR ENCOURAGING 1080 00:33:21,269 --> 00:33:21,930 BAIL 1081 00:33:21,930 --> 00:33:23,019 FOR 1082 00:33:23,019 --> 00:33:25,660 LAWBREAKERS LESS THAN TWO YEAR AGO A MEMBER OF THIS 1083 00:33:25,660 --> 00:33:26,480 BODY 1084 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:28,769 ENCOURAGED HARASS OF TRUMP 1085 00:33:28,769 --> 00:33:29,500 OFFICERS 1086 00:33:29,500 --> 00:33:32,539 AT RESTAURANTS GAS STATIONS AND DEPARTMENT STORES 1087 00:33:32,539 --> 00:33:33,569 SHE WAS 1088 00:33:33,569 --> 00:33:34,849 REWARDED WITH THE CHAIRMANSHIP 1089 00:33:34,849 --> 00:33:36,170 OF A COMMITTEE 1090 00:33:36,170 --> 00:33:38,579 EVEN LAST WEEK'S RIOTS 1091 00:33:38,839 --> 00:33:41,180 THE SPEAKER TRIED TO PREPOSTEROUSLY 1092 00:33:41,220 --> 00:33:42,099 RACIALIZE 1093 00:33:42,099 --> 00:33:45,819 THEM WHICH CAN ONLY LEAD TO TROUBLE MAYBE VIOLENCE 1094 00:33:45,819 --> 00:33:46,440 EVERYBODY 1095 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:48,380 BACK HOME SAYS WE OUGHT TO GET ALONG IS THIS 1096 00:33:48,380 --> 00:33:49,769 THE WAY TO START THINGS 1097 00:33:49,769 --> 00:33:52,319 IT'S TIME TO GET BACK TO DEALING WITH THE PEOPLE'S 1098 00:33:52,319 --> 00:33:53,130 BUSINESS 1099 00:33:53,130 --> 00:33:55,529 DEALING WITH THE CANCEL CULTURE 1100 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:57,730 THANK YOU THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK 1101 00:33:57,730 --> 00:33:58,930 THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES 1102 00:33:58,930 --> 00:34:01,119 THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND MR RASKIN I YIELD ONE MINUTE 1103 00:34:01,119 --> 00:34:01,869 TO THE 1104 00:34:01,869 --> 00:34:03,420 GENTLEMAN FROM GEORGIA MR JOHNSON 1105 00:34:03,420 --> 00:34:04,829 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE 1106 00:34:04,829 --> 00:34:08,019 THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE 1107 00:34:08,019 --> 00:34:10,530 MR SWRNS THANK YOU MR SPEAKER 1108 00:34:10,530 --> 00:34:11,829 FOR 244 1109 00:34:11,829 --> 00:34:14,809 YEARS AMERICA HAS STOOD AS THE BELLWETHER 1110 00:34:14,809 --> 00:34:16,240 OF DEMOCRACY 1111 00:34:16,519 --> 00:34:18,000 LAST WEEK 1112 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:19,409 THE WORLD SAW 1113 00:34:19,409 --> 00:34:20,019 AMERICA 1114 00:34:20,019 --> 00:34:22,570 AT PERHAPS HER LOWEST MOMENT 1115 00:34:22,949 --> 00:34:24,580 IT WAS CRAZY 1116 00:34:25,250 --> 00:34:27,099 WE ALL TOOK THE SAME OATH 1117 00:34:27,099 --> 00:34:29,269 WHEN WE SWORE TO PROTECT THIS COUNTRY 1118 00:34:29,269 --> 00:34:31,130 FROM ENEMIES BOTH FOREIGN 1119 00:34:31,130 --> 00:34:32,700 AND DOMESTIC 1120 00:34:33,289 --> 00:34:34,820 AND NOW 1121 00:34:34,909 --> 00:34:36,159 WITH A DOMESTIC 1122 00:34:36,159 --> 00:34:38,440 ENEMY HAVING ARISEN 1123 00:34:39,449 --> 00:34:41,060 THAT IS CRAZY 1124 00:34:41,530 --> 00:34:44,050 ONLY THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS THE POWER TO INVOKE THE 1125 00:34:44,050 --> 00:34:47,230 25TH AMENDMENT AND PROTECT THIS COUNTRY 1126 00:34:47,230 --> 00:34:48,280 FROM THIS DOMESTIC 1127 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:49,489 ENEMY 1128 00:34:49,489 --> 00:34:50,530 THE 25TH 1129 00:34:50,530 --> 00:34:53,090 AMENDMENT WAS WRITTEN FOR THIS MOMENT 1130 00:34:53,090 --> 00:34:54,519 AND IF NOT NOW 1131 00:34:54,519 --> 00:34:57,670 WHEN WOULD ITS USE EVER BE APPROPRIATE 1132 00:34:57,670 --> 00:34:58,920 VICE PRESIDENT 1133 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:00,220 PENCE 1134 00:35:00,409 --> 00:35:03,079 YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT COUNTRY BEFORE SELF BY 1135 00:35:03,079 --> 00:35:05,420 IMPLEMENTING THE 25TH AMENDMENT 1136 00:35:05,420 --> 00:35:07,300 PLEASE MUSTER THE COURAGE 1137 00:35:07,300 --> 00:35:09,239 TO PROTECT AMERICA FROM 1138 00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:10,110 MANIACAL 1139 00:35:10,110 --> 00:35:11,239 BEHAVIOR 1140 00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:12,969 THAT THREATENS THE VERY FOUNDATIONS 1141 00:35:12,969 --> 00:35:14,830 OF OUR DEMOCRACY 1142 00:35:15,070 --> 00:35:18,019 STOP THE VIOLENCE MR VICE PRESIDENT WITH THAT I YIELD 1143 00:35:18,019 --> 00:35:19,519 BACK THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE 1144 00:35:19,519 --> 00:35:22,389 GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO 1145 00:35:22,389 --> 00:35:23,730 MR JORDAN I YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM 1146 00:35:23,730 --> 00:35:25,500 OHIO MR CHABOT THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN IS 1147 00:35:25,500 --> 00:35:26,800 RECOGNIZED 1148 00:35:27,059 --> 00:35:29,360 MR CHABOT WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK WEDNESDAY 1149 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:30,309 AT THE CAPITOL 1150 00:35:30,309 --> 00:35:31,789 NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED 1151 00:35:31,789 --> 00:35:34,760 THE ACTIONS OF THOSE WHO ATTEMPTED TO BREACH THE CAPITOL 1152 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:35,579 BUILDING 1153 00:35:35,579 --> 00:35:37,739 AND THEN ULTIMATELY DID 1154 00:35:37,739 --> 00:35:39,600 ARE INEXCUSABLE 1155 00:35:39,719 --> 00:35:40,610 LAWLESSNESS 1156 00:35:40,610 --> 00:35:41,599 AND VIOLENCE 1157 00:35:41,599 --> 00:35:42,820 ARE NEVER ACCEPTABLE 1158 00:35:42,820 --> 00:35:45,989 WHICHEVER SIDE OF THE POLITICAL DIVIDE ONE MAY FALL ON 1159 00:35:45,989 --> 00:35:49,000 THOSE WHO BROKE THE LAW SHOULD BE AND WILL BE 1160 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:49,670 IDENTIFIED 1161 00:35:49,670 --> 00:35:50,980 AND PROSECUTED 1162 00:35:50,980 --> 00:35:51,889 IN THE AFTERMATH 1163 00:35:51,889 --> 00:35:52,750 OF LAST 1164 00:35:52,750 --> 00:35:53,449 WEEK'S 1165 00:35:53,449 --> 00:35:56,750 TRAGIC EVENTS MOST AMERICANS CONTINUE TO BE SADDENED 1166 00:35:56,750 --> 00:35:57,570 ANGRY 1167 00:35:57,570 --> 00:35:59,019 AND WANTING ANSWERS 1168 00:35:59,019 --> 00:36:01,760 AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO US TO PROVIDE A POSITIVE 1169 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,500 EXAMPLE ON THOUSAND TO BRING OUR NATION BACK TOGETHER 1170 00:36:04,500 --> 00:36:05,659 UNFORTUNATELY 1171 00:36:05,659 --> 00:36:08,760 IF WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS EVENING IS ANY INDICATION 1172 00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,349 CONGRESS MIGHT NOT BE UP TO THE TASK 1173 00:36:11,349 --> 00:36:14,429 THE DEMOCRATS ATTEMPT TO INVOKE THE 25TH AMENDMENT 1174 00:36:14,429 --> 00:36:18,309 AND TO ONCE AGAIN IMPEACH PRESIDENT TRUMP A WEEK BEFORE 1175 00:36:18,309 --> 00:36:20,599 HE'LL BE LEAVING OFFICE ANYWAY 1176 00:36:20,599 --> 00:36:22,739 ARE IN MY OPINION MISGUIDED 1177 00:36:22,739 --> 00:36:25,030 THE PUSH TO ENCOURAGE THE VICE PRESIDENT 1178 00:36:25,030 --> 00:36:27,679 TO INVOKE THE 25TH AMENDMENT IS ESPECIALLY 1179 00:36:27,679 --> 00:36:29,019 ILL ADVISED 1180 00:36:29,019 --> 00:36:29,869 THE CONSTITUTION 1181 00:36:29,869 --> 00:36:30,699 IS CLEAR 1182 00:36:30,699 --> 00:36:33,079 THAT THE ROLE FOR CONGRESS TO PLAY UNDER THE 25TH 1183 00:36:33,079 --> 00:36:33,889 AMENDMENT 1184 00:36:33,889 --> 00:36:36,869 IS TO THE SIDE IF THE POWERS PROVIDED THERE UNDER 1185 00:36:36,869 --> 00:36:39,460 HAVE BEEN PROPERLY INVOKED IN THE EVENT OF A DISPUTE 1186 00:36:39,460 --> 00:36:41,460 BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT 1187 00:36:41,460 --> 00:36:43,219 OR THE MAJORITY OF THE CABINET 1188 00:36:43,219 --> 00:36:44,179 IN OTHER WORDS 1189 00:36:44,179 --> 00:36:46,070 WE ARE TO SERVE AS JUDGES 1190 00:36:46,070 --> 00:36:47,360 UNDER THE 25TH 1191 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:47,989 AMENDMENT 1192 00:36:47,989 --> 00:36:49,580 NOT INSTIGATORS 1193 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:50,659 BY ENCOURAGING 1194 00:36:50,659 --> 00:36:52,730 THE VICE PRESIDENT TO TAKE ACTION 1195 00:36:52,730 --> 00:36:53,400 SUPPORTERS 1196 00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:55,039 OF THIS RESOLUTION 1197 00:36:55,039 --> 00:36:55,840 ARE ABANDONING 1198 00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:56,949 OUR CONSTITUTIONAL 1199 00:36:56,949 --> 00:36:57,710 ROLE 1200 00:36:57,710 --> 00:36:59,400 WHICH COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT 1201 00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:00,079 LEGAL 1202 00:37:00,079 --> 00:37:00,780 CONSEQUENCE 1203 00:37:00,780 --> 00:37:02,300 DOWN THE ROAD 1204 00:37:02,300 --> 00:37:03,719 EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY 1205 00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:05,369 RATHER THAN HELP TO HEAL 1206 00:37:05,369 --> 00:37:06,880 A DIVIDED NATION 1207 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:07,820 THE DEMOCRATS 1208 00:37:07,820 --> 00:37:08,440 EFFORTS 1209 00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:10,699 WILL LIKELY DRIVE US EVEN FURTHER 1210 00:37:10,699 --> 00:37:11,730 APART 1211 00:37:11,730 --> 00:37:13,269 INSTEAD MR SPEAKER 1212 00:37:13,269 --> 00:37:16,179 WE SHOULD BE TURNING OUR ATTENTION TOWARD UNITING 1213 00:37:16,179 --> 00:37:17,510 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 1214 00:37:17,510 --> 00:37:19,849 IT'S TIME FOR US TO TONE DOWN 1215 00:37:19,849 --> 00:37:21,280 THE POLITICAL RHETORIC 1216 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:22,559 TO WORK TOGETHER 1217 00:37:22,559 --> 00:37:23,820 TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS 1218 00:37:23,820 --> 00:37:26,409 THAT FACE OUR NATION IT'S TIME FOR US TO PUT 1219 00:37:26,409 --> 00:37:27,920 ASIDE OUR DIFFERENCES 1220 00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:29,909 AND FIND COMMON GROUND 1221 00:37:29,909 --> 00:37:31,300 AFTER ALL 1222 00:37:31,300 --> 00:37:32,869 WE'RE ALL AMERICANS 1223 00:37:32,869 --> 00:37:35,550 I YIELD BACK THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN FROM 1224 00:37:35,550 --> 00:37:38,539 OHIO RESERVES MR RASKIN MR RASKIN I YIELD ONE MINUTE 1225 00:37:38,539 --> 00:37:40,219 TO MR SWALWELL OF CALIFORNIA 1226 00:37:40,219 --> 00:37:41,260 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN 1227 00:37:41,260 --> 00:37:42,670 IS RECOGNIZED 1228 00:37:43,309 --> 00:37:44,940 HOW MUCH TIME 1229 00:37:45,610 --> 00:37:47,159 ONE MINUTE MR SWALWELL 1230 00:37:47,159 --> 00:37:49,210 ON JANUARY 6 DONALD TRUMP 1231 00:37:49,210 --> 00:37:49,960 INCITED RADICALIZED 1232 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,514 TERRORISTS TO ATTACK THE CAPITOL AND STOP THE COUNTING OF 1233 00:37:52,514 --> 00:37:54,030 THE ELECTORAL BALLOTS 1234 00:37:54,030 --> 00:37:56,420 DONALD TRUMP WON'T PROTECT 1235 00:37:56,900 --> 00:37:58,079 OUR CONSTITUTION 1236 00:37:58,079 --> 00:38:00,260 SO WE MUST DO SO IT'S 1237 00:38:00,260 --> 00:38:02,429 TIME FOR THE COUNTRY TO UNITE 1238 00:38:02,429 --> 00:38:03,920 BUT UNITY 1239 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:05,789 STARTS WITH ACCOUNTABILITY 1240 00:38:05,789 --> 00:38:08,260 THAT STARTS IN THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE 1241 00:38:08,260 --> 00:38:09,560 LET'S 1242 00:38:10,119 --> 00:38:11,650 START BY UNITING 1243 00:38:14,210 --> 00:38:15,079 FOR 1244 00:38:15,079 --> 00:38:17,039 THE SAFETY OF ALL AMERICANS 1245 00:38:17,039 --> 00:38:18,289 LET'S UNITE AGAINST 1246 00:38:18,289 --> 00:38:20,099 A PRESIDENT WHOSE HATE SPEECH 1247 00:38:20,099 --> 00:38:22,690 LED TO THE DEFENSE OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 1248 00:38:22,690 --> 00:38:23,809 UNITE FOR 1249 00:38:23,809 --> 00:38:25,340 THE COPS AND MILITARY 1250 00:38:25,340 --> 00:38:27,469 WHO BRAVELY DEFENDED THE CAPITOL 1251 00:38:27,469 --> 00:38:28,750 LET'S UNITE AGAINST 1252 00:38:28,750 --> 00:38:30,199 DONALD TRUMP WHO CONDITION SPIRE 1253 00:38:30,199 --> 00:38:31,829 TERRORIST TEOSCARRY A CONFEDERATE 1254 00:38:31,829 --> 00:38:32,619 FLAG 1255 00:38:32,619 --> 00:38:33,579 INTO THIS 1256 00:38:33,579 --> 00:38:35,800 FLAG AND DISPLAY A NOOSE 1257 00:38:37,010 --> 00:38:38,900 AND LET'S UNITE FOR 1258 00:38:38,900 --> 00:38:39,519 THE 1259 00:38:39,519 --> 00:38:41,010 JANITORIAL STAFF 1260 00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:45,760 WHO CLEANED UP AFTER THESE WHITE SUPREMACISTS 1261 00:38:48,889 --> 00:38:51,329 THE MOST ESSENTIAL FUNCTION OF THE PRESIDENT IS TO PROTECT 1262 00:38:51,329 --> 00:38:52,130 LIVE 1263 00:38:52,130 --> 00:38:53,440 AND DEFEND LIBERTY 1264 00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:55,980 DONALD TRUMP HAS FAILED TO DO THAT AND IS FAILING 1265 00:38:55,980 --> 00:38:58,480 TO DO THAT SO VICE PRESIDENT PENCE MUST INVOKE THE 1266 00:38:58,480 --> 00:38:59,780 25TH 1267 00:39:01,099 --> 00:39:03,489 AMENDMENT THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO 1268 00:39:03,489 --> 00:39:05,269 MR YORDAN MAY I INQUIRE HOW MUCH TIME EACH SIDE 1269 00:39:05,269 --> 00:39:06,570 HAS 1270 00:39:06,750 --> 00:39:07,409 THE SPEAKER 1271 00:39:07,409 --> 00:39:08,050 PRO 1272 00:39:08,050 --> 00:39:08,690 TEMPORE 1273 00:39:08,690 --> 00:39:09,329 THE 1274 00:39:09,329 --> 00:39:12,159 GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO HAS 16 1 1275 00:39:12,159 --> 00:39:13,820 2 MINUTES REMAINING 1276 00:39:15,630 --> 00:39:17,369 THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND HAS 16 3 1277 00:39:17,369 --> 00:39:18,130 4 1278 00:39:18,130 --> 00:39:19,870 MINUTES REMAINING 1279 00:39:20,250 --> 00:39:22,244 THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO MR JORDAN I YIELD THREE MINUTES 1280 00:39:22,244 --> 00:39:24,639 TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE 1281 00:39:24,639 --> 00:39:26,310 THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED 1282 00:39:26,820 --> 00:39:29,030 I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ADDRESS THE ATROCITIES 1283 00:39:29,030 --> 00:39:31,409 OCCURRING HERE ON THE HOUSE FLOOR 1284 00:39:31,409 --> 00:39:33,389 A WEEK AGO THE BILLING WAS ATTACKED AND INSTEAD OF 1285 00:39:33,389 --> 00:39:35,099 WORKING WITH REPUBLICANS 1286 00:39:35,099 --> 00:39:36,800 TO KEEP THAT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN 1287 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:40,030 THE SPEAKER AND HER COLLEAGUES THINK THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE 1288 00:39:40,030 --> 00:39:41,019 IS TO PREVENT 1289 00:39:41,019 --> 00:39:41,679 PEOPLE EXERCISING 1290 00:39:41,679 --> 00:39:42,869 THEIR SECOND AMENDMENT 1291 00:39:42,869 --> 00:39:44,170 RIGHTS 1292 00:39:46,570 --> 00:39:48,760 THIS ATTACK DIDN'T COME FROM THE INSIDE 1293 00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:50,460 IT CAME FROM THE OUTSIDE 1294 00:39:50,460 --> 00:39:53,320 TO RESPOND BY RESTRICTING MEMBER'S SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS IN THE 1295 00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:54,530 INSTITUTION 1296 00:39:54,530 --> 00:39:56,719 THAT'S SUPPOSED TO UPHOLD THOSE RIGHTS 1297 00:39:56,719 --> 00:39:58,070 IS APPALLING 1298 00:39:58,070 --> 00:39:59,780 TAKE NOTE AMERICA 1299 00:39:59,780 --> 00:40:01,269 THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 1300 00:40:01,269 --> 00:40:03,019 A JOE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION 1301 00:40:03,019 --> 00:40:04,510 IF THEY CAN DO IT RIGHT HERE IN THE PEOPLE'S 1302 00:40:04,510 --> 00:40:05,159 HOUSE 1303 00:40:05,159 --> 00:40:07,599 THEY WILL ATTEMPT TO DO IT ACROSS THE COUNTRY 1304 00:40:07,599 --> 00:40:10,260 THE PLAIN LANGUAGE OF THE 25TH AMENDMENT IS ABUNDANTLY 1305 00:40:10,260 --> 00:40:12,369 CLEAR AND ALTHOUGH I AM AN ATTORNEY 1306 00:40:12,369 --> 00:40:14,090 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AN ATTORNEY TO UNDERSTAND THAT 1307 00:40:14,090 --> 00:40:15,389 THE VICE PRESIDENT 1308 00:40:15,389 --> 00:40:18,219 IS THE PRINCIPAL REQUIRED TO INVOKE THE AMENDMENT 1309 00:40:18,219 --> 00:40:20,610 THE BEGINNING OF SECTION 4 STATES WHENEVER THE V P 1310 00:40:20,610 --> 00:40:21,590 AND 1311 00:40:21,590 --> 00:40:23,349 A MAJORITY OF EITHER 1312 00:40:23,349 --> 00:40:25,050 EXECUTIVE BODY YOU 1313 00:40:29,579 --> 00:40:30,989 MUST HAVE THE VICE PRESIDENT 1314 00:40:30,989 --> 00:40:32,730 INVOKING THIS AND YOU DON'T 1315 00:40:32,730 --> 00:40:35,360 THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN LEER HE IS UNWILLING TO 1316 00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:36,800 INVOKE THE 25TH AMENDMENT 1317 00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:37,800 IT'S NOT CONGRESS 1318 00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:40,300 ROLE TO OVERRIDE HIM IT DOESN'T SAY 1319 00:40:40,300 --> 00:40:42,280 THAT CONGRESS MAKES THAT DETERMINATION 1320 00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:43,969 THE VICE PRESIDENT DOES 1321 00:40:43,969 --> 00:40:46,329 BUT MY DEMOCRAT IG COLLEAGUES WILL STOP AT NOTHING 1322 00:40:46,329 --> 00:40:48,610 TO REMOVE THIS PRESIDENT EVEN A WEEK BEFORE HIS TERM 1323 00:40:48,610 --> 00:40:49,579 EXPIRES 1324 00:40:49,579 --> 00:40:52,050 THE PLAIN READING OF THE 25TH AMENDMENT DEMN STRAITS THIS 1325 00:40:52,050 --> 00:40:53,280 IS THE WRONG APPROACH 1326 00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:55,601 AN UNDERSTANDING OF LAST WEEK'S EVENTS DEMN STRAIT THIS IS 1327 00:40:55,601 --> 00:40:56,650 A WRONG APPROACH 1328 00:40:56,650 --> 00:40:57,550 AND A 1329 00:40:57,550 --> 00:41:01,210 LOOK AT THE TACTICS WE HAVE SEEN 1330 00:41:01,210 --> 00:41:02,869 TELL US THIS IS A DISINGENUOUS 1331 00:41:02,869 --> 00:41:04,789 APPROACH AT BEST AND 1332 00:41:04,789 --> 00:41:06,079 POLITICALLY MOTED 1333 00:41:06,079 --> 00:41:08,039 I WAS ELECTED IN 2018 1334 00:41:08,050 --> 00:41:09,050 MY ENTIRE 1335 00:41:09,050 --> 00:41:09,849 CONGRESSIONAL 1336 00:41:09,849 --> 00:41:10,800 CAREER 1337 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:12,250 HAS BEEN CONSUMED 1338 00:41:12,250 --> 00:41:14,949 BY IMPEACHING OR REMOVING PRESIDENT TRUMP 1339 00:41:14,949 --> 00:41:17,719 AFTER THE RUSSIA COLLUSION HOAX AND A PHONE CALL WITH 1340 00:41:17,719 --> 00:41:18,940 THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT 1341 00:41:18,940 --> 00:41:22,500 AND A FAILED IMPEACHMENT ATTEMPT THAT RESULTED IN ACQUITTAL 1342 00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:23,579 HERE WE ARE 1343 00:41:23,579 --> 00:41:25,639 A LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK AWAY FROM A NEW 1344 00:41:25,639 --> 00:41:29,940 PRESIDENT BEING SWORN IN ATTEMPTING TO TRAVESTY TO THE CONSTITUTION 1345 00:41:29,940 --> 00:41:31,590 AND TO AMERICA AS A WHOLE 1346 00:41:31,590 --> 00:41:32,940 THIS IS DANGEROUS 1347 00:41:32,940 --> 00:41:34,010 UNCONSTITUTIONAL 1348 00:41:34,010 --> 00:41:36,050 AND DOES NOTHING TO HEAL THIS COUNTRY 1349 00:41:36,050 --> 00:41:37,643 AND MOVE THIS COUNTRY FORWARD 1350 00:41:37,643 --> 00:41:38,387 THE 1351 00:41:38,387 --> 00:41:39,132 SPEAKER 1352 00:41:39,132 --> 00:41:39,876 PRO 1353 00:41:39,876 --> 00:41:40,619 TEMPORE 1354 00:41:40,619 --> 00:41:45,530 THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND 1355 00:41:45,639 --> 00:41:47,809 MR RASKIN I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO REPRESENTATIVE GARCIA OF 1356 00:41:47,809 --> 00:41:49,630 TEXAS THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE 1357 00:41:49,630 --> 00:41:51,639 THE GENTLELADY IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE MS GARCIA THANK 1358 00:41:51,639 --> 00:41:53,019 YOU MR SPEAKER 1359 00:41:53,019 --> 00:41:56,159 I STAND BEFORE THE HOUSE FLOOR TODAY ALARMED 1360 00:41:56,159 --> 00:41:58,469 ALARMED THAT JUST DAYS AGO 1361 00:41:58,469 --> 00:42:00,030 A SITTING PRESIDENT 1362 00:42:00,030 --> 00:42:02,150 STIRRED UP A DEADLY ATTACK 1363 00:42:02,150 --> 00:42:03,969 ON OUR U S CAPITOL 1364 00:42:03,969 --> 00:42:07,239 I JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN CALLING ON VICE PRESIDENT PENCE 1365 00:42:07,239 --> 00:42:10,909 TO ACTIVATE SECTION 4 OF THE 25TH AMENDMENT 1366 00:42:10,909 --> 00:42:12,340 IT HAS BECOME ABUNDANTLY 1367 00:42:12,340 --> 00:42:13,380 CLEAR 1368 00:42:13,380 --> 00:42:16,869 THAT THIS PRESIDENT HAS THREATENED OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM 1369 00:42:16,869 --> 00:42:17,750 HAS INTERFERED 1370 00:42:17,750 --> 00:42:19,059 WITH THE PEACEFUL TRANSITION 1371 00:42:19,059 --> 00:42:21,400 OF POWER AND IS AND HAS ENDANGERED 1372 00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:24,140 AN EQUAL BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT 1373 00:42:24,260 --> 00:42:28,090 THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS 1374 00:42:28,090 --> 00:42:29,070 UNHINGED UNFIT 1375 00:42:29,070 --> 00:42:30,610 AND UNSTABLE 1376 00:42:30,780 --> 00:42:32,650 OR AS WE SAY IN MY DISTRICT 1377 00:42:32,650 --> 00:42:34,080 SPEAKING SPANISH TO 1378 00:42:35,570 --> 00:42:38,739 THE POINT WHERE HE'S WILLING TO TEAR OUR DEMOCRACY 1379 00:42:38,739 --> 00:42:39,900 DOWN 1380 00:42:39,900 --> 00:42:42,590 UNLESS HE PREPRE VAILS IN HIS QUEST TO OVERTURN THE 1381 00:42:42,590 --> 00:42:43,650 ELECTION 1382 00:42:43,650 --> 00:42:45,139 THAT HE CLEARLY 1383 00:42:45,139 --> 00:42:46,440 LOST 1384 00:42:46,929 --> 00:42:49,599 THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THIS PRESIDENT 1385 00:42:49,599 --> 00:42:51,730 AND THOSE WHO ENABLE HIM 1386 00:42:51,730 --> 00:42:53,949 SHOW THAT HE IS UNFIT 1387 00:42:53,949 --> 00:42:56,909 TO UPHOLD THE DUTIES OF HIS OFFICE 1388 00:42:56,909 --> 00:42:59,750 FOR THE SAKE OF OUR NATION'S SECURITY 1389 00:42:59,750 --> 00:43:02,989 THIS PRESIDENT MUST BE SWIFTLY REMOVED 1390 00:43:02,989 --> 00:43:04,050 MR SPEAKER 1391 00:43:04,050 --> 00:43:04,869 DEMOCRACY 1392 00:43:04,869 --> 00:43:06,570 IS A GIFT ONE GENERATION 1393 00:43:06,570 --> 00:43:07,840 GIVES TO THE NEXT 1394 00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:09,369 WE MUST DEFEND IT 1395 00:43:09,369 --> 00:43:11,829 THANK YOU AND I YIELD BACK THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE 1396 00:43:11,829 --> 00:43:14,820 THE GENTLELADY YIELDS BACK THE GENTLEMAN FROM HI 1397 00:43:14,820 --> 00:43:16,161 MR JORDAN I YIELD A MINUTE AND A HALF TO 1398 00:43:16,161 --> 00:43:18,011 THE GENTLELADY FROM COLORADO MRS BOEBERT THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE 1399 00:43:18,011 --> 00:43:21,650 THE GENTLELADY IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE AND A HALF MINUTES 1400 00:43:21,650 --> 00:43:24,679 MRS BOEBERT I RISE TODAY TO OPPOSE YET ANOTHER 1401 00:43:24,679 --> 00:43:25,570 DEMOCRAT 1402 00:43:25,570 --> 00:43:27,170 WITCH HUNT 1403 00:43:27,269 --> 00:43:29,650 WE SHOULD TAKE DEMOCRATS AT THEIR WORD WHEN THEY SAY 1404 00:43:29,650 --> 00:43:33,260 NEVER LET A GOOD CRISIS GO TO WASTE 1405 00:43:33,260 --> 00:43:37,309 SECTION 4 OF THE 25TH AMENDMENT HAS NEVER BEEN USED 1406 00:43:37,309 --> 00:43:40,199 A PLAIN READING OF THE TEXT COUPLED WITH THE CONTEXT 1407 00:43:40,199 --> 00:43:41,670 OF ITS RATIFICATION 1408 00:43:41,670 --> 00:43:44,360 CONTEMPLATES A VERY DIFFERENT SCENARIO 1409 00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:46,469 FROM THE ONE WE'RE CURRENTLY IN 1410 00:43:46,469 --> 00:43:48,829 IT ENVISIONS A PRESIDENT'S DISABILITY 1411 00:43:48,829 --> 00:43:51,380 RESULTING IN SERIOUS ILLNESS TO INJURY 1412 00:43:51,380 --> 00:43:54,110 TO SUGGEST IT SHOULD BE USED IN A DIFFERENT CONTEXT 1413 00:43:54,110 --> 00:43:54,750 VIOLATES 1414 00:43:54,750 --> 00:43:56,119 THE VERY INTENT 1415 00:43:56,119 --> 00:43:57,710 OF THE 25TH AMENDMENT 1416 00:43:57,710 --> 00:43:59,079 TO BE CLEAR 1417 00:43:59,079 --> 00:44:00,449 THIS RESOLUTION 1418 00:44:00,449 --> 00:44:02,119 IS A DIVISIVE 1419 00:44:02,119 --> 00:44:03,670 POLITICAL STUNT 1420 00:44:03,670 --> 00:44:05,780 WHICH HAS WHICH WOULD HAVE NO 1421 00:44:05,780 --> 00:44:08,210 FORCE OF LAW AND IS A WASTE 1422 00:44:08,210 --> 00:44:09,880 OF OUR TIME 1423 00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:11,139 MR SPEAKER 1424 00:44:11,139 --> 00:44:13,269 THIS RESOLUTION IS A CLEAR OVERREACH 1425 00:44:13,269 --> 00:44:15,989 OF INVOKE AS INVOKING 25TH AMENDMENT IS NOT SOMETHING CONGRESS 1426 00:44:15,989 --> 00:44:16,739 CAN INITIATE 1427 00:44:16,739 --> 00:44:17,719 IT 1428 00:44:17,719 --> 00:44:18,789 MUST BE INITIATED 1429 00:44:18,789 --> 00:44:20,880 BY THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH 1430 00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:22,599 DEMOCRATS TALK ABOUT UNITY 1431 00:44:22,599 --> 00:44:23,559 BUT CLEARLY 1432 00:44:23,559 --> 00:44:25,050 THAT'S JUST TALK 1433 00:44:25,050 --> 00:44:28,159 AS THEIR ACTIONS ONLY FURTHER DIVIDE US THEIR HYPOCRISY 1434 00:44:28,159 --> 00:44:30,420 IS ON FULL DISPLAY THIS WEEK 1435 00:44:30,420 --> 00:44:32,579 WITH THE 25TH AMENDMENT STUNT 1436 00:44:32,579 --> 00:44:33,840 ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT 1437 00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:35,199 SEN SURE BILLS 1438 00:44:35,199 --> 00:44:38,429 AND OTHER EFFORTS TO TRY TO PUNISH REPUBLICANS 1439 00:44:38,429 --> 00:44:39,699 FOR FALSE ACCUSATIONS 1440 00:44:39,699 --> 00:44:41,280 OF INCITING THE TYPE OF VIOLENCE 1441 00:44:41,280 --> 00:44:42,764 THEY HAVE STOKED FREQUENTLY 1442 00:44:42,764 --> 00:44:43,610 AND 1443 00:44:43,610 --> 00:44:44,429 TRANSPARENTLY 1444 00:44:44,429 --> 00:44:45,150 SUPPORTED 1445 00:44:45,150 --> 00:44:46,340 IN THE PAST 1446 00:44:46,340 --> 00:44:48,159 THROUGHOUT 2020 WE WITNESSED 1447 00:44:48,159 --> 00:44:49,380 DEMOCRATS WELCOME 1448 00:44:49,380 --> 00:44:50,680 ENCOURAGE 1449 00:44:51,510 --> 00:44:53,159 AND EVEN NORMALIZE 1450 00:44:53,159 --> 00:44:54,460 VIOLENCE 1451 00:44:54,570 --> 00:44:55,679 FOR TH 1452 00:44:55,679 --> 00:44:57,269 VIOLENCE RIOTS 1453 00:44:57,269 --> 00:44:58,369 WERE EFFECTIVE 1454 00:44:58,369 --> 00:45:01,940 IN ADVANCING THEIR AGENDA THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLELADY'S 1455 00:45:01,940 --> 00:45:04,420 TIME HAS EXPIRED THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN 1456 00:45:04,420 --> 00:45:06,090 FROM MARYLAND MR JORDAN 1457 00:45:06,099 --> 00:45:07,059 YEAH 1458 00:45:07,059 --> 00:45:09,280 WE RESERVE MR RASKIN MR SPEAKER 1459 00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:11,420 THE GENTLELADY WHOM I'VE NOT HAD THE MEASURE TO MEET 1460 00:45:11,420 --> 00:45:12,030 YET 1461 00:45:12,030 --> 00:45:12,750 CONFUSES 1462 00:45:12,750 --> 00:45:13,929 THE 1463 00:45:13,929 --> 00:45:14,530 TWO 1464 00:45:14,530 --> 00:45:15,340 THINGS 1465 00:45:15,340 --> 00:45:16,949 FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT HAD 1466 00:45:16,949 --> 00:45:17,949 A DISABILITY 1467 00:45:17,949 --> 00:45:19,690 HE WAS ONE OF OUR GREATEST PRESIDENTS 1468 00:45:19,690 --> 00:45:21,559 PRESIDENT LINCOLN SUFFERED FROM 1469 00:45:21,559 --> 00:45:22,570 DEPRESSION 1470 00:45:22,570 --> 00:45:23,260 BUT 1471 00:45:23,260 --> 00:45:25,059 HE WAS ONE OF OUR GREATEST PRESIDENT IS PRESIDENTS 1472 00:45:25,059 --> 00:45:25,849 INCAPACITY 1473 00:45:25,849 --> 00:45:27,340 IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT 1474 00:45:27,599 --> 00:45:29,690 IT'S DEMONSTRATED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 1475 00:45:29,690 --> 00:45:30,739 COMPLETE 1476 00:45:30,739 --> 00:45:32,099 TOTAL INABILITY 1477 00:45:32,099 --> 00:45:33,599 TO CONFORM HIS CONDUCT 1478 00:45:33,599 --> 00:45:35,050 TO THE RULE OF LAW AND THE CONSTITUTION 1479 00:45:35,050 --> 00:45:36,860 I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO REPRESENTATIVE MCBATH THE SPEAKER PRO 1480 00:45:36,860 --> 00:45:39,300 TEMPORE THE GENTLELADY FROM GEORGIA 1481 00:45:39,300 --> 00:45:41,820 IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE MRS MCBATH THANK YOU MR 1482 00:45:41,820 --> 00:45:43,120 SPEAKER 1483 00:45:43,230 --> 00:45:45,630 I CAME TO CONGRESS TO MAKE SURE THAT NO PARENT 1484 00:45:45,630 --> 00:45:46,730 EVER EXPERIENCED 1485 00:45:46,730 --> 00:45:48,870 THE PAIN THAT I HAVE 1486 00:45:49,030 --> 00:45:51,119 I CAME TO CONGRESS TO FIGHT 1487 00:45:51,119 --> 00:45:52,760 FOR CHILDREN WHO PRACTICE 1488 00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:55,309 ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLS AT THE SAME TIME 1489 00:45:55,309 --> 00:45:57,019 THEY'RE LEARNING HOW TO READ 1490 00:45:57,019 --> 00:45:57,889 FOR FAMILIES 1491 00:45:57,889 --> 00:45:58,969 WHO HAVE LOST 1492 00:45:58,969 --> 00:46:01,269 LOVED ONES TO GUN VIOLENCE 1493 00:46:01,679 --> 00:46:02,690 AND FOR COMMUNITIES 1494 00:46:02,690 --> 00:46:05,349 THAT WILL NEVER EVER BE THE SAME 1495 00:46:05,349 --> 00:46:06,769 LAST WEDNESDAY 1496 00:46:06,769 --> 00:46:10,050 MEMBERS OF THIS BODY HID FROM 1497 00:46:10,050 --> 00:46:11,420 INSURRECTIONISTS BEHIND BARRICADES 1498 00:46:11,420 --> 00:46:12,460 AND 1499 00:46:12,460 --> 00:46:13,170 LOCKED 1500 00:46:13,170 --> 00:46:14,470 DOORS 1501 00:46:14,630 --> 00:46:15,389 STAFFERS 1502 00:46:15,389 --> 00:46:16,329 OF THIS 1503 00:46:16,329 --> 00:46:17,119 HALLOWED INSTITUTION 1504 00:46:17,119 --> 00:46:19,150 TEXTED TO THEIR LOVED ONES 1505 00:46:19,150 --> 00:46:20,059 THEY'RE BANGING 1506 00:46:20,059 --> 00:46:21,750 ON THE DOORS OUTSIDE 1507 00:46:21,750 --> 00:46:23,880 I LOVE YOU 1508 00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:24,760 AND CITIZENS 1509 00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:27,750 OF THIS NATION WATCHED IN REAL TIME 1510 00:46:27,750 --> 00:46:28,590 AS RIOTERS 1511 00:46:28,590 --> 00:46:29,420 STORMED 1512 00:46:29,420 --> 00:46:33,360 THE CAPITOL THROUGH SHATTERED WINDOWS AND BROKEN GLASS 1513 00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:34,949 THE RESULT OF THE PRESIDENT'S 1514 00:46:34,949 --> 00:46:35,809 RHETORIC 1515 00:46:35,809 --> 00:46:37,159 HAS LEFT FIVE 1516 00:46:37,159 --> 00:46:38,349 AMERICANS 1517 00:46:38,349 --> 00:46:39,650 DEAD 1518 00:46:39,980 --> 00:46:40,900 OUR RESPONSE 1519 00:46:40,900 --> 00:46:43,530 TO ANYONE WHO SEEKS TO OVERTHROW 1520 00:46:43,530 --> 00:46:46,559 THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE MUST BE UNWAVERING 1521 00:46:46,559 --> 00:46:48,080 AND RESOLUTE 1522 00:46:48,369 --> 00:46:50,170 I DIDN'T COME TO CONGRESS 1523 00:46:50,170 --> 00:46:51,380 TO DO THIS 1524 00:46:51,380 --> 00:46:52,440 BUT PRESIDENT 1525 00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:54,989 TRUMP'S ACTIONS WARRANT HIS IMMEDIATE 1526 00:46:54,989 --> 00:46:56,909 REMOVAL FROM OFFICE 1527 00:46:56,909 --> 00:46:57,500 AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME THE 1528 00:46:57,500 --> 00:46:58,699 SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLELADY YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF 1529 00:46:58,699 --> 00:47:00,829 HER TIME THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM 1530 00:47:00,829 --> 00:47:02,219 OHIO MR JORDAN I YIELD A MINUTE AND A HALF 1531 00:47:02,219 --> 00:47:03,631 TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS MR FALLON THE SPEAKER PRO 1532 00:47:03,631 --> 00:47:05,512 TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED FOR 1 1 1533 00:47:05,512 --> 00:47:07,489 2 MINUTES MR FALLON THANK YOU MR SPEAKER I RISE 1534 00:47:07,489 --> 00:47:08,460 TODAY AGAINST 1535 00:47:08,460 --> 00:47:10,460 TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION 1536 00:47:10,460 --> 00:47:12,159 I'M AT A LOSS 1537 00:47:12,159 --> 00:47:14,610 I CAN'T BELIEVE THE VERY FIRST TIME 1538 00:47:14,610 --> 00:47:17,599 THAT I HAVE THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO ADDRESS THIS 1539 00:47:17,599 --> 00:47:19,180 AUGUST CHAMBER 1540 00:47:19,389 --> 00:47:21,769 IS TO TALK ABOUT REMOVING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 1541 00:47:21,769 --> 00:47:22,940 STATES 1542 00:47:22,940 --> 00:47:24,730 BECAUSE HE HELD A PERMITTED 1543 00:47:24,730 --> 00:47:25,420 LEGAL 1544 00:47:25,420 --> 00:47:27,429 AND PEACEFUL RALLY 1545 00:47:27,429 --> 00:47:29,369 IT'S NOTHING BUT A WASTEFUL 1546 00:47:29,369 --> 00:47:31,190 POLITICAL GRANDSTAND 1547 00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:33,110 LET'S MAKE NO MISTAKE 1548 00:47:33,329 --> 00:47:35,730 JANUARY 6 WAS A DARK DAY IN OUR ESTEEMED 1549 00:47:35,730 --> 00:47:36,960 NATION'S HISTORY 1550 00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:39,139 IT WAS A DARK AND SAD DAY 1551 00:47:39,139 --> 00:47:41,820 ON THE AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 6 A MOB 1552 00:47:41,820 --> 00:47:44,260 BREACHED OUR SING A RED CAPITOL OUR SACRED CAPITOL 1553 00:47:44,260 --> 00:47:45,510 DONALD TRUMP DID DIDN'T 1554 00:47:45,510 --> 00:47:47,580 DONALD TRUMP DIDN'T A MOB 1555 00:47:49,219 --> 00:47:51,630 RAN AMOK ON THESE GROUNDS 1556 00:47:51,679 --> 00:47:53,539 BUT DONALD TRUMP DIDN'T 1557 00:47:53,539 --> 00:47:55,079 A MOB COMMITTED DESPICABLE 1558 00:47:55,079 --> 00:47:58,840 AND EVIL ACTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST FELLOW AMERICANS 1559 00:47:58,840 --> 00:48:00,320 BUT DONALD TRUMP DIDN'T 1560 00:48:00,320 --> 00:48:01,880 IN FACT DONALD TRUMP URGED 1561 00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:03,500 IN FACT HE DEMANDED 1562 00:48:03,500 --> 00:48:05,699 PEACEFUL DISSENT AND NOTHING MORE 1563 00:48:05,699 --> 00:48:07,489 OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE WANT 1564 00:48:07,489 --> 00:48:08,900 US TO UNNECESSARILY 1565 00:48:08,900 --> 00:48:10,000 REMOVE A PRESIDENT 1566 00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:12,570 WHEN WE'RE MEASURING THE TIME HE HAS LEFT 1567 00:48:12,570 --> 00:48:13,980 NOT IN YEARS MONTHS 1568 00:48:13,980 --> 00:48:15,269 WEEKS OR DAYS 1569 00:48:15,269 --> 00:48:16,650 HE'S GOT 1570 00:48:16,650 --> 00:48:18,260 182 HOURS LEFT 1571 00:48:18,260 --> 00:48:19,360 IN OFFICE 1572 00:48:19,360 --> 00:48:21,969 YOU DON'T ACHIEVE UNITY BY SIMPLY SAYING IT 1573 00:48:21,969 --> 00:48:24,260 YOU ACHIEVE UNITY THROUGH ACTIONS 1574 00:48:24,260 --> 00:48:25,150 THIS RESOLUTION 1575 00:48:25,150 --> 00:48:26,130 ACCOMPLISHES 1576 00:48:26,130 --> 00:48:27,250 NOT UNITY 1577 00:48:27,250 --> 00:48:29,199 BUT RATHER IS A WASTE OF TIME 1578 00:48:29,199 --> 00:48:30,650 AND FOSTERS FURTHER 1579 00:48:30,650 --> 00:48:31,950 DIVISIVENESS 1580 00:48:32,179 --> 00:48:34,130 AND I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ON THIS RESOLUTION 1581 00:48:34,130 --> 00:48:35,449 I YIELD BACK THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS 1582 00:48:35,449 --> 00:48:36,783 BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE 1583 00:48:36,783 --> 00:48:38,559 BALANCE OF HIS TIME THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND 1584 00:48:38,559 --> 00:48:40,346 MR RASKIN I YIELD TO REPRESENTATIVE NEGUSE FOR ONE MINUTE 1585 00:48:40,346 --> 00:48:41,840 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO 1586 00:48:41,840 --> 00:48:44,019 IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE 1587 00:48:44,019 --> 00:48:45,760 MR NEGUSE MR SPEAKER 1588 00:48:46,019 --> 00:48:48,559 I HAD PLANNED REMARKS HERE BUT 1589 00:48:48,559 --> 00:48:50,289 I HAVE TO RESPOND TO MY COLLEAGUE 1590 00:48:50,289 --> 00:48:52,590 HIS WORDS ARE SIMPLE TOO MUCH TO BEAR HE TALKS 1591 00:48:52,590 --> 00:48:54,210 A LOT ABOUT THE MOB 1592 00:48:54,210 --> 00:48:55,720 AND CULPABILITY 1593 00:48:56,269 --> 00:48:58,340 WHO SUMMONED THE MOB 1594 00:48:58,929 --> 00:48:59,789 WHO ENCOURAGED 1595 00:48:59,789 --> 00:49:01,150 THE MOB 1596 00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:02,800 WHO INCITED 1597 00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:04,220 THE MOB 1598 00:49:04,840 --> 00:49:05,730 YOU KNOW 1599 00:49:05,730 --> 00:49:07,679 AS WELL AS I DO 1600 00:49:07,679 --> 00:49:09,810 THAT THE PRESIDENT DID 1601 00:49:10,090 --> 00:49:12,409 I STOOD HERE SIX DAYS AGO 1602 00:49:12,409 --> 00:49:14,679 IN THIS EXACT SAME SPOT 1603 00:49:14,679 --> 00:49:16,739 AND I QUOTED LINCOLN'S ADMONITION 1604 00:49:16,739 --> 00:49:19,730 THAT WE SHOULD NOBLY SAVE OR MEANLY LOSE THE LAST 1605 00:49:19,730 --> 00:49:22,289 BEST HOPE OF EARTH AND LESS THAN 10 MINUTES LATER 1606 00:49:22,289 --> 00:49:25,320 A VIOLENT MOB BREACHED THE CAPITOL THE FIRST BREACH 1607 00:49:25,320 --> 00:49:27,449 OF THIS HALLOWED BUILDING THE CITADEL 1608 00:49:27,449 --> 00:49:29,920 OF LIBERTY SINCE THE WAR OF 1812 1609 00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:31,220 THE 1610 00:49:31,940 --> 00:49:32,610 CONGRESS 1611 00:49:32,610 --> 00:49:34,470 MUST RESPOND 1612 00:49:34,900 --> 00:49:38,099 OUR UNDERTAKING HERE IS NOT ABOUT POLITICS 1613 00:49:38,099 --> 00:49:40,719 IT IS A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE 1614 00:49:40,719 --> 00:49:41,900 I SUPPORT 1615 00:49:41,900 --> 00:49:43,739 THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND'S 1616 00:49:43,739 --> 00:49:45,039 RESOLUTION 1617 00:49:45,280 --> 00:49:46,720 I PRAY 1618 00:49:46,829 --> 00:49:49,159 THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT WILL HONOR HIS OATH 1619 00:49:49,159 --> 00:49:50,380 RECONSIDER 1620 00:49:50,380 --> 00:49:51,329 AND INVOKE 1621 00:49:51,329 --> 00:49:53,639 THE PROVISIONS OF THE 25TH AMENDMENT 1622 00:49:53,639 --> 00:49:54,940 I YIELD BACK THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS 1623 00:49:54,940 --> 00:49:56,253 BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE 1624 00:49:56,253 --> 00:49:57,610 BALANCE OF HIS TIME THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO MR JORDAN 1625 00:49:57,610 --> 00:49:59,510 I YIELD THREE MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA MR 1626 00:49:59,510 --> 00:50:01,400 GAETZ THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA MR 1627 00:50:01,400 --> 00:50:03,730 GAETZ IS RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES MR GAETZ THANK YOU 1628 00:50:03,730 --> 00:50:06,670 MR SPEAKER THEY MAY BE CALLING ON THE VICE PRESIDENT 1629 00:50:06,670 --> 00:50:08,260 BUT BASED ON HIS LETTER 1630 00:50:08,260 --> 00:50:09,880 HE'S NOT ANSWERING 1631 00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:11,872 EVERYBODY IN THIS COUNTRY KNOWS THAT THEY WANT TO DO 1632 00:50:11,872 --> 00:50:12,400 WANTED TO IMPEOPLE PRESIDENT TRUMP ON HIS FIRST DAY IMPEACH 1633 00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:16,800 PRESIDENT TRUMP ON HIS FIRST DAY IN OFFICE 1634 00:50:18,199 --> 00:50:19,639 ALL HE DID IN THE MIDDLE 1635 00:50:19,639 --> 00:50:22,400 WAS RESCUE OUR ECONOMY REBUILD OUR MILITARY 1636 00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:25,719 REFORM THE V A AND REDUCE AMERICA'S INVOLVEMENT 1637 00:50:25,719 --> 00:50:27,900 IN FOREIGN WARS NOW I JOIN 1638 00:50:27,900 --> 00:50:28,750 THE BIPARTISAN 1639 00:50:28,750 --> 00:50:30,159 CAUCUS CONDEMNING 1640 00:50:30,159 --> 00:50:33,010 THE VIOLENCE THAT WE SAW AT OUR CAPITOL BUT THE 1641 00:50:33,010 --> 00:50:34,230 HYPOCRISY 1642 00:50:34,230 --> 00:50:36,599 IS JUST DOWN RIGHT DISORIENTING 1643 00:50:36,599 --> 00:50:38,409 PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED FOR PROTESTS 1644 00:50:38,409 --> 00:50:40,469 THAT WOULD BE PEACEFUL AND PATRIOTIC 1645 00:50:40,469 --> 00:50:42,940 HE GOT LABELED A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT 1646 00:50:42,940 --> 00:50:44,929 YET THE GENTLELADY FROM CALIFORNIA 1647 00:50:44,929 --> 00:50:46,590 CAN CALL ON HER SUPPORTERS 1648 00:50:46,590 --> 00:50:47,849 TO GET PHYSICAL 1649 00:50:47,849 --> 00:50:49,840 AND IN THE FACES OF REPUBLICANS 1650 00:50:49,840 --> 00:50:53,250 AND SHE GETS THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE 1651 00:50:53,250 --> 00:50:53,909 REPUBLICAN 1652 00:50:53,909 --> 00:50:55,090 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 1653 00:50:55,090 --> 00:50:55,860 UTILIZE 1654 00:50:55,860 --> 00:50:56,639 A PROCESS 1655 00:50:56,639 --> 00:50:57,599 CONTEMPLATED 1656 00:50:57,599 --> 00:50:58,679 IN THE CONSTITUTION 1657 00:50:58,679 --> 00:51:00,329 TO OFFER AN OBJECTION 1658 00:51:00,329 --> 00:51:01,539 AND WE WERE LABELED 1659 00:51:01,539 --> 00:51:02,360 SEDITIONISTS 1660 00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:03,000 DEMOCRAT 1661 00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:04,210 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 1662 00:51:04,210 --> 00:51:04,869 RAISED 1663 00:51:04,869 --> 00:51:05,699 FUNDS 1664 00:51:05,699 --> 00:51:07,739 FOR GROUPS ATTACKING OUR POLICE 1665 00:51:07,739 --> 00:51:09,539 BURNING OUR CITIES DESTROYING 1666 00:51:09,539 --> 00:51:10,699 OUR BUSINESSES 1667 00:51:10,699 --> 00:51:11,599 ESTABLISHING 1668 00:51:11,599 --> 00:51:12,219 AUTONOMOUS 1669 00:51:12,219 --> 00:51:13,130 ZONES 1670 00:51:13,130 --> 00:51:14,630 AND THEY WERE CELEBRATED 1671 00:51:14,630 --> 00:51:16,580 AS JUSTICE WARRIORS 1672 00:51:16,840 --> 00:51:19,230 WEDNESDAY THEY CALLED FOR UNITY DEMOCRACY 1673 00:51:19,230 --> 00:51:20,110 AND HEALING 1674 00:51:20,110 --> 00:51:21,920 NOW JUST DAYS LATER SEEKING 1675 00:51:21,920 --> 00:51:23,880 POWER AND POLITICAL ADVANTAGE 1676 00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:24,630 THE DEMOCRATS 1677 00:51:24,630 --> 00:51:25,659 HAVE REVERTED 1678 00:51:25,659 --> 00:51:29,010 TO THE MEAN THEY'VE GONE BACK TO THEIR NATURAL STATE 1679 00:51:29,010 --> 00:51:30,619 THE PARTY OF IMPEACHMENT 1680 00:51:30,619 --> 00:51:31,530 REMOVAL 1681 00:51:31,530 --> 00:51:32,889 AND DIVISION 1682 00:51:32,889 --> 00:51:35,730 THEY'RE ABOUT TO HAVE UNIFIED CONTROL OF THE GOVERNMENT 1683 00:51:35,730 --> 00:51:38,599 MAYBE THEY'D USE THIS TIME TO PREVIEW AN AGENDA FOR 1684 00:51:38,599 --> 00:51:40,480 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 1685 00:51:40,650 --> 00:51:44,219 NOW THE LAST TWO TIMES THE 25TH AMENDMENT WAS INVOKED 1686 00:51:44,219 --> 00:51:45,960 IT WAS TO FACILITATE 1687 00:51:45,989 --> 00:51:47,460 A COLONOSCOPY 1688 00:51:47,869 --> 00:51:49,780 NOW THEY'RE USING IT TO FACILITATE 1689 00:51:49,780 --> 00:51:50,699 A TRANSITION 1690 00:51:50,699 --> 00:51:52,219 TO JOE BIDEN 1691 00:51:52,219 --> 00:51:53,460 HOW WEIRD 1692 00:51:53,460 --> 00:51:54,760 WHY 1693 00:51:55,010 --> 00:51:57,820 I'D CALL IT VIRTUE SIGNALING BUT THERE'S NO VIRTUE IN 1694 00:51:57,820 --> 00:52:00,730 IT THIS REMOVAL EFFORT ISN'T FOR AMERICA 1695 00:52:00,730 --> 00:52:01,750 IT'S FOR THEM 1696 00:52:01,750 --> 00:52:03,230 FOR THEIR ABILITY TO SHOWCASE 1697 00:52:03,230 --> 00:52:04,829 AND WIELD POWER 1698 00:52:04,829 --> 00:52:06,820 AND WE SEE THE POWER OF CANCELLATION 1699 00:52:06,820 --> 00:52:07,710 AND REMOVAL 1700 00:52:07,710 --> 00:52:08,880 ON FULL DISPLAY 1701 00:52:08,880 --> 00:52:10,880 IN AMERICA TODAY FORBES 1702 00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:14,320 MAGAZINE HAS CALLED FOR WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS TO BE SHAMED 1703 00:52:14,320 --> 00:52:15,760 AND UNEMPLOYABLE 1704 00:52:15,760 --> 00:52:18,679 ABC NEWS HAS CALLED FOR THE CLEANSING 1705 00:52:18,679 --> 00:52:20,750 OF THE TRUMP MOVEMENT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS 1706 00:52:20,750 --> 00:52:22,440 BUT TALKING ABOUT CLEANSING 1707 00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:25,429 OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS SURE IS SCARY 1708 00:52:25,429 --> 00:52:27,679 BIG TECH HAS DRIVEN CONSUMERS 1709 00:52:27,679 --> 00:52:28,639 AND CONSERVATIVES 1710 00:52:28,639 --> 00:52:29,690 OFF OF 1711 00:52:29,690 --> 00:52:30,590 PLATFORMS 1712 00:52:30,590 --> 00:52:33,019 AND THEN WHEN WE CREATED OUR OWN PLATFORM 1713 00:52:33,019 --> 00:52:35,840 IT WAS NUKED FROM THE INTERNET ALTOGETHER 1714 00:52:35,840 --> 00:52:38,429 THE GENTLELADY FROM NEW YORK WAS BOOTED FROM A HARVARD 1715 00:52:38,429 --> 00:52:39,070 ADVISORY 1716 00:52:39,070 --> 00:52:42,820 BOARD BECAUSE SHE TOOK AN ADVERSE POSITION ON ELECTORS 1717 00:52:42,820 --> 00:52:45,739 THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN BY EVERY SINGLE MEMBER 1718 00:52:45,739 --> 00:52:47,550 OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS 1719 00:52:47,550 --> 00:52:49,250 IN 2001 CANCELLATIONS 1720 00:52:50,260 --> 00:52:51,239 FOR SOME 1721 00:52:51,239 --> 00:52:52,090 CELEBRATIONS 1722 00:52:52,090 --> 00:52:53,250 FOR OTHERS 1723 00:52:53,250 --> 00:52:54,980 FOR DOING THE EXACT 1724 00:52:54,980 --> 00:52:55,869 SAME 1725 00:52:55,869 --> 00:52:56,940 THING 1726 00:52:56,940 --> 00:52:59,469 THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CAN'T TWEET OR POST 1727 00:52:59,469 --> 00:53:00,670 ON FACEBOOK 1728 00:53:00,670 --> 00:53:01,329 BUT 1729 00:53:01,329 --> 00:53:03,019 WE KNOW FROM PROJECT THAT 1730 00:53:03,019 --> 00:53:05,230 THE PRINCIPAL COUNSEL FOR PBS 1731 00:53:05,230 --> 00:53:06,690 CAN CALL FOR THE GOVERNMENT 1732 00:53:06,690 --> 00:53:08,880 TO STEAL CHILDREN FROM REPUBLICANS 1733 00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:12,190 AND THROW MOLOTOV COCKTAILS AT THE WHITE HOUSE 1734 00:53:12,190 --> 00:53:13,769 WE SHOULD ALLOW AMERICA 1735 00:53:13,769 --> 00:53:14,719 TO HEAL 1736 00:53:14,719 --> 00:53:16,530 BEFORE AMERICA IS LOST 1737 00:53:16,530 --> 00:53:18,800 BUT THAT IS NOT HAPPENING TODAY I'D REQUEST 30 MORE 1738 00:53:18,800 --> 00:53:21,349 SECONDS THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN IS GIVEN 30 1739 00:53:21,349 --> 00:53:24,289 ADDITIONAL SECONDS MR GAETZ THE DEAL NOW IS HOUSE DEMOCRATS 1740 00:53:24,289 --> 00:53:26,019 JUST WANT IN ON THE ACT 1741 00:53:26,019 --> 00:53:28,599 THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE RESOLUTION TODAY 1742 00:53:28,599 --> 00:53:30,849 THEY WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT THEY CAN STILL TEAR 1743 00:53:30,849 --> 00:53:32,190 THINGS DOWN 1744 00:53:32,190 --> 00:53:33,860 I GUESS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS 1745 00:53:33,860 --> 00:53:35,280 WE'LL SEE IF THEY'RE CAPABLE 1746 00:53:35,280 --> 00:53:37,659 OF BUILDING ANYTHING OR ANYONE UP 1747 00:53:37,659 --> 00:53:39,000 THIS IS A DEEPLY 1748 00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:40,159 UNPOPULAR 1749 00:53:40,159 --> 00:53:41,199 IMPEACHMENT 1750 00:53:41,199 --> 00:53:44,550 THE PRESIDENT WISHES WE WERE HERE DEALING WITH CORONAVIRUS 1751 00:53:44,550 --> 00:53:45,710 NOT THE VIRUS 1752 00:53:45,710 --> 00:53:46,929 OF TRUMP HATRED 1753 00:53:46,929 --> 00:53:49,769 THAT YOU SEEM TO HAVE FOUND NO VACCINE FOR I 1754 00:53:49,769 --> 00:53:51,019 YIELD BACK THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK 1755 00:53:51,019 --> 00:53:54,690 THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO RESERVES 1756 00:53:54,690 --> 00:53:57,869 THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND IS NOW RECOGNIZED 1757 00:53:57,869 --> 00:53:59,170 MR 1758 00:53:59,329 --> 00:54:00,929 RASKIN THANK YOU VERY MUCH 1759 00:54:00,929 --> 00:54:02,539 MR SPEAKER 1760 00:54:02,550 --> 00:54:04,239 I HEARD ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES SAY IT WAS THE 1761 00:54:04,239 --> 00:54:05,619 FAULT OF THE MOB 1762 00:54:05,619 --> 00:54:07,460 NOT DONALD TRUMP 1763 00:54:07,460 --> 00:54:09,880 BUT WHO SUMMONED THE MOB WHO CREATED THE MOB WHO 1764 00:54:09,880 --> 00:54:11,260 ASSEMBLED IT 1765 00:54:11,260 --> 00:54:13,179 YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRUST US IF YOU DON'T LIKE 1766 00:54:13,179 --> 00:54:14,530 WHAT YOU CALL DEMOCRAT 1767 00:54:14,530 --> 00:54:15,830 MEMBERS 1768 00:54:16,090 --> 00:54:17,960 WE DO PREFER DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS 1769 00:54:17,960 --> 00:54:20,030 FOR THE NEW ONES BUT 1770 00:54:20,159 --> 00:54:23,030 HOW ABOUT THIS LISTEN TO THE CHAIR OF YOUR OWN 1771 00:54:23,030 --> 00:54:24,059 CONFERENCE 1772 00:54:24,059 --> 00:54:26,179 THE CHAIR OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE LIZ CHENEY 1773 00:54:26,179 --> 00:54:27,210 SAID 1774 00:54:27,210 --> 00:54:30,539 THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SUMMONED THIS MOB 1775 00:54:30,539 --> 00:54:31,389 ASSEMBLED 1776 00:54:31,389 --> 00:54:32,480 THE MOB 1777 00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:34,579 AND LIT THE FLAME OF THIS ATTACK 1778 00:54:34,579 --> 00:54:35,980 EVERYTHING THAT FOLLOWED 1779 00:54:35,980 --> 00:54:37,369 WAS HIS DOING 1780 00:54:37,369 --> 00:54:39,500 NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE PRESIDENT 1781 00:54:39,500 --> 00:54:42,199 SO YOU CAN HATE THE DEMOCRAT MEMBERS ALL YOU WANT 1782 00:54:42,199 --> 00:54:43,820 THAT IS THE CHAIR OF THE REPUBLICAN 1783 00:54:43,820 --> 00:54:45,219 CONFERENCE MR SPEAKER 1784 00:54:45,219 --> 00:54:46,261 I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO MRS MALONEY THE SPEAKER PRO 1785 00:54:46,261 --> 00:54:47,920 TEMPORE THE GENTLELADY FROM 1786 00:54:48,269 --> 00:54:50,820 NEW YORK MRS MALONEY THE CHAIR OF THE 1787 00:54:50,820 --> 00:54:54,079 GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS RECOGNIZED MRS MALONEY THANK YOU MR 1788 00:54:54,079 --> 00:54:54,889 SPEAKER 1789 00:54:54,889 --> 00:54:56,860 LIKE ALL OF US IN THIS CHAMBER 1790 00:54:56,860 --> 00:54:58,190 THE VICE PRESIDENT 1791 00:54:58,190 --> 00:54:59,469 AND THE CABINET 1792 00:54:59,469 --> 00:55:00,090 SWORE 1793 00:55:00,090 --> 00:55:01,670 IN THEIR OATHS OF OFFICE 1794 00:55:01,670 --> 00:55:02,500 TO PROTECT 1795 00:55:02,500 --> 00:55:04,550 AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION 1796 00:55:04,550 --> 00:55:06,010 FROM ENEMIES FOREIGN 1797 00:55:06,010 --> 00:55:07,550 AND DOMESTIC 1798 00:55:07,550 --> 00:55:09,670 NOW THEY MUST FULFILL THAT OATH 1799 00:55:09,670 --> 00:55:12,210 BY INVOKING THE 25TH AMENDMENT 1800 00:55:12,210 --> 00:55:16,300 DONALD TRUMP'S RECKLESS ACTIONS ON AND LEADING TO JANUARY 6 1801 00:55:16,300 --> 00:55:18,150 UNDERSCORE THAT HE'S A CLEAR 1802 00:55:18,150 --> 00:55:19,760 AND PRESENT DANGER 1803 00:55:19,760 --> 00:55:20,789 TO OUR DEMOCRATIC 1804 00:55:20,789 --> 00:55:21,869 TRADITIONS 1805 00:55:21,869 --> 00:55:23,550 HE REPEATEDLY 1806 00:55:23,550 --> 00:55:25,130 AND BLATANTLY LIED 1807 00:55:25,130 --> 00:55:28,019 SPOUTING BASELESS CLAIMS OF A STOLEN ELECTION 1808 00:55:28,019 --> 00:55:29,079 AND FRAUD 1809 00:55:29,079 --> 00:55:31,000 HE CALLED ON HIS SUPPORTERS 1810 00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:33,260 TO COME TO D C ON JANUARY 6 1811 00:55:33,260 --> 00:55:35,949 A DAY WHICH HE SAID I QUOTE WILL BE WILD 1812 00:55:35,949 --> 00:55:36,820 END QUOTE 1813 00:55:36,820 --> 00:55:40,300 AND WILLFULLY INCITED AN ARMED AND DEADLY INSURRECTION 1814 00:55:40,300 --> 00:55:42,750 AGAINST ANOTHER BRANCH OF OUR GOVERNMENT 1815 00:55:42,750 --> 00:55:45,289 PRESIDENT TRUMP MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE 1816 00:55:45,289 --> 00:55:46,809 AND WE MUST RETURN 1817 00:55:46,809 --> 00:55:47,909 TO THE PEACEFUL 1818 00:55:47,909 --> 00:55:48,860 TRANSFER 1819 00:55:48,860 --> 00:55:49,769 OF POWER 1820 00:55:49,769 --> 00:55:51,313 I URGE A YES VOTE AND I YIELD BACK THE 1821 00:55:51,313 --> 00:55:53,280 SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLELADY YIELDS BACK THE 1822 00:55:53,280 --> 00:55:55,500 BALANCE OF HER TIME THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND RESERVES 1823 00:55:55,500 --> 00:55:57,530 THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO MR JORDAN MR SPEAKER WE WOULD 1824 00:55:57,530 --> 00:55:59,324 RESERVE THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE 1825 00:55:59,324 --> 00:56:00,699 OF HIS TIME THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND MR RASKIN I 1826 00:56:00,699 --> 00:56:02,692 YIELD TO MR CLYBURN FOR ONE MINUTE THE SPEAKER PRO 1827 00:56:02,692 --> 00:56:05,889 TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN FROM SOUTH CAROLINA MR CLYBURN THE MAJORITY 1828 00:56:05,889 --> 00:56:07,750 WHIP IS RECOGNIZED 1829 00:56:07,940 --> 00:56:10,409 MR CLYBURN THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR SPEAKER I RISE 1830 00:56:10,409 --> 00:56:11,650 IN SUPPORT 1831 00:56:11,650 --> 00:56:13,280 OF THIS RESOLUTION 1832 00:56:13,480 --> 00:56:15,510 IN RECENT DAYS IT HAS BECOME 1833 00:56:15,510 --> 00:56:16,579 INDISPUTABLE 1834 00:56:16,579 --> 00:56:19,409 THAT THIS PRESIDENT IS UNABLE TO UPHOLD 1835 00:56:19,409 --> 00:56:21,380 HIS OATH TO PRESERVE 1836 00:56:21,380 --> 00:56:22,369 PROTECT 1837 00:56:22,369 --> 00:56:24,460 AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION 1838 00:56:24,599 --> 00:56:26,139 ON THE CONTRARY 1839 00:56:26,139 --> 00:56:28,099 HE SEEMS ONLY CAPABLE 1840 00:56:28,099 --> 00:56:29,139 OF ATTACKING 1841 00:56:29,139 --> 00:56:30,570 THE CONSTITUTION 1842 00:56:30,849 --> 00:56:32,289 NEVER BEFORE 1843 00:56:32,289 --> 00:56:34,110 HAS A PRESIDENT SOUGHT TO OVERTURN 1844 00:56:34,110 --> 00:56:35,070 A FAIR 1845 00:56:35,070 --> 00:56:37,019 AND SECURE ELECTION 1846 00:56:37,059 --> 00:56:39,119 THREATENING STATE OFFICIALS 1847 00:56:39,119 --> 00:56:40,500 TO MANUFACTURE 1848 00:56:40,500 --> 00:56:41,150 FRAUDULENT 1849 00:56:41,150 --> 00:56:42,340 VOTES 1850 00:56:42,340 --> 00:56:43,860 NEVER BEFORE 1851 00:56:43,860 --> 00:56:45,489 HAS A PRESIDENT INCITED 1852 00:56:45,489 --> 00:56:47,210 MOB VIOLENCE 1853 00:56:47,210 --> 00:56:48,680 TO BLOCK 1854 00:56:48,820 --> 00:56:50,120 CERTIFICATION 1855 00:56:50,170 --> 00:56:51,360 OF HIS OPPONENT'S 1856 00:56:51,360 --> 00:56:52,660 VICTORY 1857 00:56:52,820 --> 00:56:54,539 NEVER BEFORE 1858 00:56:54,559 --> 00:56:57,260 HAS THE PRESIDENT REFUSED TO CONDEMN 1859 00:56:57,260 --> 00:56:58,500 AND DEMAND 1860 00:56:58,500 --> 00:56:59,960 THE CESSATION 1861 00:56:59,969 --> 00:57:01,219 OF AN ATTACK 1862 00:57:01,219 --> 00:57:02,929 ON OUR COUNTRY 1863 00:57:02,929 --> 00:57:03,809 THE DEVASTATING 1864 00:57:03,809 --> 00:57:06,239 BRUISES ON OUR NATION'S SOUL 1865 00:57:06,239 --> 00:57:08,210 CAN ONLY BEGIN TO HEAL 1866 00:57:08,210 --> 00:57:09,280 BY REMOVING 1867 00:57:09,280 --> 00:57:10,909 THE WEAPON USED 1868 00:57:10,909 --> 00:57:11,750 TO BLUDGEON 1869 00:57:11,750 --> 00:57:12,650 US 1870 00:57:12,650 --> 00:57:16,130 THE VICE PRESIDENT MUST INVOKE THE 25TH AMENDMENT 1871 00:57:16,130 --> 00:57:17,190 TO IMMEDIATELY 1872 00:57:17,190 --> 00:57:18,490 REMOVE 1873 00:57:18,820 --> 00:57:19,730 POWER 1874 00:57:19,730 --> 00:57:21,079 FROM THIS DANGEROUS 1875 00:57:21,079 --> 00:57:22,239 PRESIDENT 1876 00:57:22,239 --> 00:57:24,059 AND IF HE DOESN'T 1877 00:57:24,059 --> 00:57:24,920 WE MUST 1878 00:57:24,920 --> 00:57:25,530 VOTE 1879 00:57:25,530 --> 00:57:26,889 TO IMPEACH 1880 00:57:26,889 --> 00:57:28,239 I YIELD BACK THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS 1881 00:57:28,239 --> 00:57:29,809 BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES 1882 00:57:29,809 --> 00:57:31,465 THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO MR 1883 00:57:31,465 --> 00:57:32,769 JORDAN THE 1884 00:57:32,769 --> 00:57:34,429 GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME MR RASKIN YOU 1885 00:57:34,429 --> 00:57:36,460 MAY PROCEED MR RASKIN I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO MR 1886 00:57:36,460 --> 00:57:37,170 KRISHNAMOORTHI 1887 00:57:37,170 --> 00:57:39,050 FROM ILLINOIS THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN FROM ILLINOIS 1888 00:57:39,050 --> 00:57:40,630 IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE 1889 00:57:40,630 --> 00:57:42,750 MR KRISHNAMOORTHI MR SPEAKER 1890 00:57:42,800 --> 00:57:45,769 I'M SO GLAD OUR FRIENDS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MANTRA FROM 1891 00:57:45,769 --> 00:57:47,389 STOP THE STEAL 1892 00:57:47,389 --> 00:57:49,380 TO START TO HEAL 1893 00:57:49,719 --> 00:57:52,199 BUT IN ORDER TO HEAL YOU HAVE TO TAKE STRONG 1894 00:57:52,199 --> 00:57:53,159 MEDICINE 1895 00:57:53,159 --> 00:57:54,329 AND THAT MEDICINE 1896 00:57:54,329 --> 00:57:56,390 HAPPENS TO BE THE TRUTH 1897 00:57:56,679 --> 00:57:59,420 MY FRIENDS THE TRUTH IS UNFORTUNATELY THIS PRESIDENT IS NO 1898 00:57:59,420 --> 00:58:01,640 LONGER FIT TO SERVE 1899 00:58:01,809 --> 00:58:02,710 WE CANNOT 1900 00:58:02,710 --> 00:58:04,179 TRUST THIS PRESIDENT 1901 00:58:04,179 --> 00:58:06,530 TO PROTECT AMERICAN DEMOCRACY 1902 00:58:06,530 --> 00:58:09,710 AFTER HE ENCOURAGED HIS SUPPORTERS TO QUOTE UNQUOTE FIGHT LIKE 1903 00:58:09,710 --> 00:58:10,429 HELL 1904 00:58:10,429 --> 00:58:12,510 IN STORMING THE CAPITOL 1905 00:58:12,610 --> 00:58:15,719 WE CANNOT TRUST THEM TO PROTECT AMERICAN SAFETY 1906 00:58:15,719 --> 00:58:17,300 AFTER HE TOLD THESE VIOLENT 1907 00:58:17,300 --> 00:58:18,369 SEDITIONISTS 1908 00:58:18,369 --> 00:58:19,480 THAT QUOTE 1909 00:58:19,480 --> 00:58:20,880 WE LOVE YOU 1910 00:58:20,880 --> 00:58:22,409 YOU'RE VERY SPECIAL 1911 00:58:22,409 --> 00:58:24,110 CLOSED QUOTE 1912 00:58:24,219 --> 00:58:26,789 WE CANNOT TRUST THIS PRESIDENT TO TELL 1913 00:58:26,789 --> 00:58:29,700 RIGHT FROM WRONG EVEN TODAY 1914 00:58:29,920 --> 00:58:33,260 WHEN HE SAID THAT HIS REMARKS ON JANUARY 6 WERE 1915 00:58:33,260 --> 00:58:34,250 QUOTE UNQUOTE 1916 00:58:34,250 --> 00:58:35,139 TOTALLY 1917 00:58:35,139 --> 00:58:36,440 APPROPRIATE 1918 00:58:36,989 --> 00:58:38,630 MR SPEAKER 1919 00:58:38,849 --> 00:58:41,320 WE CANNOT TRUST THIS PRESIDENT TO PROTECT 1920 00:58:41,320 --> 00:58:42,250 US 1921 00:58:42,250 --> 00:58:43,349 WHEN HE INSTIGATED 1922 00:58:43,349 --> 00:58:44,289 A MOB 1923 00:58:44,289 --> 00:58:45,469 THAT TRIED 1924 00:58:45,469 --> 00:58:46,429 TO KILL 1925 00:58:46,429 --> 00:58:47,730 US 1926 00:58:47,949 --> 00:58:49,599 I YIELD BACK THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS 1927 00:58:49,599 --> 00:58:50,671 BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE 1928 00:58:50,671 --> 00:58:53,869 BALANCE OF HIS TIME MR JORDAN RESERVE WE RESERVE 1929 00:58:53,869 --> 00:58:55,525 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE OF 1930 00:58:55,525 --> 00:58:57,699 HIS TIME THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND 1931 00:58:57,699 --> 00:59:00,019 MR RASKIN I YIELD 45 SECONDS TO MR SOTO FROM 1932 00:59:00,019 --> 00:59:00,840 FLORIDA 1933 00:59:00,840 --> 00:59:02,389 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED 1934 00:59:02,389 --> 00:59:04,190 FOR 45 1935 00:59:05,679 --> 00:59:08,230 SECONDS THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED MR SOTO MR SPEAKER I 1936 00:59:08,230 --> 00:59:09,389 WAS IN THE GALLERY 1937 00:59:09,389 --> 00:59:12,849 RIGHT BEHIND US WHEN THE CAPITOL WAS BREACHED 1938 00:59:12,849 --> 00:59:13,869 THEN DOMESTIC 1939 00:59:13,869 --> 00:59:15,170 TERRORISTS 1940 00:59:15,199 --> 00:59:17,039 BREACHED THE ROTUNDA 1941 00:59:17,039 --> 00:59:20,670 I HEARD THE LOUD SOUNDS OF GUNSHOTS 1942 00:59:20,670 --> 00:59:23,150 THROUGH THIS SACRED CHAMBER 1943 00:59:23,250 --> 00:59:26,639 AND MY LAST IMAGES WERE BRAVE CAPITOL POLICE 1944 00:59:26,639 --> 00:59:28,969 GUNS DRAWN TO PROTECT US 1945 00:59:28,969 --> 00:59:31,590 THIS WAS THE THIS WAS THE FIRST ARMED INSURRECTION 1946 00:59:31,590 --> 00:59:32,530 IN 00 1947 00:59:32,530 --> 00:59:33,830 YEARS 1948 00:59:34,280 --> 00:59:36,599 WHO INCITED THIS INSURRECTION 1949 00:59:36,599 --> 00:59:37,280 DONALD 1950 00:59:37,280 --> 00:59:37,980 J 1951 00:59:37,980 --> 00:59:39,280 TRUMP 1952 00:59:39,480 --> 00:59:40,440 OUR RESOLUTION 1953 00:59:40,440 --> 00:59:41,500 STATES 1954 00:59:41,500 --> 00:59:44,699 THESE PROTESTS WERE ENCOURAGED BY HIM HE URGED MILLIONS OF 1955 00:59:44,699 --> 00:59:45,500 HIS FOLLOWERS 1956 00:59:45,500 --> 00:59:49,460 TO COME AND STOP THE STEAL WHICH IS A LIE 1957 00:59:49,460 --> 00:59:51,429 AND LET'S SAY NOW FOR THE RECORD AND FOR THE 1958 00:59:51,429 --> 00:59:53,960 AGES JOE BIDEN WON 1959 00:59:54,170 --> 00:59:57,619 FOR THIS HIGH CRIME NEARLY RIPPING OUR COUNTRY ABACK 1960 00:59:57,619 --> 01:00:00,269 WE SHOULD BE REMOVING HIM BY THE 25TH AMENDMENT 1961 01:00:00,269 --> 01:00:02,550 OR HE SHOULD BE IMPEACHED 1962 01:00:03,559 --> 01:00:06,199 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND RESERVES 1963 01:00:06,199 --> 01:00:08,200 THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO 1964 01:00:08,789 --> 01:00:10,010 MR JORDAN RESERVE THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN FROM 1965 01:00:10,010 --> 01:00:11,739 MARYLAND MR RASKIN I YIELD TO THE 1966 01:00:11,739 --> 01:00:13,449 DISTINGUISHED CONGRESS LADY FROM CALIFORNIA 1967 01:00:13,449 --> 01:00:14,949 MS WATERS 1968 01:00:14,949 --> 01:00:16,079 THE 1969 01:00:16,079 --> 01:00:17,179 SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLELADY IS RECOGNIZED MS WATERS 1970 01:00:17,179 --> 01:00:18,600 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE 1971 01:00:21,340 --> 01:00:22,900 HOW MUCH TIME 1972 01:00:23,219 --> 01:00:23,969 ARE YOU YIELDING 1973 01:00:23,969 --> 01:00:24,690 THE 1974 01:00:24,690 --> 01:00:25,409 GENTLEMAN 1975 01:00:25,409 --> 01:00:26,710 YIELDS 1976 01:00:26,719 --> 01:00:27,449 TO THE 1977 01:00:27,449 --> 01:00:29,230 GENTLELADY ONE MINUTE MS WATERS THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE 1978 01:00:29,230 --> 01:00:30,600 THE GENTLELADY 1979 01:00:39,019 --> 01:00:40,059 IS NOW RECOGNIZED 1980 01:00:40,059 --> 01:00:42,090 FOR ONE MINUTE 1981 01:00:42,130 --> 01:00:44,170 MS WATERS MR SPEAKER 1982 01:00:44,170 --> 01:00:45,199 ON JANUARY 1983 01:00:45,199 --> 01:00:46,510 6 2021 1984 01:00:47,719 --> 01:00:48,369 DOMESTIC 1985 01:00:48,369 --> 01:00:50,639 TERRORISTS THE PRESIDENT HAS EMPOWERED 1986 01:00:50,639 --> 01:00:51,630 FOR YEARS 1987 01:00:51,630 --> 01:00:52,579 STORMED 1988 01:00:52,579 --> 01:00:54,080 THE CAPITOL 1989 01:00:54,449 --> 01:00:55,849 DESECRATED THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE 1990 01:00:55,849 --> 01:00:58,199 AND THREATENED THE LIVES OF THE SPEAKER 1991 01:00:58,199 --> 01:00:59,989 VICE PRESIDENT AND COUNTLESS 1992 01:00:59,989 --> 01:01:02,000 OTHER MEMBERS AND STAFF 1993 01:01:02,000 --> 01:01:05,050 NONE OF US WILL EVER FORGET THAT DAY 1994 01:01:05,050 --> 01:01:06,769 THE INVASION OF THE CAPITOL 1995 01:01:06,769 --> 01:01:08,970 WAS NOT ONLY FORESEEABLE 1996 01:01:08,980 --> 01:01:09,780 IT WAS 1997 01:01:09,780 --> 01:01:10,570 INEVITABLE 1998 01:01:10,570 --> 01:01:12,900 BECAUSE OF THE MANY YEARS THE PRESIDENT 1999 01:01:12,900 --> 01:01:14,400 HAS SPENT 2000 01:01:14,400 --> 01:01:17,219 FANNING THE FLAMES OF HATRED AND RACISM 2001 01:01:17,219 --> 01:01:19,579 IN OUR COUNTRY THE FACTS ARE CLEAR 2002 01:01:19,579 --> 01:01:20,320 THE PRESIDENT 2003 01:01:20,320 --> 01:01:21,929 RALLY HIS SUPPORTERS 2004 01:01:21,929 --> 01:01:24,539 AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND THEN SENT THEM TO THE 2005 01:01:24,539 --> 01:01:25,349 CAPITOL 2006 01:01:25,349 --> 01:01:27,250 TO DISRUPT OUR DEMOCRACY 2007 01:01:27,250 --> 01:01:28,230 AND OVERTURN 2008 01:01:28,230 --> 01:01:29,250 AN ELECTION 2009 01:01:29,250 --> 01:01:31,010 I WON'T SPEND ANOTHER SECOND 2010 01:01:31,010 --> 01:01:31,860 EXPLAINING 2011 01:01:31,860 --> 01:01:35,170 WHY DONALD TRUMP SHOULD HAVE LONG AGO BEEN REMOVED FROM 2012 01:01:35,170 --> 01:01:35,960 OFFICE 2013 01:01:35,960 --> 01:01:38,190 DONALD TRUMP SHOWED US 2014 01:01:38,190 --> 01:01:40,730 WHO HE WAS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING 2015 01:01:40,730 --> 01:01:42,179 TOO MANY PEOPLE 2016 01:01:42,179 --> 01:01:44,090 TURNED A BLIND EYE 2017 01:01:44,090 --> 01:01:46,070 AND LAST WEDNESDAY 2018 01:01:46,280 --> 01:01:47,880 OUR COUNTRY PAID THE PRICE 2019 01:01:47,880 --> 01:01:48,981 I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME THE SPEAKER 2020 01:01:48,981 --> 01:01:50,440 PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLELADY YIELDS BACK 2021 01:01:50,440 --> 01:01:52,480 MR RASKIN HOW MUCH TIME DO BOTH SIDES HAVE REMAINING 2022 01:01:52,480 --> 01:01:56,670 PLEASE THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND 2023 01:01:56,670 --> 01:01:59,219 IS ADVISED HE HAS 7 3 4 2024 01:01:59,219 --> 01:02:00,920 MINUTES REMAINING 2025 01:02:02,369 --> 01:02:05,940 THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO HAS EIGHT MINUTES REMAINING MR RASKIN 2026 01:02:05,940 --> 01:02:09,409 I RESERVE THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES 2027 01:02:09,409 --> 01:02:10,610 THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO 2028 01:02:10,610 --> 01:02:11,929 MR YORDAN I YIELD MYSELF 2029 01:02:11,929 --> 01:02:14,079 SUCH TIME AS I MIGHT USE THIS PAST GOVERNMENT PAST 2030 01:02:14,079 --> 01:02:16,780 YEAR GOVERNMENT TOLD AMERICANS YOU CAN'T GO TO CHURCH CAN'T 2031 01:02:16,780 --> 01:02:17,769 GO TO 2032 01:02:17,769 --> 01:02:19,070 SCHOOL 2033 01:02:19,449 --> 01:02:22,199 ONE HOUR AGO DEMOCRATS TOLD REPUBLICANS 2034 01:02:22,199 --> 01:02:23,800 NEW RULE 2035 01:02:23,869 --> 01:02:25,900 NEW RULES FOR THE HOUSE 2036 01:02:26,119 --> 01:02:27,099 TODAY 2037 01:02:27,099 --> 01:02:29,250 YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT ABOUT THE PRESIDENT 2038 01:02:29,250 --> 01:02:32,090 NO RULE OF DECORUM NO RULE ABOUT ATTACKING PERSONALITY THEY 2039 01:02:32,090 --> 01:02:34,760 CAN SAY NEG THEY WANT AND THEY'VE DONE THAT 2040 01:02:34,760 --> 01:02:36,019 TODAY ON THE FLOOR 2041 01:02:36,019 --> 01:02:36,739 YOU'VE 2042 01:02:36,739 --> 01:02:38,250 GOT TO WEAR A MASK IF YOUR MASK COMES BELOW 2043 01:02:38,250 --> 01:02:40,309 THE NOSE YOU'LL BE FINED IN ORDER TO COME IN 2044 01:02:40,309 --> 01:02:42,080 HERE AND 2045 01:02:42,639 --> 01:02:43,400 CONSTITUTIONALLY 2046 01:02:43,400 --> 01:02:44,809 REPRESENT YOUR 2047 01:02:44,809 --> 01:02:45,559 CONSTITUENTS 2048 01:02:45,559 --> 01:02:48,000 THE 750 000 PEOPLE WE ALL GET THE PRIVE LEM 2049 01:02:48,000 --> 01:02:49,210 OF SERVING 2050 01:02:49,210 --> 01:02:51,750 YOU HAD TO WALK THROUGH A METAL DETECTOR 2051 01:02:51,750 --> 01:02:53,940 THEY DID ALL THESE CHANGES WITH LESS THAN 40 MINUTES 2052 01:02:53,940 --> 01:02:55,410 OF DEBATE 2053 01:02:55,809 --> 01:02:57,110 TOMORROW 2054 01:02:57,349 --> 01:02:59,090 THEY'RE GOING TO IMPEACH A PRESIDENT 2055 01:02:59,090 --> 01:03:02,010 A PRESIDENT WHO IS LEAVING OFFICE IN EIGHT DAYS 2056 01:03:02,010 --> 01:03:04,079 EIGHT DAYS BEFORE THERE WILL BE A PEACEFUL 2057 01:03:04,079 --> 01:03:07,340 TRANSFER OF POWER JUST LIKE THERE HAS BEEN EVERY OTHER 2058 01:03:07,340 --> 01:03:09,150 TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY 2059 01:03:09,150 --> 01:03:11,300 BUT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IMPEACHMENT 2060 01:03:11,300 --> 01:03:13,610 THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN 2061 01:03:13,610 --> 01:03:16,909 THEY'VE BEEN OBSESSED WITH IT IT IS TRULY AN OBSESSION 2062 01:03:16,909 --> 01:03:19,730 PEOPLE ON THE DEMOCRAT SIDE STARTED CALLING FOR IMPEACHMENT 2063 01:03:19,730 --> 01:03:20,969 THE DAY 2064 01:03:20,969 --> 01:03:24,340 PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS INAUGURATED THAT I THEY ATTACKED HIM BEFORE 2065 01:03:24,340 --> 01:03:26,680 HE WON THE FIRST ELECTION 2066 01:03:26,989 --> 01:03:29,010 BEFORE HE WON IN 2016 2067 01:03:30,389 --> 01:03:34,639 THEY ATTACKED HIM THAT SUMMER WHEN THEY STARTED THEIR INVESTIGATION 2068 01:03:34,639 --> 01:03:36,849 THIS IS SCARY WHERE THIS GOES BECAUSE THIS IS MORE 2069 01:03:36,849 --> 01:03:38,800 THAN ABOUT IMPEACHING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES THIS 2070 01:03:38,800 --> 01:03:40,289 IS ABOUT CANCELING 2071 01:03:40,289 --> 01:03:41,130 THE PRESIDENT 2072 01:03:41,130 --> 01:03:42,050 AND CANCELING 2073 01:03:42,050 --> 01:03:43,239 ALL THE PEOPLE 2074 01:03:43,239 --> 01:03:45,320 YOU GUYS DISAGREE WITH 2075 01:03:45,320 --> 01:03:47,610 THAT'S WHAT SCARES ME MORE THAN ANYTHING 2076 01:03:47,610 --> 01:03:49,480 WE HAVE SEEN IT PLAY OUT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL 2077 01:03:49,480 --> 01:03:51,469 DAYS I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THE THINGS 2078 01:03:51,469 --> 01:03:52,940 WE ARE NOW WITNESSING 2079 01:03:52,940 --> 01:03:54,409 I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT ENDS 2080 01:03:54,409 --> 01:03:55,849 BUT I TELL YOU WHAT 2081 01:03:55,849 --> 01:03:57,809 IT SHOULD SCARE US ALL 2082 01:03:57,809 --> 01:04:00,030 I SAID THIS IN THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AND THE GENTLEMAN 2083 01:04:00,030 --> 01:04:02,230 FROM MARYLAND WILL REMEMBER THIS 2084 01:04:02,679 --> 01:04:06,210 THE CANCEL CULTURE DOESN'T JUST GO AFTER CONSERVATIVES AND REPUBLICANS 2085 01:04:06,210 --> 01:04:08,039 IT WON'T JUST STOP THERE 2086 01:04:08,039 --> 01:04:09,849 IT'LL COME FOR US ALL 2087 01:04:09,849 --> 01:04:10,989 THAT'S WHAT'S FRIGHTENING 2088 01:04:10,989 --> 01:04:12,410 I HOPE 2089 01:04:12,489 --> 01:04:13,809 I HOPE 2090 01:04:13,809 --> 01:04:16,489 YOU ALL RECOGNIZE THAT AND AT SOME POINT 2091 01:04:16,489 --> 01:04:17,960 AT SOME POINT 2092 01:04:17,960 --> 01:04:20,199 WE CAN UNITE AND ACTUALLY DO THINGS 2093 01:04:20,199 --> 01:04:22,809 THAT HELP THOSE FOLKS BECOME HOME THAT WE ALL GET 2094 01:04:22,809 --> 01:04:23,800 THE PRIVILEGE 2095 01:04:23,800 --> 01:04:25,250 OF REPRESENTING 2096 01:04:25,849 --> 01:04:27,110 RESERVE OUR TIME MR SPEAKER THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE 2097 01:04:27,110 --> 01:04:28,570 GENTLEMAN RESERVES 2098 01:04:28,570 --> 01:04:30,900 THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND MR RASKIN THANK YOU THE CANCEL 2099 01:04:30,900 --> 01:04:33,940 CULTURE OF VIOLENT WHITE SUPREMACY TRIED TO CANCEL ALL OUR 2100 01:04:33,940 --> 01:04:34,630 LIVES 2101 01:04:34,630 --> 01:04:36,829 LAST WEDNESDAY I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO CONGRESSMAN THE SPEAKER 2102 01:04:36,829 --> 01:04:40,530 PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED 2103 01:04:41,230 --> 01:04:43,230 ON JANUARY 7 2104 01:04:43,309 --> 01:04:46,960 I WAS OUTSIDE THOSE DOORS WHERE 14 HOURS EARLIER 2105 01:04:46,960 --> 01:04:50,280 A RIOTER WAS SHOT AS SHE VIOLENTLY TRIED TO ENTER 2106 01:04:50,280 --> 01:04:51,400 THIS CHAMBER 2107 01:04:51,400 --> 01:04:53,110 IT WAS IN THAT EARLY MORNING 2108 01:04:53,110 --> 01:04:53,940 THAT I 2109 01:04:53,940 --> 01:04:55,130 HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION 2110 01:04:55,130 --> 01:04:56,760 WITH VICE PRESIDENT 2111 01:04:56,760 --> 01:05:00,420 MIKE PENCE RIGHT AFTER WE FINISHED CERTIFYING THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE 2112 01:05:00,420 --> 01:05:02,599 I WAS PROUD THAT WE DID OUR JOB THAT MORNING 2113 01:05:02,599 --> 01:05:05,469 DESPITE THE VIOLENCE WE EXPERIENCELED EARLIER THAT DAY 2114 01:05:05,469 --> 01:05:07,980 BUT I KNEW THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH BECAUSE OF THE 2115 01:05:07,980 --> 01:05:11,239 SEDITIOUS ACTIONS BY PRESIDENT TRUMP BEFORE THAT RYE YET AND 2116 01:05:11,239 --> 01:05:12,170 HIS INACTION 2117 01:05:12,170 --> 01:05:14,320 DURING THAT RIOT MR PANETTA I SAID TO THE VICE 2118 01:05:14,320 --> 01:05:14,960 PRESIDENT 2119 01:05:14,960 --> 01:05:16,110 IT'S UP TO YOU 2120 01:05:16,110 --> 01:05:17,639 TO KEEP US SAFE 2121 01:05:17,639 --> 01:05:20,820 TONIGHT WITH THE PRESIDENT STILL IN OFFICE I'M BEYOND ASKING 2122 01:05:20,820 --> 01:05:21,760 I'M LEGISLATING 2123 01:05:21,760 --> 01:05:23,530 TO COMPEL THE VICE PRESIDENT 2124 01:05:23,530 --> 01:05:25,079 TO CONVENE THE CABINET 2125 01:05:25,079 --> 01:05:28,079 TO CONCLUDE THAT THE PRESIDENT IS NOT JUST UNABLE 2126 01:05:28,079 --> 01:05:29,639 BUT CLEARLY HE IS UNWILLING 2127 01:05:29,639 --> 01:05:31,090 AND UNWORTHY TO DISCHARGE 2128 01:05:31,090 --> 01:05:32,199 HIS 2129 01:05:32,199 --> 01:05:33,409 DEWS THROUGH THIS LEGISLATION 2130 01:05:33,409 --> 01:05:35,550 I ASK AND I ASK MY COLLEAGUES 2131 01:05:35,550 --> 01:05:37,940 TO CALL ON THE VICE PRESIDENT TO INVOKE THE 25TH 2132 01:05:37,940 --> 01:05:38,610 AMENDMENT 2133 01:05:38,610 --> 01:05:39,980 YES TO KEEP US SAFE 2134 01:05:39,980 --> 01:05:41,840 AND KEEP THIS NATION SECURE 2135 01:05:41,840 --> 01:05:43,237 THANK YOU MR SPEAKER I YIELD BACK THE SPEAKER PRO 2136 01:05:43,237 --> 01:05:46,139 TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN 2137 01:05:46,139 --> 01:05:47,650 FROM OHIO 2138 01:05:48,849 --> 01:05:50,050 MR JORDAN I YIELD TO THE GENTLELADY FROM NEW MEXICO 2139 01:05:50,050 --> 01:05:52,519 FOR ONE MINUTE THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE 2140 01:05:52,519 --> 01:05:54,809 THE GENTLELADY IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE 2141 01:05:54,809 --> 01:05:56,300 THANK YOU MR SPEAKER 2142 01:05:56,300 --> 01:05:59,039 I RISE IN OPPOSITION TO THE MISUSE OF THE 25TH 2143 01:05:59,039 --> 01:05:59,909 AMENDMENT 2144 01:05:59,909 --> 01:06:02,800 TO PRESERVE SEPARATION OF POWER THE AUTHORS OF 2145 01:06:02,800 --> 01:06:05,099 THE 25TH AMENDMENT CORRECTLY INTENDED SECTION 2146 01:06:05,099 --> 01:06:06,380 4 TO BE INITIATED 2147 01:06:06,380 --> 01:06:07,980 BY THE VICE PRESIDENT 2148 01:06:07,980 --> 01:06:10,409 NOT BY THE REQUEST OF CONGRESS 2149 01:06:10,409 --> 01:06:12,250 PROCESS CONCERNS ASIDE 2150 01:06:12,250 --> 01:06:15,150 THE FACT IS REMOVING THE PRESIDENT FROM OFFICE WILL NOT 2151 01:06:15,150 --> 01:06:16,840 HEAL OUR NATION 2152 01:06:16,840 --> 01:06:19,719 IT WILL NOT BRIDGE OUR PARTISAN DIVIDE TO GIVE AMERICANS 2153 01:06:19,719 --> 01:06:21,579 HOPE OR BRING US TOGETHER 2154 01:06:21,579 --> 01:06:23,559 IT WILL ONLY MAKE THINGS WORSE 2155 01:06:23,559 --> 01:06:26,590 WE ARE JUST DAYS AWAY UNTIL PRESIDENT TRUMP LEAVES THE 2156 01:06:26,590 --> 01:06:29,559 WHITE HOUSE AND JUST DAYS INTO OUR NEW CONGRESS 2157 01:06:29,559 --> 01:06:32,019 WE HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO 2158 01:06:32,019 --> 01:06:34,699 WE SHOULD BE WORKING TO HOLD BIG TECH ACCOUNTABLE 2159 01:06:34,699 --> 01:06:37,110 WE SHOULD BE WORKING TO HELP FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES 2160 01:06:37,110 --> 01:06:38,579 GET THROUGH THE PANDEMIC 2161 01:06:38,579 --> 01:06:40,090 WE SHOULD BE WORKING ON JOBS 2162 01:06:40,090 --> 01:06:41,050 INFRASTRUCTURE 2163 01:06:41,050 --> 01:06:41,750 ENERGY 2164 01:06:41,750 --> 01:06:44,170 AND ALL THE OTHER ISSUES OUR CONSTITUENTS 2165 01:06:44,170 --> 01:06:46,710 SENT US HERE TO ADDRESS 2166 01:06:46,710 --> 01:06:49,030 I AM APPALLED BY THE VIOLENCE THAT TOOK PLACE HERE 2167 01:06:49,030 --> 01:06:50,079 LAST WEEK 2168 01:06:50,079 --> 01:06:52,019 THOSE WHO ASSAULTED POLICE OFFICERS 2169 01:06:52,019 --> 01:06:54,130 AND FORCED THIRE WAY INTO THAT IS HALLLOWED HALLS ARE 2170 01:06:54,130 --> 01:06:54,929 RESPONSIBLE 2171 01:06:54,929 --> 01:06:56,429 FOR THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE CRIMINAL ACTS AND MUST 2172 01:06:56,429 --> 01:06:58,340 BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE 2173 01:06:58,900 --> 01:07:01,800 MS HERL I CANNOT SUPPORT THE 2174 01:07:01,800 --> 01:07:03,100 MS 2175 01:07:08,769 --> 01:07:09,659 HERL 2176 01:07:09,659 --> 01:07:10,630 I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS I CANNOT WE HAVE GOT TO 2177 01:07:10,630 --> 01:07:12,349 STAND FOR THE CONSTITUTION 2178 01:07:12,349 --> 01:07:15,110 THIS IS OUR NEHEMIAH MOMENT AND WE BETTER TAKE 2179 01:07:15,110 --> 01:07:16,410 ADVANTAGE 2180 01:07:16,690 --> 01:07:18,170 I YIELD BACK THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN GENTLELADY 2181 01:07:18,170 --> 01:07:21,960 YIELDS BACK THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES 2182 01:07:22,114 --> 01:07:23,414 MR 2183 01:07:24,769 --> 01:07:25,610 RASKIN 2184 01:07:25,610 --> 01:07:26,570 MR RASKIN 2185 01:07:26,570 --> 01:07:29,005 I YIELD TO DR BERA 45 SECONDS THE SPEAKER PRO 2186 01:07:29,005 --> 01:07:31,519 TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR 45 SECONDS 2187 01:07:31,519 --> 01:07:34,460 MR BERA JUST OVER A WEEK AGO WE ALL TOOK 2188 01:07:34,460 --> 01:07:36,650 THE OATH OF OFFICE ALL OF US 2189 01:07:36,650 --> 01:07:38,380 DEMOCRATS AN REPUBLICANS 2190 01:07:38,380 --> 01:07:40,239 PART OF THAT OATH WAS TO SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE 2191 01:07:40,239 --> 01:07:41,369 CONSTITUTION 2192 01:07:41,369 --> 01:07:44,440 AGAINST ALL ENEMIES BOTH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC 2193 01:07:44,440 --> 01:07:47,179 IT'S QUITE CLEAR WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEDNESDAY 2194 01:07:47,179 --> 01:07:47,929 A DOMESTIC 2195 01:07:47,929 --> 01:07:49,409 ATTACK ON OUR GOVERNMENT 2196 01:07:49,409 --> 01:07:52,019 A DOMESTIC ATTACK ON THIS BODY 2197 01:07:52,019 --> 01:07:52,639 REPUBLICANS 2198 01:07:52,639 --> 01:07:54,110 HAVE ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED 2199 01:07:54,110 --> 01:07:54,989 WHO INSTIGATED 2200 01:07:54,989 --> 01:07:55,960 THE ATARK 2201 01:07:55,960 --> 01:07:57,110 THE LEAD INSTIGATOR 2202 01:07:57,110 --> 01:07:59,340 WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 2203 01:07:59,340 --> 01:08:00,010 IT 2204 01:08:00,010 --> 01:08:01,610 IS OUR SOLEMN DUTY 2205 01:08:01,610 --> 01:08:04,670 TO UPHOLD OUR OATH TO DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION 2206 01:08:04,670 --> 01:08:07,809 AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC 2207 01:08:07,809 --> 01:08:09,909 THERE IS NOTHING MORE SOLEMN THAN WHAT WE HAVE TO 2208 01:08:09,909 --> 01:08:12,599 DO IF MY COLLEAGUES DONE WANT TO INSTIGATE THE 25TH 2209 01:08:12,599 --> 01:08:14,199 AMENDMENT THAT'S ONE MECHANISM 2210 01:08:14,199 --> 01:08:16,010 WE'LL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO 2211 01:08:16,010 --> 01:08:17,399 IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT 2212 01:08:17,399 --> 01:08:19,699 THAT'S OUR DUTY THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO LET'S 2213 01:08:19,699 --> 01:08:21,239 UPHOLD OUR OATH 2214 01:08:21,239 --> 01:08:22,590 I YIELD BACK THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS 2215 01:08:22,590 --> 01:08:23,962 BACK THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO MR 2216 01:08:23,962 --> 01:08:25,320 JORDAN RESERVE 2217 01:08:27,220 --> 01:08:28,233 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND MR RASKIN 2218 01:08:28,233 --> 01:08:28,410 45 SECONDS TO MR GOMEZ THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE 45 2219 01:08:28,410 --> 01:08:31,069 SECONDS IS YIELDED TO MR GOMEZ MR GOMEZ THANK YOU 2220 01:08:38,989 --> 01:08:40,329 THANK YOU MR SPEAKER 2221 01:08:40,329 --> 01:08:43,109 WE'RE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE A VIOLENT MOB INCITED BY THE 2222 01:08:43,109 --> 01:08:44,779 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 2223 01:08:44,779 --> 01:08:46,050 BASED ON A LIE 2224 01:08:46,050 --> 01:08:47,680 LAY SIEGE TO CONGRESS 2225 01:08:47,680 --> 01:08:49,010 TO OVERTURN A PRESIDENTIAL 2226 01:08:49,010 --> 01:08:50,140 ELECTION 2227 01:08:50,140 --> 01:08:51,949 BUT WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES 2228 01:08:51,949 --> 01:08:55,199 WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THAT MOB SUCCEEDED 2229 01:08:55,199 --> 01:08:57,210 WHY STOP AT ONE ELECTION 2230 01:08:57,210 --> 01:08:58,649 WHY NOT TWO 2231 01:08:58,649 --> 01:09:02,159 WHY NOT MAKE DONALD TRUMP PRESIDENT FOR LIFE 2232 01:09:02,159 --> 01:09:04,779 THANK GOD THAT DID NOT HAPPEN AND THEY DID NOT 2233 01:09:04,779 --> 01:09:05,670 SUCCEED 2234 01:09:05,670 --> 01:09:10,529 HOWEVER EVEN AFTER THAT TERRIBLE DAY OF JANUARY 6 2235 01:09:10,529 --> 01:09:12,529 2021 DONALD TRUMP IS STILL USING THE LIE OF A 2236 01:09:12,529 --> 01:09:13,770 STOLEN ELECTION 2237 01:09:13,770 --> 01:09:15,010 TO TURN AMERICAN 2238 01:09:15,010 --> 01:09:18,039 AGAINST AMERICAN FOR HIS OWN SELFISH ENDS 2239 01:09:18,039 --> 01:09:20,550 I BELIEVE EVEN WITH ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT IN 2240 01:09:20,550 --> 01:09:21,350 OFFICE 2241 01:09:21,350 --> 01:09:24,020 THAT DONALD TRUMP IS STILL A DANGER TO OUR REPUBLIC 2242 01:09:24,020 --> 01:09:26,329 AND MUST BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY 2243 01:09:26,399 --> 01:09:27,520 AS A FACT 2244 01:09:27,520 --> 01:09:28,979 AND AS AN EXAMPLE 2245 01:09:28,979 --> 01:09:31,539 TODAY THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ISSUED 2246 01:09:31,539 --> 01:09:33,640 A STATEMENT THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE 2247 01:09:33,640 --> 01:09:37,510 THE GENTLEMAN IS GRANNED 0 SECONDS MR GOMEZ 2248 01:09:38,350 --> 01:09:41,390 TODAY THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ISSUED A STATEMENT 2249 01:09:41,390 --> 01:09:42,510 REAFFIRMING 2250 01:09:42,510 --> 01:09:43,380 THEIR DEVOTION 2251 01:09:43,380 --> 01:09:44,670 TO THE RULE OF LAW 2252 01:09:44,670 --> 01:09:47,590 AND AFFIRMING THAT JOE BIDEN WILL BE THE 46TH PRESIDENT 2253 01:09:47,590 --> 01:09:49,100 OF THE UNITED STATES 2254 01:09:49,100 --> 01:09:50,060 WITH THAT I YIELD BACK THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE 2255 01:09:50,060 --> 01:09:51,920 GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK MR RASKIN 2256 01:09:51,920 --> 01:09:53,210 RESERVES 2257 01:09:53,210 --> 01:09:55,039 THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO 2258 01:09:55,039 --> 01:09:57,170 THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES MR RASKIN I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO 2259 01:09:57,170 --> 01:09:58,680 MS VELAZQUEZ 2260 01:09:58,880 --> 01:10:00,109 OF NEW YORK THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLELADY FROM 2261 01:10:00,109 --> 01:10:02,500 NEW YORK CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS IS 2262 01:10:02,500 --> 01:10:03,189 RECOGNIZED 2263 01:10:03,189 --> 01:10:05,150 FOR ONE MINUTE 2264 01:10:07,805 --> 01:10:09,105 MS 2265 01:10:11,760 --> 01:10:12,460 VELAZQUEZ 2266 01:10:12,460 --> 01:10:17,229 I RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION 2267 01:10:17,500 --> 01:10:18,159 OUR CHILDREN 2268 01:10:18,159 --> 01:10:19,100 ARE WATCHING 2269 01:10:19,100 --> 01:10:20,250 ALL OF THIS 2270 01:10:20,250 --> 01:10:20,989 AN 2271 01:10:20,989 --> 01:10:21,600 LEARNING 2272 01:10:21,600 --> 01:10:25,470 FROM ALL OF IT I BELIEVE WE EACH HAVE 2273 01:10:25,470 --> 01:10:27,119 A MORAL OBLIGATION 2274 01:10:27,119 --> 01:10:28,479 TO EXERCISE 2275 01:10:28,479 --> 01:10:29,800 GOOD JUDGMENT 2276 01:10:29,800 --> 01:10:31,579 AN MODEL THE BEHAVIOR 2277 01:10:31,579 --> 01:10:32,470 WE HOPE 2278 01:10:32,470 --> 01:10:33,789 THEY WILL 2279 01:10:33,789 --> 01:10:35,090 EMULATE 2280 01:10:37,789 --> 01:10:41,260 I AM SURE IS THE CASE WITH MANY OF YOU 2281 01:10:41,260 --> 01:10:42,659 IT HAS DEEPLY 2282 01:10:42,659 --> 01:10:43,810 TROUBLED ME 2283 01:10:43,810 --> 01:10:47,409 IN A WAY THAT I SIMPLY CANNOT SET ASIDE 2284 01:10:47,409 --> 01:10:48,409 THAT WAS 2285 01:10:48,409 --> 01:10:49,710 ELAINE 2286 01:10:51,390 --> 01:10:52,729 CHAO THESE WERE MEMBERS 2287 01:10:52,729 --> 01:10:53,880 OF THE PRESIDENT'S 2288 01:10:53,880 --> 01:10:55,310 OWN CABINET 2289 01:10:55,310 --> 01:10:56,869 WHO BORE THE SACRED 2290 01:10:56,869 --> 01:10:58,170 RESPONSIBLE 2291 01:10:58,420 --> 01:11:00,069 OF TAKING ACTION 2292 01:11:00,069 --> 01:11:01,289 WHEN THE PRESIDENT 2293 01:11:01,289 --> 01:11:02,479 IS CLEARLY 2294 01:11:02,479 --> 01:11:03,079 UNFIT 2295 01:11:03,079 --> 01:11:04,479 FOR OFFICE 2296 01:11:04,479 --> 01:11:05,779 BUT 2297 01:11:07,149 --> 01:11:09,699 THEY IF THEY WILL NOT ACT 2298 01:11:09,699 --> 01:11:10,319 CONGRESS 2299 01:11:10,319 --> 01:11:11,500 WILL 2300 01:11:11,500 --> 01:11:12,409 TODAY 2301 01:11:12,409 --> 01:11:14,439 WE ARE GIVING THE VICE PRESIDENT 2302 01:11:14,439 --> 01:11:16,380 24 HOURS TO DO RIGHT 2303 01:11:16,380 --> 01:11:18,170 BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 2304 01:11:18,170 --> 01:11:18,840 REMOVE 2305 01:11:18,840 --> 01:11:20,590 THIS PRESIDENT FROM OFFICE 2306 01:11:20,590 --> 01:11:21,989 AND IF YOU DO NOT 2307 01:11:21,989 --> 01:11:22,859 THE HOUSE 2308 01:11:22,859 --> 01:11:24,000 WILL IMPEACH 2309 01:11:24,000 --> 01:11:25,359 I YIELD BACK THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLELADY YIELDS 2310 01:11:25,359 --> 01:11:26,930 BACK THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES 2311 01:11:26,930 --> 01:11:29,190 THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO 2312 01:11:29,550 --> 01:11:31,149 MR JORDAN RESERVE THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE MR 2313 01:11:31,149 --> 01:11:33,989 RASKIN MR RASKIN I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO THE GENTLEMAN 2314 01:11:33,989 --> 01:11:35,590 FROM CALIFORNIA MR SCHIFF 2315 01:11:35,590 --> 01:11:37,699 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN 2316 01:11:37,699 --> 01:11:39,980 IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE 2317 01:11:40,220 --> 01:11:43,279 MR SCHIFF SIX DAYS AGO I WAS STANDING RIGHT HERE 2318 01:11:43,279 --> 01:11:44,710 FULFILLING MY CONSTITUTIONAL 2319 01:11:44,710 --> 01:11:46,649 DUTIES TO CERTIFY THE ELECTION 2320 01:11:46,649 --> 01:11:49,859 AND SIX DAYS AGO DONALD TRUMP WAS ON THE MALL 2321 01:11:49,859 --> 01:11:52,729 WHIPPING A MOB INTO A FRENZY WITH FALSE CLAIMS OF 2322 01:11:52,729 --> 01:11:54,140 STOLEN ELECTIONS 2323 01:11:54,140 --> 01:11:55,340 AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL 2324 01:11:55,340 --> 01:11:56,500 SCHEMES 2325 01:11:56,500 --> 01:11:58,260 IT WAS A BIG LIE 2326 01:11:58,260 --> 01:12:00,970 THE SAME BIG LIE HE HAS BEEN TELLING FOR WEEKS 2327 01:12:00,970 --> 01:12:03,340 HE TOLD THE MOB WE ARE GOING TO THE CAPITOL 2328 01:12:03,340 --> 01:12:04,909 AND TO FIGHT LIKE HELL 2329 01:12:04,909 --> 01:12:06,350 AND THEY DID 2330 01:12:06,350 --> 01:12:06,970 FIVE 2331 01:12:06,970 --> 01:12:07,800 DIED 2332 01:12:07,800 --> 01:12:11,079 MANY MORE WERE HURT WE WERE SECONDS AWAY FROM SOMETHING 2333 01:12:11,079 --> 01:12:12,500 MUCH WORSE 2334 01:12:12,500 --> 01:12:13,270 MY COLLEAGUES 2335 01:12:13,270 --> 01:12:15,640 UPHOLDING OUR OATH TO THE CONSTITUTION 2336 01:12:15,640 --> 01:12:17,239 AND OUR DEMOCRACY 2337 01:12:17,239 --> 01:12:18,250 MEANS RECOGNIZING 2338 01:12:18,250 --> 01:12:21,260 THAT EVERY SECOND THAT DONALD TRUMP IS PRESIDENT THE NATION 2339 01:12:21,260 --> 01:12:22,449 IS AT RISK 2340 01:12:22,449 --> 01:12:25,039 WE HAVE THE POWER TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT MIKE 2341 01:12:25,039 --> 01:12:27,380 PENCE MUST DO HIS DUTY INVOKE THE 25TH 2342 01:12:27,380 --> 01:12:29,180 AND IF HE WON'T WE MILL MOVE WE WILL MOVE 2343 01:12:29,180 --> 01:12:31,210 WITH URGENCY TO DO OURS 2344 01:12:31,210 --> 01:12:33,520 AN IMPEACH DONALD TRUMP 2345 01:12:33,520 --> 01:12:34,820 AGAIN 2346 01:12:35,640 --> 01:12:36,701 I YIELD BACK THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS 2347 01:12:36,701 --> 01:12:38,619 BACK THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND IS ADVISE HEAD HAS 2 2348 01:12:38,619 --> 01:12:39,920 3 2349 01:12:41,430 --> 01:12:44,109 4 MINUTES REMAINING THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO IS ADVISED THAT 2350 01:12:44,109 --> 01:12:47,300 HE HAS 4 3 4 MINUTES REMAINING 2351 01:12:47,300 --> 01:12:49,130 THE GENTLEMAN FROM 2352 01:12:50,850 --> 01:12:52,039 HIGHWAY MR WHERE ARE DAN I YIELD THREE 2353 01:12:52,039 --> 01:12:53,020 MINUTES 2354 01:12:53,020 --> 01:12:55,829 TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO 2355 01:12:58,319 --> 01:13:00,869 MR DAVIDSON THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO 2356 01:13:00,869 --> 01:13:01,659 IS RECOGNIZED 2357 01:13:01,659 --> 01:13:04,760 FOR THREE MINUTES MR DAVIDSON I THANK THE GENTLEMAN 2358 01:13:04,760 --> 01:13:07,130 MR SPEAKER I CAN'T SAY IT BETTER THAN THE VICE 2359 01:13:07,130 --> 01:13:09,350 PRESIDENT SAID IT HIMSELF 2360 01:13:09,489 --> 01:13:11,649 VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE SAID 2361 01:13:11,649 --> 01:13:14,420 LAST WEEK I DID NOT YIELD TO PRESSURE TO EXERT 2362 01:13:14,420 --> 01:13:16,090 POWER BEYOND MY CONSTITUTIONAL 2363 01:13:16,090 --> 01:13:16,899 AUTHORITY 2364 01:13:16,899 --> 01:13:19,220 TO DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION 2365 01:13:19,220 --> 01:13:21,560 AND I WILL NOT NOW YIELD TO EFFORTS IN THE 2366 01:13:21,560 --> 01:13:22,819 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2367 01:13:22,819 --> 01:13:24,380 TO PLAY POLITICAL GAMES 2368 01:13:24,380 --> 01:13:26,000 AT A TIME SO SERIOUS 2369 01:13:26,000 --> 01:13:27,939 IN THE LIFE OF OUR NATION 2370 01:13:27,939 --> 01:13:30,460 I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO SUBMIT THIS TO THE RECORD 2371 01:13:30,460 --> 01:13:31,729 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE WITHOUT OBJECTION 2372 01:13:31,729 --> 01:13:33,579 MR DAVIDSON I THANK THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR HIS EXCELLENT 2373 01:13:33,579 --> 01:13:34,310 LEADERSHIP 2374 01:13:34,310 --> 01:13:35,730 HIS PROFESSIONALISM 2375 01:13:35,949 --> 01:13:37,100 AND 2376 01:13:37,100 --> 01:13:38,770 FOR HIS FAITHFULNESS 2377 01:13:38,770 --> 01:13:40,420 TO OUR CONSTITUTION 2378 01:13:40,569 --> 01:13:42,619 IN THE ONLY WOULD IT BE AN ABUSE OF THE 2379 01:13:42,619 --> 01:13:46,000 25TH AMENDMENT FOR MIKE PENCE TO INVOKE IT 2380 01:13:46,000 --> 01:13:48,560 TO MAKE A POLITICAL STATEMENT IT'S CLEARLY 2381 01:13:48,560 --> 01:13:50,409 NOT OUR ROLE IN CONGRESS 2382 01:13:50,409 --> 01:13:51,890 TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING 2383 01:13:51,890 --> 01:13:54,359 HERE TONIGHT OR IS PROPOSED TO DO 2384 01:13:54,359 --> 01:13:57,590 BY THE MAJORITY SPEAKER PELOSI CLAIMS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP 2385 01:13:57,590 --> 01:13:58,210 INCITED 2386 01:13:58,210 --> 01:13:59,319 THE MOB 2387 01:13:59,319 --> 01:14:00,369 THAT ATTACKED 2388 01:14:00,369 --> 01:14:02,619 THE CAPITOL AT A RALLY 2389 01:14:02,619 --> 01:14:03,890 AS MR MCCLINTOCK 2390 01:14:03,890 --> 01:14:05,430 SPOKE EARLIER 2391 01:14:05,430 --> 01:14:07,119 HE READ THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT 2392 01:14:07,119 --> 01:14:09,369 HE ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO COME PEACEFULLY 2393 01:14:09,369 --> 01:14:10,949 AND PATRIOTCALLY 2394 01:14:11,729 --> 01:14:14,350 THE WASHINGTON POST IS REPORTING SOMETHING THAT I WOULD HOPE 2395 01:14:14,350 --> 01:14:14,970 OUR 2396 01:14:14,970 --> 01:14:17,340 CHAIRMAN OF THE INTEL COMMITTEE WOULD KNOW ABOUT THE F 2397 01:14:17,340 --> 01:14:18,899 B I REPORT WARNED 2398 01:14:18,899 --> 01:14:21,380 OF WAR AT THE CAPITOL THE DAY BEFORE 2399 01:14:21,380 --> 01:14:22,350 THE ATTACK 2400 01:14:22,350 --> 01:14:23,609 ON OUR CAPITOL 2401 01:14:23,609 --> 01:14:25,930 I'M CURIOUS HOW SOMEONE PROPOSES 2402 01:14:25,930 --> 01:14:27,060 THAT 2403 01:14:27,060 --> 01:14:29,199 THE PRESIDENT INCITED THE MOB 2404 01:14:29,199 --> 01:14:30,730 AT A RALLY 2405 01:14:30,890 --> 01:14:33,029 THE DAY BEFORE THE RALLY 2406 01:14:33,029 --> 01:14:35,270 I ASK UNANIMOUS CON SENT THE ARTICLE BE SUBMITTED TO 2407 01:14:35,270 --> 01:14:36,050 THE RECORD 2408 01:14:36,050 --> 01:14:38,739 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE WITHOUT OBJECTION 2409 01:14:39,489 --> 01:14:42,079 MS DAVIDS OTHERS ARE DAVID JACOBY OTHERS ARE REPORTING A 2410 01:14:42,079 --> 01:14:43,090 TO IMIN MR DAVIDSON OTHERS ARE REPORTING A LINK AS 2411 01:14:43,090 --> 01:14:44,390 WELL 2412 01:14:51,109 --> 01:14:53,050 HERE'S WHAT WE DO KNOW 2413 01:14:53,050 --> 01:14:54,630 NO ONE HAS DEFENDED 2414 01:14:54,630 --> 01:14:58,029 THIS ATTACK ON OUR CAPITOL ON OUR CONTRARY 2415 01:14:58,029 --> 01:14:59,170 WE ARE MISSING 2416 01:14:59,170 --> 01:14:59,819 WILLFULLY 2417 01:14:59,819 --> 01:15:01,390 MISSING IN MY OPINION 2418 01:15:01,390 --> 01:15:02,710 A MOMENT OF EXTREME 2419 01:15:02,710 --> 01:15:03,329 UNITY 2420 01:15:03,329 --> 01:15:04,689 IN OUR NATION 2421 01:15:04,689 --> 01:15:09,689 JUST LIKE WAS WILLFULLY DONE EARLIER THIS YEAR 2422 01:15:09,689 --> 01:15:11,369 AT A TIME OF GREAT 2423 01:15:11,369 --> 01:15:12,149 POLITICAL 2424 01:15:12,149 --> 01:15:13,890 AND PARTISAN DIVISION 2425 01:15:13,890 --> 01:15:14,930 EVEN SEETHING 2426 01:15:14,930 --> 01:15:16,230 ANGER 2427 01:15:16,619 --> 01:15:18,069 ONE THING ALL AMERICANS 2428 01:15:18,069 --> 01:15:19,630 SEEM TO AGREE ON 2429 01:15:19,630 --> 01:15:21,819 THESE ATTACKS WERE WRONG 2430 01:15:21,819 --> 01:15:23,260 THE PRESIDENT 2431 01:15:23,289 --> 01:15:24,579 CONDEMNED THEM 2432 01:15:24,579 --> 01:15:25,750 HE DISCOURAGED 2433 01:15:25,750 --> 01:15:26,670 VIOLENCE 2434 01:15:26,670 --> 01:15:27,979 NOT JUST ON JANUARY 2435 01:15:27,979 --> 01:15:28,840 6 2436 01:15:28,840 --> 01:15:31,479 BUT ON OTHER DAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS HE TALKED 2437 01:15:31,479 --> 01:15:32,109 ABOUT 2438 01:15:32,109 --> 01:15:34,590 LAW AND ORDER AS HE TALKED ABOUT 2439 01:15:34,590 --> 01:15:35,960 SOMETHING THAT WE FINALLY 2440 01:15:35,960 --> 01:15:39,189 SEEM TO AGREE ON THAT THERE IS A CLEAR DISTINCTION 2441 01:15:39,189 --> 01:15:40,520 BETWEEN THE CONSTITUTION'S 2442 01:15:40,520 --> 01:15:42,229 FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTION 2443 01:15:42,229 --> 01:15:44,899 OF THE RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE PEACEABLY 2444 01:15:44,899 --> 01:15:46,440 AND RIOTS 2445 01:15:46,890 --> 01:15:47,920 CRIMINAL 2446 01:15:47,920 --> 01:15:48,930 UNLAWFUL 2447 01:15:48,930 --> 01:15:49,630 RIOTS 2448 01:15:49,630 --> 01:15:51,359 THERE'S A DISTINCTION BETWEEN RIOTERS 2449 01:15:51,359 --> 01:15:52,489 AND PROTESTERS 2450 01:15:52,489 --> 01:15:54,699 AND FRANKLY IT TOOK US MONTHS 2451 01:15:54,699 --> 01:15:57,100 TO AGREE ON THAT AS A BODY IN CONGRESS 2452 01:15:57,100 --> 01:15:59,680 BUT THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AGREED 2453 01:15:59,680 --> 01:16:00,609 TO 2454 01:16:00,609 --> 01:16:01,520 IT THEY UNDERSTOOD 2455 01:16:01,520 --> 01:16:02,520 IT 2456 01:16:02,520 --> 01:16:04,319 SO I ENCOURAGE 2457 01:16:04,319 --> 01:16:05,369 MY COLLEAGUES 2458 01:16:05,369 --> 01:16:07,350 ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM 2459 01:16:07,350 --> 01:16:08,810 THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 2460 01:16:08,810 --> 01:16:10,409 HERE GATHERED TOGETHER 2461 01:16:10,409 --> 01:16:12,390 TODAY AND TOMORROW 2462 01:16:12,390 --> 01:16:13,970 TO STAND UNITED 2463 01:16:13,970 --> 01:16:15,699 AND MOVE FORWARD 2464 01:16:16,300 --> 01:16:19,300 WITH THE AGREEMENT OUR COUNTRY HAS THIS WAS WRONG 2465 01:16:19,300 --> 01:16:22,582 AND IT WAS NOT THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN'S 2466 01:16:22,582 --> 01:16:23,949 TIME HAS EXPIRED THE GENTLEMAN 2467 01:16:25,829 --> 01:16:28,505 FROM OHIO RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND 2468 01:16:28,505 --> 01:16:29,159 MR 2469 01:16:29,159 --> 01:16:30,609 RASKIN I YIELD 3 4 OF A MINUTE TO MR 2470 01:16:30,609 --> 01:16:32,310 ESPAILLAT FROM NEW YORK THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN 2471 01:16:32,310 --> 01:16:33,829 FROM NEW YORK 2472 01:16:33,829 --> 01:16:36,739 IS RECOGNIZED FOR 45 SECONDS MR ESPAILLAT 2473 01:16:36,739 --> 01:16:38,020 THANK YOU MR SPEAKER 2474 01:16:38,020 --> 01:16:40,529 WE'VE ALL KNOWN FOR A WHILE NOW BUT THIS PAST 2475 01:16:40,529 --> 01:16:42,630 WEEK IT HAS BECOME UNDENIABLY 2476 01:16:42,630 --> 01:16:43,369 CLEAR 2477 01:16:43,369 --> 01:16:45,590 DONALD J TRUMP IS UNFIT 2478 01:16:45,590 --> 01:16:46,479 TO THE SECRETARY 2479 01:16:46,479 --> 01:16:47,899 OF AGRICULTURE 2480 01:16:47,899 --> 01:16:48,550 DEFENSE 2481 01:16:48,550 --> 01:16:49,750 COMMERCE AND EDUCATION 2482 01:16:49,750 --> 01:16:50,840 AND TRANSPORTATION 2483 01:16:50,840 --> 01:16:52,500 HE IS UNFIT 2484 01:16:52,500 --> 01:16:53,460 TO THE SECRETARIES 2485 01:16:53,460 --> 01:16:55,670 OF HUMAN SERVICES HOMELAND SECURITY 2486 01:16:55,670 --> 01:16:59,189 HOUSING INTERIOR AND LABOR HE IS UNFIT 2487 01:16:59,189 --> 01:17:00,569 TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 2488 01:17:00,569 --> 01:17:01,939 HE IS UNFIT 2489 01:17:01,939 --> 01:17:04,760 TO THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HE SUMMONS 2490 01:17:04,760 --> 01:17:05,970 HIS GOONS 2491 01:17:05,970 --> 01:17:07,390 THEY SHUT THEIR HOODS 2492 01:17:07,390 --> 01:17:08,210 AND CAME 2493 01:17:08,210 --> 01:17:09,250 WITH THEIR 2494 01:17:09,250 --> 01:17:11,670 RACIST CONFEDERATE FLAG TO ASSASSINATE 2495 01:17:11,670 --> 01:17:12,729 HIM 2496 01:17:12,729 --> 01:17:13,649 TO ASSASSINATE 2497 01:17:13,649 --> 01:17:15,149 THE VICE PRESIDENT 2498 01:17:15,149 --> 01:17:16,149 HE IS 2499 01:17:16,149 --> 01:17:17,060 UNFIT 2500 01:17:17,060 --> 01:17:19,409 INVOKE THE 25TH AMENDMENT 2501 01:17:19,409 --> 01:17:22,369 IF NOT WE WILL IMPEACH HIM TOMORROW AND I YIELD 2502 01:17:22,369 --> 01:17:23,564 BACK THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE 2503 01:17:23,564 --> 01:17:24,763 BALANCE OF HIS TIME THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE OF 2504 01:17:24,763 --> 01:17:27,369 HIS TIME THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO 2505 01:17:27,369 --> 01:17:28,470 RESERVES 2506 01:17:28,470 --> 01:17:30,909 MR RASKIN MR RASKIN I'M YIELDING 45 SECONDS TO MR 2507 01:17:30,909 --> 01:17:33,010 DAVIS OF ILLINOIS THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN FROM 2508 01:17:33,010 --> 01:17:35,789 ILLINOIS MR DANNY DAVIS S IS IS RECOGNIZED FOR 45 2509 01:17:35,789 --> 01:17:38,500 SECONDS MR DAVIS THANK YOU MR SPEAKER 2510 01:17:38,500 --> 01:17:42,109 AFTER LISTENING TO ALL THAT I'VE HEARD THIS EVENING 2511 01:17:42,109 --> 01:17:42,989 I STILL 2512 01:17:42,989 --> 01:17:45,900 HAVE THE FAITH AND BELIEF 2513 01:17:46,060 --> 01:17:48,400 THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER 2514 01:17:48,569 --> 01:17:50,189 AS A UNIT 2515 01:17:50,189 --> 01:17:53,939 I WAS READING MY BIBLE THE OTHER DAY AND SAW 2516 01:17:53,939 --> 01:17:56,279 THAT IT SAID COME AND LET US REASON 2517 01:17:56,279 --> 01:17:57,579 TOGETHER 2518 01:17:57,779 --> 01:17:58,470 OTHERWISE 2519 01:17:58,470 --> 01:18:00,350 WE SHALL ALL BE 2520 01:18:00,350 --> 01:18:01,650 DESTROYED 2521 01:18:01,880 --> 01:18:03,970 BY THE EDGE OF THE SWORD 2522 01:18:03,970 --> 01:18:06,070 I SAY TO MY COLLEAGUES 2523 01:18:06,189 --> 01:18:07,609 LET'S REASON 2524 01:18:07,609 --> 01:18:08,909 TOGETHER 2525 01:18:09,229 --> 01:18:11,039 YOU CANNOT ERASE 2526 01:18:11,039 --> 01:18:13,300 TRUTH WITH A LIE 2527 01:18:13,569 --> 01:18:14,960 YOU CANNOT PRETEND 2528 01:18:14,960 --> 01:18:16,810 THAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED 2529 01:18:16,810 --> 01:18:18,770 DID NOT HAPPEN 2530 01:18:18,779 --> 01:18:20,079 YES 2531 01:18:20,359 --> 01:18:22,880 WE OUGHT TO HAVE A 2532 01:18:22,880 --> 01:18:24,180 PRESIDENT 2533 01:18:24,779 --> 01:18:27,649 BUT IT'S TIME FOR THIS ONE TO GO 2534 01:18:27,649 --> 01:18:29,520 I URGE PASSAGE 2535 01:18:29,520 --> 01:18:31,279 OF THIS RESOLUTION 2536 01:18:31,279 --> 01:18:32,420 AND AGREE 2537 01:18:32,420 --> 01:18:33,170 WHOLEHEARTEDLY 2538 01:18:33,170 --> 01:18:34,676 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE 2539 01:18:34,676 --> 01:18:35,826 OF HIS TIME THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE OF HIS 2540 01:18:35,826 --> 01:18:37,583 TIME THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO MR JORDAN WE RESERVE THE 2541 01:18:37,583 --> 01:18:38,989 SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE HE RESERVES 2542 01:18:38,989 --> 01:18:41,119 MR RASKIN MR RASKIN I YIELD 45 SECONDS TO THE 2543 01:18:41,119 --> 01:18:43,279 DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA MR THOMPSON THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE 2544 01:18:43,279 --> 01:18:44,430 THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED 2545 01:18:44,430 --> 01:18:46,300 FOR 45 SECONDS 2546 01:18:47,026 --> 01:18:48,326 MR 2547 01:18:49,053 --> 01:18:50,353 THOMPSON 2548 01:18:51,079 --> 01:18:53,869 MR SPEAKER THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES INCITED AN 2549 01:18:53,869 --> 01:18:54,619 ATTACK 2550 01:18:54,619 --> 01:18:56,220 AGAINST OUR DEMOCRACY 2551 01:18:56,220 --> 01:18:58,838 FOR MONTHS HINNED UP HIS SUPPORTERS WITH LIES GINNED UP 2552 01:18:58,838 --> 01:19:00,619 HIS SUPPORTERS WITH LIES ABOUT THE ELECTION 2553 01:19:00,619 --> 01:19:02,949 AND INCITED THEM TO VIOLENCE 2554 01:19:04,300 --> 01:19:05,189 HE UNLEASHED 2555 01:19:05,189 --> 01:19:05,979 A MOB 2556 01:19:05,979 --> 01:19:07,189 ON THE CAPITOL 2557 01:19:07,189 --> 01:19:07,920 THE PRESIDENT 2558 01:19:07,920 --> 01:19:09,590 MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE 2559 01:19:09,590 --> 01:19:11,359 FOR THIS VIAL ATTACK 2560 01:19:11,359 --> 01:19:12,680 HE KNEW WHAT 2561 01:19:12,680 --> 01:19:13,810 HE WAS DOING 2562 01:19:13,810 --> 01:19:16,210 AND NOW FIVE PEOPLE ARE DEAD 2563 01:19:16,210 --> 01:19:18,310 CONGRESS WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED 2564 01:19:18,310 --> 01:19:19,020 AMERICA 2565 01:19:19,020 --> 01:19:21,210 WILL NOT SUCCUMB TO MOB RULE 2566 01:19:21,210 --> 01:19:23,239 THE VICE PRESIDENT CAN INITIATE 2567 01:19:23,239 --> 01:19:24,710 REMOVAL OF THE PRESIDENT 2568 01:19:24,710 --> 01:19:26,590 WHO'S UNFIT FOR OFFICE 2569 01:19:26,590 --> 01:19:27,850 AND THIS PRESIDENT 2570 01:19:27,850 --> 01:19:29,149 IS UNFIT 2571 01:19:29,149 --> 01:19:30,289 WE MUST 2572 01:19:30,289 --> 01:19:31,859 HE MUST BE REMOVED 2573 01:19:31,859 --> 01:19:34,439 I URGE A YES VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION 2574 01:19:34,439 --> 01:19:37,020 AND I URGE A YES VOTE ON IMPEACHMENT 2575 01:19:37,020 --> 01:19:37,729 TOMORROW 2576 01:19:37,729 --> 01:19:38,502 AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME THE 2577 01:19:38,502 --> 01:19:39,533 SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF 2578 01:19:39,533 --> 01:19:40,250 HIS TIME 2579 01:19:40,250 --> 01:19:42,739 THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND RESERVES 2580 01:19:42,899 --> 01:19:45,000 DO YOU RESERVE MR RASKIN WE HAVE ONE LAST SPEAKER 2581 01:19:45,000 --> 01:19:47,609 IS THE GENTLEMAN PREPARED TO CLOSE 2582 01:19:47,609 --> 01:19:52,090 MR JORDAN I'M PREPARED TO CLOSE THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE 2583 01:19:52,090 --> 01:19:54,210 THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO IS RECOGNIZED MR JORDAN I THOUGHT 2584 01:19:54,210 --> 01:19:56,210 HE HAD ONE LAST SPEAKER MR RASKIN WE'LL GO AFTER 2585 01:19:56,210 --> 01:19:57,510 YOU 2586 01:19:58,100 --> 01:20:02,149 WE'LL CLOSE ON MY SPEAKER MR JORDAN OK OK 2587 01:20:02,149 --> 01:20:03,949 THANK YOU MR SPEAKER 2588 01:20:05,899 --> 01:20:08,279 WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6 2589 01:20:08,279 --> 01:20:09,989 WAS AS WRONG AS WRONG CAN BE IT'S NOT WHAT 2590 01:20:09,989 --> 01:20:11,390 AMERICA IS ABOUT 2591 01:20:11,390 --> 01:20:13,239 AND WE CONDEMNED THIS VIOLENCE 2592 01:20:13,239 --> 01:20:15,229 WE COMMEND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CAPITOL POLICE 2593 01:20:15,229 --> 01:20:18,210 FOR THEIR BRAVERY AND WE MOURN THE LOSS OF THOSE 2594 01:20:18,210 --> 01:20:20,869 LIVES THAT WERE TAKEN LAST WEEK 2595 01:20:20,869 --> 01:20:23,010 REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT 2596 01:20:23,170 --> 01:20:25,739 WE CONDEMNED THE VIOLENCE LAST SUMMER 2597 01:20:25,739 --> 01:20:26,979 WE CONDEMNED THE VIOLENCE 2598 01:20:26,979 --> 01:20:28,670 LAST WEEK 2599 01:20:29,819 --> 01:20:32,489 DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT ABOUT ONE THING 2600 01:20:32,489 --> 01:20:34,380 THEIR ENDLESS QUEST 2601 01:20:34,380 --> 01:20:35,989 TO OVERTURN THE 2016 2602 01:20:35,989 --> 01:20:37,210 ELECTION 2603 01:20:37,210 --> 01:20:39,149 THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO OVERTURN THE 2016 2604 01:20:39,149 --> 01:20:39,789 ELECTION 2605 01:20:39,789 --> 01:20:42,119 AFTER THE 2020 ELECTION 2606 01:20:44,229 --> 01:20:46,239 THIS HAS BEEN AN OBSESSION WITH YOU GUYS AND THE 2607 01:20:46,239 --> 01:20:48,560 FIRST ROUND THE FIRST IMPEACHMENT 2608 01:20:48,600 --> 01:20:51,579 BASED ON THE UNANIMOUS WHISTLEBLOWER THAT THE COUNTRY COULDN'T YOU 2609 01:20:51,579 --> 01:20:53,880 TRIED TO REMOVE PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM OFFICE BASED ON A 2610 01:20:53,880 --> 01:20:56,430 GUY WE WEREN'T EVEN ALLOWED TO SEE KNOW WHO HE 2611 01:20:56,430 --> 01:20:57,460 OR SHE WAS 2612 01:20:57,460 --> 01:20:59,510 COULDN'T CROSS EXAMINE A WHISTLEBLOWER 2613 01:20:59,510 --> 01:21:01,000 WITH NO FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE 2614 01:21:01,000 --> 01:21:03,760 WHO WAS BIASED AGAINST THE PRESIDENT AND WHO WORKED 2615 01:21:03,760 --> 01:21:04,390 INTERESTINGLY 2616 01:21:04,390 --> 01:21:05,180 ENOUGH 2617 01:21:05,180 --> 01:21:07,039 FOR JOE BIDEN 2618 01:21:07,109 --> 01:21:09,920 SO CONTINUING THIS QUEST IS NOT 2619 01:21:09,920 --> 01:21:11,689 AS HAS BEEN SAID SO MANY TIMES ON THE FLOOR 2620 01:21:11,689 --> 01:21:12,989 TONIGHT 2621 01:21:13,039 --> 01:21:14,800 NOT WHAT THE COUNTRY NEEDS 2622 01:21:14,800 --> 01:21:16,270 NOT WHAT THE COUNTRY NEEDS 2623 01:21:16,270 --> 01:21:17,020 PARTICULARLY 2624 01:21:17,020 --> 01:21:20,060 AFTER THE YEAR THE COUNTRY HAS LIVED THROUGH 2625 01:21:20,060 --> 01:21:21,460 SO I HOPE 2626 01:21:21,460 --> 01:21:23,770 WE WILL NOT VOTE FOR THIS THAT THIS THING WILL 2627 01:21:23,770 --> 01:21:25,880 GO DOWN AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES 2628 01:21:25,880 --> 01:21:27,250 TO VOTE AGAINST 2629 01:21:27,250 --> 01:21:28,409 THE RESOLUTION 2630 01:21:28,409 --> 01:21:31,329 SPONSORED BY THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND WITH THAT WE YIELD 2631 01:21:31,329 --> 01:21:33,380 BACK THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK 2632 01:21:33,380 --> 01:21:34,109 THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME MR RASKIN MR RASKIN MR 2633 01:21:34,109 --> 01:21:35,819 SPEAKER I YIELD THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME WHICH I 2634 01:21:35,819 --> 01:21:37,430 THINK IS 47 SECONDS 2635 01:21:37,430 --> 01:21:39,689 TO THE DISTINGUISHED CHAIRMAN OF THE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE MR SCOTT 2636 01:21:39,689 --> 01:21:41,779 OF GEORGIA THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN FROM GEORGIA 2637 01:21:41,779 --> 01:21:43,579 IS ALLOWED 37 2638 01:21:43,579 --> 01:21:44,710 SECONDS 2639 01:21:44,710 --> 01:21:46,359 30 SECONDS TO CLOSE 2640 01:21:46,359 --> 01:21:47,710 MR SCOTT 2641 01:21:47,890 --> 01:21:49,550 WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT 2642 01:21:49,550 --> 01:21:51,430 MR SPEAKER BUT THIS 2643 01:21:51,430 --> 01:21:53,109 WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING 2644 01:21:53,109 --> 01:21:54,050 TONIGHT 2645 01:21:54,050 --> 01:21:56,060 ISN'T ABOUT US 2646 01:21:56,060 --> 01:21:58,015 IT'S ABOUT THE WILL 2647 01:21:58,015 --> 01:21:58,800 OF 2648 01:21:58,800 --> 01:21:59,729 THE AMERICAN 2649 01:21:59,729 --> 01:22:00,939 PEOPLE 2650 01:22:00,939 --> 01:22:02,610 THEY'RE BROKENHEARTED 2651 01:22:02,909 --> 01:22:04,069 THEY'RE CRYING 2652 01:22:04,069 --> 01:22:04,789 THEY'RE 2653 01:22:04,789 --> 01:22:06,090 DISCOURAGED 2654 01:22:06,439 --> 01:22:07,539 AND THE 2655 01:22:07,539 --> 01:22:08,260 OVERWHELMING 2656 01:22:08,260 --> 01:22:08,899 NUMBER 2657 01:22:08,899 --> 01:22:09,939 OF AMERICAN 2658 01:22:09,939 --> 01:22:10,840 PEOPLE 2659 01:22:10,840 --> 01:22:11,470 WANT 2660 01:22:11,470 --> 01:22:12,149 THIS 2661 01:22:12,149 --> 01:22:13,659 PRESIDENT OUT 2662 01:22:13,659 --> 01:22:14,869 OF OFFICE 2663 01:22:14,869 --> 01:22:16,170 NOW 2664 01:22:16,909 --> 01:22:20,579 THIS IS WHY WE GOT TO DO IT NOW 2665 01:22:20,579 --> 01:22:23,390 WE GOT TO HEAL THE WOUNDS 2666 01:22:23,390 --> 01:22:25,350 THE LONGER THAT PRESIDENT 2667 01:22:25,350 --> 01:22:27,260 IS OVER THERE 2668 01:22:27,279 --> 01:22:27,880 THE 2669 01:22:27,880 --> 01:22:29,940 MORE WE'RE TEARING 2670 01:22:29,979 --> 01:22:31,630 THE HEART AND SOUL 2671 01:22:31,630 --> 01:22:33,210 OUT OF THE AMERICAN 2672 01:22:33,210 --> 01:22:34,510 PEOPLE 2673 01:22:34,590 --> 01:22:36,470 LET US DO IT 2674 01:22:36,470 --> 01:22:37,159 NOW 2675 01:22:37,159 --> 01:22:41,310 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIR 2676 01:22:41,619 --> 01:22:43,890 THE HOUSE VOTED TO 23 2677 01:22:44,260 --> 01:22:46,420 205 TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION 2678 01:22:46,420 --> 01:22:49,960 FORMALLY CALLING ON VICE PRESIDENT PENCE TO INVOKE THE 25TH 2679 01:22:49,960 --> 01:22:51,930 AMENDMENT TO REMOVE PRESIDENT 2680 01:22:51,930 --> 01:22:54,340 FROM OFFICE THE CONGRESSMAN 2681 01:22:54,699 --> 01:22:56,510 OF ILLINOIS WAS THE ONLY REPUBLICAN 2682 01:22:56,510 --> 01:22:58,300 TO VOTE FOR THE RESOLUTION 2683 01:22:58,300 --> 01:23:02,710 THE HOUSE CONSIDERS ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP WEDNESDAY 2684 01:23:02,710 --> 01:23:06,380 AT 9 00 A M EASTERN 2685 01:23:07,399 --> 01:23:09,069 THE HOUSE RETURNS WEDNESDAY 2686 01:23:09,069 --> 01:23:12,010 AT NINE 00 A M EASTERN TO DEBATE THE IMPEACHMENT 2687 01:23:12,010 --> 01:23:12,710 RESOLUTION 2688 01:23:12,710 --> 01:23:14,380 AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP 2689 01:23:14,380 --> 01:23:16,050 FOLLOWING THE JANUARY 2690 01:23:16,050 --> 01:23:18,100 6 ATTACKS ON THE U S CAPITOL 2691 01:23:18,100 --> 01:23:21,109 TUESDAY MEMBERS DEBATED AND APPROVED A RESOLUTION 2692 01:23:21,109 --> 01:23:22,850 URGING MIKE PENCE 2693 01:23:22,869 --> 01:23:24,899 TO INVOKE THE 25TH AMENDMENT 2694 01:23:24,899 --> 01:23:27,229 TO REMOVE PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM OFFICE 2695 01:23:27,229 --> 01:23:30,039 THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS SENT A LETTER TO THE SPEAKER 2696 01:23:30,039 --> 01:23:33,399 ASKING THAT THE HOUSE NOT GO THROUGH WITH THE RESOLUTION 2697 01:23:33,399 --> 01:23:36,229 WHEN MEMBERS RETURN ON WEDNESDAY THEY WILL CONSIDER THE RULES 2698 01:23:36,229 --> 01:23:38,560 FOR DEBATING THE IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION 2699 01:23:38,560 --> 01:23:41,510 ONCE THOSE RULES ARE PASSED THEY WILL DEBATE ARTICLES OF 2700 01:23:41,510 --> 01:23:43,779 IMPEACHMENT AND HOLD A FINAL VOTE 2701 01:23:43,779 --> 01:23:46,329 LIVE COVERAGE OF THE U S HOUSE CONTINUES 2702 01:23:46,329 --> 01:23:48,649 LIVE AT 9 00 A M EASTERN 2703 01:23:48,649 --> 01:23:50,400 ON C SPAN 2704 01:23:54,319 --> 01:23:56,960 C SPAN'S WASHINGTON JOURNAL EVERY DAY WE ARE TAKING YOUR 2705 01:23:56,960 --> 01:23:59,520 CALLS LIVE ON THE AIR ON THE NEWS OF THE 2706 01:23:59,520 --> 01:24:03,430 DAY WE WILL DISCUSS POLICY ISSUES THAT IMPACT YOU 2707 01:24:03,430 --> 01:24:04,500 WEDNESDAY MORNING 2708 01:24:04,500 --> 01:24:06,300 A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE HOUSE IMPEACHMENT 2709 01:24:06,300 --> 01:24:09,109 VOTE AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR HIS ROLE IN THE ATTACK 2710 01:24:09,109 --> 01:24:10,359 ON CAPITOL HILL 2711 01:24:10,359 --> 01:24:13,609 WITH DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN IN 2712 01:24:13,609 --> 01:24:16,409 UTAH'S REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN JOHN CURTIS 2713 01:24:16,409 --> 01:24:17,270 WATCH 2714 01:24:17,270 --> 01:24:21,239 WASHINGTON JOURNAL LIVE AT 7 00 EASTERN WEDNESDAY MORNING 2715 01:24:21,239 --> 01:24:23,640 AND JOINED THE DISCUSSION WITH PHONE CALLS FACEBOOK 2716 01:24:23,640 --> 01:24:24,390 COMMENTS 2717 01:24:24,390 --> 01:24:26,489 TEXT MESSAGES AND 2718 01:24:47,529 --> 01:24:48,619 TWEETS 2719 01:24:48,619 --> 01:24:50,069 WITH THE VOTES IN THE 2020 2720 01:24:50,069 --> 01:24:50,720 PRESIDENTIAL 2721 01:24:50,720 --> 01:24:53,439 ELECTION NOW COUNTED AND CONFIRMED BY CONGRESS 2722 01:24:53,439 --> 01:24:55,289 ATTENTION TURNS TO THE INAUGURATION 2723 01:24:55,289 --> 01:24:57,920 OF THE 46TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 2724 01:24:57,920 --> 01:24:59,270 ON JANUARY 20 2725 01:24:59,270 --> 01:25:00,140 JOE BIDEN 2726 01:25:00,140 --> 01:25:02,720 AND KAMALA HARRIS TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE AS PRESIDENT 2727 01:25:02,720 --> 01:25:05,210 AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE U S 2728 01:25:05,210 --> 01:25:09,479 LIVE COVERAGE BEGINS JANUARY 20 AT 8 00 EASTERN 2729 01:25:09,479 --> 01:25:12,289 WATCH LIVE ON C SPAN AND WATCH 2730 01:25:12,289 --> 01:25:15,119 ON DEMAND AT C SPAN ORG OR LISTEN WITH THE 2731 01:25:15,119 --> 01:25:17,560 FREE C SPAN RADIO APP 2732 01:25:23,930 --> 01:25:25,529 YOU ARE WATCHING C SPAN 2733 01:25:25,529 --> 01:25:26,600 YOUR UNFILTERED 2734 01:25:26,600 --> 01:25:28,000 VIEW OF GOVERNMENT 2735 01:25:28,000 --> 01:25:31,649 C SPAN WAS CREATED BY AMERICA'S CABLE TELEVISION COMPANY IN 2736 01:25:31,649 --> 01:25:32,949 1979 2737 01:25:33,350 --> 01:25:36,430 TODAY IT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THESE TELEVISION COMPANIES 2738 01:25:36,430 --> 01:25:41,239 WHO PROVIDE C SPAN TO VIEWERS AS A PUBLIC SERVICE 2739 01:25:45,710 --> 01:25:46,329 TONIGHT 2740 01:25:46,329 --> 01:25:48,579 THE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE DEBATED A RESOLUTION 2741 01:25:48,579 --> 01:25:51,579 TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR HIS ALLEGED ROLE IN THE 2742 01:25:51,579 --> 01:25:52,289 JANUARY 2743 01:25:52,289 --> 01:25:53,390 6 ATTACK 2744 01:25:53,390 --> 01:25:55,010 ON THE U S CAPITOL 2745 01:25:55,010 --> 01:25:56,440 THE RESOLUTION