[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 145 (Tuesday, September 15, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
CENSURED BUT NOT SILENCED
(Mr. Green of Texas was recognized to address the House for 5
minutes.)
Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, and still I rise unbought, unbossed,
a liberated, unelected Democrat.
I rise notwithstanding the fact that I have been censured but not
silenced. I rise because as a person who has been censured and not
silenced, I understand the value and the worth in having the
opportunity to speak.
I continue to speak because I made a commitment to my constituents
that I would work hard as long as I am in the Congress, and I will work
for them to make sure that they achieve affordability for food,
clothing, shelter, healthcare, the necessities of life. That is what
affordability is all about.
I also, Mr. Speaker, have been a proponent of impeachment. For years,
I have talked about it. As of late, I have indicated that we are in a
countdown to impeachment, a countdown. The countdown continues.
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Mr. Speaker, I have an official notice in my hand indicating that
there will be a Republican motion to table H. Res. 1486, impeaching
Donald John Trump, President of the United States for high crimes and
misdemeanors.
This will take place today sometime after 1 p.m. This is the
resolution that I have presented to this House. I have presented it,
Mr. Speaker, because we have a President who has condoned and supported
the killings of innocent people. These were people who were committing
no crimes.
Let us start with Renee Good. On January 7, 2026, she lost her life.
We have heard little or nothing about an investigation at the Federal
level, and the Federal officers do all that they can to prevent the
local prosecutors from moving forward with the case.
The same thing has happened with Alex Pretti, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo,
and Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero. These four persons have lost their
lives. Alex Pretti was on the ground, hands out, and he was shot nine
times. He was shot more than nine times while he was on the ground
unarmed. He was unarmed.
There has not been an indication of any type of investigation that
would lead to an indictment. I am here today to say that I will be
voting to impeach the President of the United States. I will vote to
impeach him, and I understand that anything other than a vote to
impeach him is going to be a vote to support him. It will be a vote to
support him.
I will not vote to support a person who has, under his operation of
ICE and CBP, caused four persons to lose their lives and says ugly
things about them. He has called them terrorists and other ugly names.
He has said that the victims were persons who were somehow at fault for
the demise that they have suffered, for the death that was brought upon
them.
I believe that I have a duty, a responsibility, and an obligation as
a sworn Member of Congress, sworn in to support and defend the
Constitution. I will be voting to defend the Constitution and support
it today when I vote to impeach the President.
Here is one thing that I will call to everyone's attention: The
families of these persons are still suffering. They expect us to do
something. I do believe that we have this obligation to impeach. This
is why these articles were brought. I have been saying this for some
time, long before this last election wherein I was not re-elected to
Congress.
Those who question my motives, I didn't question your motives until
you questioned mine. When you do that, you can expect me to question
yours.
Finally, Mr. Speaker, how many more will have to die before we will
take up this cause seriously? How many more? It is hard for me to
believe that we have Democrats who are going to vote to maintain the
President in office.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Smucker). Members are reminded to
refrain from engaging in personalities toward the President.
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