[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 203 (Monday, December 16, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H10304]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    VOTE TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT TRUMP

  (Mr. McNERNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McNERNEY. Mr. Speaker, the House of Representatives is vested by 
the Constitution with the power of impeachment to provide a balance to 
the power of the Presidency. Without this essential duty, the President 
could exploit the sacred office without any regard for the law.
  On January 3, 2019, every Member of the House swore an oath to defend 
our Constitution, and this week, we are being asked to do just that.
  President Trump tried to undermine the 2020 election; and when the 
House exercised this duty to investigate this abuse of power, the 
President refused to cooperate and forbade his administration from 
doing so, obstructing Congress from carrying out our sworn 
responsibility.
  If these actions bear no consequences, future Presidents may act 
without constraint, and American democracy will be at an end.
  Therefore, compelled by my sworn duty to defend the Constitution, I 
will vote to impeach this President, and I urge the Senate to remove 
him from office.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from 
engaging in personalities toward the President.

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