[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H931]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     REMARKS OF SENATOR MITT ROMNEY

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I know that Senator Romney does not 
need to have his words further edified, but there is something about 
courage and something about his words that struck my heart.
  So if I might, in the remarks that Senator Romney made yesterday in 
his decision to cast a vote for article I, he said, briefly: The 
Constitution is at the foundation of our Nation. We each take an oath 
to defend it. Paraphrasing, he said: We arrived at different judgments, 
and he hoped that we would respect each other's good faith. Senator 
jurors swore an oath before God.
  He said: ``I am profoundly religious. My faith is at the heart of who 
I am.'' And he knew his decision would be hard.
  I thought we lived in a nation that respected the heartfelt decisions 
and deliberation that Members have to make. But after his decision and 
vote there was an onslaught of ugly and nasty comments, individuals 
calling him weak, #ExpellMitt.
  I want to live in a nation that is better than that, that when we 
have to make hard decisions, we will be respected by all of America.
  We all love the Constitution. I want to thank Senator Romney for his 
profile in courage. There needs to be more of that. He voted the right 
way. We all did who voted ``aye'' on article I and article II.

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