[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 205 (Wednesday, December 13, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H6925]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition and join with 
the opposition to H. Res. 918 directing certain committees to proceed 
with an impeachment inquiry of President Biden.
  As we all know how serious this is, Madam Speaker, let me remind you 
that Article II of the Constitution says that a President shall be 
removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason, 
bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors. Article II says it 
also requires that the President take care that the laws are faithfully 
executed.
  There is no charge or challenge of facts that the President has not 
executed his job carefully, that he has committed high crimes, 
misdemeanors and treason. In fact, out of 35,000 pages of financial 
records, 2,000 pages of Treasury records, 36 hours of testimony, and a 
number of witnesses, tens of thousands of VP area emails, there is 
nothing.
  This is extreme, a political stunt, and there is no evidence worthy 
of putting forward this impeachment.
  In the words of an outstanding scholar, Professor Michael Gerhardt, 
in other words, an impeachment proceeding, including the initiation of 
an impeachment inquiry must rise above petty partisanship.
  We cannot do this under the circumstances of petty partisanship. Mr. 
Biden should not be impeached.

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