[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 204 (Tuesday, December 17, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H10603]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                COMPELLING, OVERWHELMING, AND BIPARTISAN

  (Mr. BOST asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, earlier this year, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said 
that impeachment should be ``compelling, overwhelming, and 
bipartisan.''
  Let me tell you that, if you come from the State of Illinois, you 
understand what it is to have an impeachment that is compelling, 
overwhelming, and bipartisan, and what it looks like.
  And if you are a Member in this House and you served in Illinois, you 
know, because your constituents know as well.
  A decade ago, the Illinois General Assembly impeached Governor Rod 
Blagojevich. There was clear and convincing evidence of crimes 
committed by the Governor.
  I served on that bipartisan impeachment committee to recommend 
impeachment, and it was recommended by the committee 21-0.
  After impeachment advanced to the floor, it passed 114-1, and the one 
that dissented was his sister-in-law.
  Let me tell you that that was compelling, overwhelming, and 
bipartisan.
  What we have that we are dealing with here this week is not a crime, 
and it is not overwhelming, and it is not compelling, and it sure isn't 
bipartisan.

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