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♪ is extremely rare. but friends don't have to be. when you're connected you are not alone. >> cox support c-span as a public service along with these other television providers. giving it a front row seat to democracy. madam president as we all know two months ago the house of representatives impeached homeland security secretary mayorkas. led the department of homeland security since the beginning of the biden administration. for three years secretary mayorkas has overseen the record-breaking crisis at the southern border. during that time customs and border protection migrant

encounters more than two previous administrations combined. that was over a period of 12 years. in three years and biden administration hascc accomplishd what took 12 years for the obama and trump administration. law enforcement focused response on migrant crossing is because security measures including drug interdiction. to take a hit. staffing shortages have led the agency to temporarily close international bridges and ports. which have had a severe negative impact on texas border communities. cities across the country including those located thousands of miles from the border are crushed with the weight of caring for migrants. that is hardly a positive reflection on secretary mayorkas' tenure as dhs

secretary. throughout the secretary's secrs tenure rather than acknowledge the reality double down and efforts to deal with it he ties to gloss it over downplayed the severity of the border crisis using watered-down language like it is a challenge disputed his claims the border is secure i saw footage of a migrants walking virtually unimpeded to capacity and beyond. try to blame congress for the crisis of not less laws and if x

prompted the dramatic spike in illegal immigration. the truth as a secretary at mayorkas is bad at his job. that is not news to anyone. incompetence by itself is not an impeachable offense. we have enough cabinet secretaries throughout our country's history who ended their career without the stain of impeachment despite what the democratic colleagues will claim was not impeached or just because he is incompetent. he was impeached for two serious offenses in my opinion the first of which is his a willful and

systematic refusal to enforce our immigration laws. secretary mayorkas has consistently defied the laws that congress has passed which havesi been signed into law by e president of the united states. he has defied the law and will of congress by ignoring detention mandates. he has said his lawyer said shall detain are permissive. it really means it may. earlier this year border patrol agents in eagle pass, texas the current release rate for migrants crossing he had a 15% chance even if you were caught. apparently he is proud of that.

united states government which is in direct contradiction of her immigration laws and we cannot ignore the secretaries abuse is a process known as parole. two foreign nationals and rare in dire circumstances. such is someone experiencing a medical emergency at a port of entry. donating a kidney or being a witness at a trial. it was never designed to be used categorically more than case-by-case basis. congress has made clear parole is intended for urgent circumstances and should be only granted an extraordinary individual cases. broad classes of migrants into

the united states provide administration has used case-by-case to grant parole for more than a 1.6 million migrants. that's clear and blatant violation of the law. that's okay secretary marcus apparently as i noted he was impeached for two offenses second of which is breaching the public'sc trust. the american people watch a secretary mayorkas when on cable news programs or testified under oath before congressional committees proclaiming it was clearly a lie.

it is not taken immigration policy expert to see his claim has no basis in reality. day after day the american people have seen footage that shows how insecure america's southern border is. roughly 15000 migrants set up camp in del rio texas to the hundreds of migrants in el paso last month. there's been no shortage of evidence about our insecure border. it's not just misleading and false statements on cable news network's on more than one occasion secretary mayorkas lied under oath to congress he told members of congress the border was secure when clearly anything but the united states of the

crisis for years and may be decades. and secretary mayorkas must be held accountable. the house of representatives was completely announced the senate has a duty under the constitution to hold the trial. as has a familiar process for majority of her senate colleagues. in 2019 and 2021 the democratic-controlled house impeached president trump. behind the b inquiries did not impact the process on the senate floor. despite our personal views about the houses actions by the republican-led senate still carried out constitutional duty

free court ofty impeachment. cboth cases the centers were sworn as a juror's and we listened patiently to both sides presented as they presented their arguments in a not guilty vote sent impeachment articles 21 t times and the senate has hd a full trial the person resigned before the senate could vote to convict or acquit. the final case the impeached senator was expelled from this chamber before his trial. there is never ever after the u.s. history the senate dismissed her and tabled impeachment articles and moved on. not once.

unfortunately if reports in the news are correct that is likely to change this week. the house is expected to transmit the articles of an easement this wednesday. according to the press the majority leader is expected to take a completely unprecedented step to voting to table the impeachment articles and eliminate a trial entirely in violation of the constitution. the senate failed to do its duty allow senators to vote guilty or notot guilty this be a dangerous precedent to set. future senate carte blanche to dispense with serious chargers against the nation's most senior

officials. what goes around comes around. secretary mayorkas impeachment articles are tabled that will become a common practice in the future. impeachment is one of the most solemn features in our democracy. must not retch these articles under the rug. i understand what he may want too. will be damning secretary and then for the biden administration policies. which are essentially open border policies. please house impeachment managers and secretary mayorkas defense team deserved the opportunity to present their best case before the senate. the majority leader should not prevent that from happening.

like her mind thein majority leader of some works he spoke himself back in 2019. at that point the balance of power in washington was completely inverse of what it is today. we had a republican majority in the senate. democraticti majority in the hoe and a republican in the white house. after house democrats and pissed trump the majority leader, the senator from new york came to the senate floor to talk about the process he would like to see in a republican led senate. two of my republican colleagues our message is a simple one. democrats want a fair trial that examines the relevant facts. the message from legal mikado he has no intention of conducting a fair trial contrary to what

senator schumer predicted thehu senate went on to fulfill its constitutional responsibility to hold a trial more than two weeks hearing arguments from both sides of the american people judge for themselves. before holding a vote at the conclusion of the presentation of the evidence. now i would like to echo the senator statement from a few years ago but with a few small changes. to my democratic colleagues our message is a simple one. republicans want a fair trial that examines the relevant facts. the message from leaders schumer at the moment is he has no intention of conducting a fair trial. no intention of acting impartially and no intention of getting to the facts. it would be completely on presse data and unjustified for the

senate to shirk its constitutional role as a court of impeachment. the house bolted to impeached secretary mayorkas has a duty to hold a trial will perform his duty. and should not impede or ignore that constitutional requirement iad urge the majority leader to take his own advice from 2019. give the senate an opportunity to hold an impeachment trial and let the chips fall where they may the petro trout homeland security secretary mayorkas only the second cabinet member in u.s. history to be impeached by the house wednesday impeachment managers led by homeland security committee chair delivers two articles of impeachment to the senate patty

murray presides over the trial mitch mcconnell said the chamber is expected about whether to dismiss or kill the impeachment charges. live coverage of wednesday on cspan2. on c-span now are free mobile video app and online at c-span.org. that media, we don't -- we believe where the live here or right here way out in the middle of anywhere should have access to fast reliable institute. despite we are leading the way cox media, support c-spa as a public service. along with these other television providers. give me a front row seat to