[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H839]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           FIGHT FOR JUSTICE

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, our emerging Nation sought to be a 
bright light for democracy and the rule of law. This afternoon, I sat 
in the Senate Chamber and watched the Senate one by one announce the 
words guilty or not guilty: Article I, guilty 48, not guilty 52; 
Article II, guilty 47, not guilty 53.
  I believe the presentation of the Judiciary, Oversight, Intelligence, 
and Foreign Affairs Committees was brilliantly presented.
  I wondered whether there would be one moment for a profile in 
courage, one understanding that the norm of this Nation cannot tolerate 
what the Framers were most frightened about, which was the 
constitutional crime of abuse of power or having a sovereign nation 
interfere with our elections. Yet, there was one in Article I that made 
it bipartisan in the guilt, but no one in Article II.
  Simply stated, now what is the answer? That this Nation no longer 
loves its democracy; does not stand by the rule of law; and, therefore, 
the person who remains in office is a king?
  I believe, Madam Speaker, that we must raise the Constitution and 
fight for justice.

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