office. he's toxic to the republic and the democracy. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from new york wishes to reserve. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. >> thank you. so democrats can say "i just don't even know why there aren't uprises all over the country while there's uprising happening around the country. but they impeach the president of the united states for saying peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard. democrats can say "you know, there needs to be unrest in the streets" while there's unrest in the streets. they're going to impeach the president for saying peacefully and patriotically you need to have your voices here. i yield one minute to the gentle lady from new mexico.

>> the gentle woman from new mexico is present. >> political violence has no place in our republic. those that forced their way into the capitol are responsible for their criminal actions. leaders in both parties have a responsibility to condemn violence. whether in the halls or congress or the streets of america, i don't believe the american people have an appetite for this. they are expecting us to do the will, the will of them, those that sent us from each state around the nation. right now, madam speaker, we've seen this body impeach once before trying to do it a second time. two wrongs do not make a right. we have got to stand for the american people because we will not get a second chance to get this right the first time. madam speaker, i yield back. >> the gentle woman yields back. the gentleman from ohio wishes to reserve.

>> we do. >> the gentleman from new york is recognized. >> madam speaker, you'd 30 seconds to a new member, mr. torres. >> gentleman from new york is recognized for 30 seconds. >> madam speaker, the dangerous mob that donald trump unleashed on the united states capitol represents a violent assault on the separation of powers and the peaceful transfer of power that we have long taken for granted. it's politics, not law, passion but not reason, but vengeance but justice. we as the people's representatives must rise to the challenge of defending democracy in the face of the gravest threat around i will. i yield back. >> the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. >> we reserve. >> the gentleman from ohio reserves. >> the gentleman from new york is recognized. >> i yield 30 seconds to the gentle lady from massachusetts. >> the gentle woman from massachusetts is recognized.

>> i stand before you today in disbelief, disbelief that after the president incited a violent mob to commit and act of insurrection and remain silent as police officers were assaulted, the capitol was wren sacked and members of this body fled for their lives, but there's still members of his party that refuse to hold him accountable. it's because of that inaction that there's one task forward to put an end to this presidency. donald trump must be impeach, removed from office and barred from ever holding the office of the presidency again. thank you, madam speaker. i yield back. >> the gentle woman yields back. the gentleman from new york yields his time. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. >> thank you, madam speaker. we reserve. >> the gentleman from ohio reserves his time. the gentleman from new york is recognized. >> i yield 30 seconds to the gentle lady from new york. mr. valezquez.

>> in america, we hold power to account. we do not succumb to violence and insurrection incited by a head of state. in america, we do not turn a blunt eye to high crimes and misdemeanors. no, that is not who we are. so today as a sworn defender of this nation's constitution, i will vote in favor of impeaching donald trump. i yield back. >> the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from ohio. >> could i inquire the time remaining for each side? >> the gentleman has ten minutes remaining. the gentleman for new york has 9 3/4 minutes remaining. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. >> i thank you, madam speaker. i yield a minute to the gentleman from california. >> the gentleman from california is recognized for a minute. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the second annual impeachment

show extravaganza brought to you by the left wing media, the fact check ministers have shut down big tech and the democratic party. the second annual impeachment is not about actual words spoken out of reality, no, this is all about madam speaker the unbridled hatred of this president. you hate him because he's pro life, the strongest ever. you hate him for fighting for freedom of religion. you hate him for not subscribing to the religion of climate change and one-sided paris accords. you hate him for israel, hate him for defending our borders, hate him for letting small businesses keep what they earned. you hate him for putting america first. that's what i thought we do when we swear the oath. no, this show is not a threat to the republic.

this is impeachment and muting of half of the american people. this is shameful and abusive -- >> the gentleman's time has expired. >> an additional 20 seconds. >> the gentleman from ohio yields you 30 seconds. >> i pray people of all stripes wake up to the spectacle and exercise their rights to put a stop to it, to free speech and fair elections. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back his time. the gentleman from ohio wishes to reserve. the gentleman from new york is recognized. >> madam speaker, i yield 30 seconds to the gentle lady from florida. >> the gentle lady from florida is recognized. >> i rise to support the impeachment of donald trump to overturn the 2020 presidential election, trump incited a violent assault on congress, a

treasonist trail of destruction. his acts show contempt for the rule of law, the constitution and the foundation of democracy, a faceful transition of power. trump is a clear and present democracy and he leaves us no choice but to immediately remove him from office. thank you. i yield back. >> the gentle woman reserves. the gentleman from ohio. >> thank you. >> thank you. i yield. 90 seconds to the gentle woman from tennessee. >> the gentle woman from tennessee is yielded 20 seconds. >> i urge my colleagues to vote against impeachment of our sitting president, donald trump. you can tell the american people this is a vote to impeach upon the grounds of inciting violence and insurrection. but the american people see a double standard. they see a standard implied to those on the left that commit violence and a standard to those

applied to the right that commit violence. the american people see this and they understand it. i've been here one week. what i see instead of lawmakers that are truth seekers, i saw lawmakers that are power seekers. that's never good. never good. what a shame. what a shame. the american people are watching to see how their elected officials respond at this moment in history. will you vote to mend or further divide this country? i urge you to be the leaders the american people are seeking for for such a time as this. god help us as a nation and i pray that god will keep his hand upon the greatest nation that the world has ever seen. i yield back. >> the gentle woman yields back. the gentleman from ohio wishes to reserve his time. >> we do. >> the gentleman from new york is recognized. >> how much time do we have, madam speaker? >> the gentleman from new york

has 9 1/4 minutes. ohio has 8 minutes. the gentleman from ohio. the gentleman from new york. >> thank you. i yield 30 seconds to the distinguished gentleman from north carolina, mr. butterfield. >> the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for 30 second. >> madam speaker, the president's incitement to overturn the results of a free election is an attack on our rule of law. any president, any member of congress that obstructs the electoral college or attacks judges and the court system where there's no evidence to support their contentions undermines the public's trust and confidence in the judicial process. how do my republican colleagues expert ordinary citizens to expect and trust the courts in civil and criminal matters all across this country? think about that as you make this decision. vote yes -- >> the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new york wishes to reserve. the gentleman from ohio is

recognized. >> we reserve. >> the gentleman from ohio reserves. the gentleman from new york. >> i yield 30 seconds to the gentle woman from california. >> the gentle woman from california is recognized for 30 seconds. >> i take no joy in voting to impeach president trump, but this president has blood on his hands in the wake of his attempted coup. the fact remains no president of the united states is above the law. this president has sadly violated his oath to support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic. as members of congress who have taken that same pledge, it is our duty to take this action and impeach this unfit and dangerous president. i yield back. >> the gentle woman's time has expired. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. >> we reserve. >> the gentleman from ohio wishes to serve.

>> i yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from california. >> the gentleman from california is recognized for 30 seconds. >> on voting to impeach because as lincoln said, no grievance is a fit object by mob law. we must recognize that our hard work begins to address the real grievances and despair and left behind in communities, to be worthy of this capitol that we hold sacred, to fix our broken windows and broken communities. let's finally convince to investing trillions and creating good jobs in healthcare, education and infrastructure for communities and places that are hurting. >> the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. >> thank you. reserve. >> the gentleman from ohio wishes to reserve. the gentleman from new york is recognized. >> i yield 30 seconds to the distinguished gentle woman from alabama. >> the gentle woman is

recognized for 30 seconds. >> madam speaker, i rise today to support impeachment. i do so with a heavy heart and searing memory of being in this gallery, the people's house, up there, fearing for my life. why? because the president of the united states incited others to be violent, a mob of insurgencies in this house. it's unacceptable. it led to the killing of five americans. blood is on this house. we must do something about it. i ask that we move from stopping the steal to healing, but healing requires accountability. >> the gentle woman's time has expired. the gentleman from new york, wishes to reserve. the gentleman from ohio from ohio is recognized. >> i yield a minute to the

gentleman from alabama, mr. moore. >> i'm fairly new here, this is my first floor speech. i rise to oppose this impeachment. i asked my staff this morning, i said how many times in our nation's history have we impeached a president? they said up until this president two times in our nation's history. so here we are seven days left in his first term, we're going to impeach a president for what reasons? for what reasons? there's been no hearings. there's been no committees. we must defend the right to protect the process of impeachment. if we purchase so i this from this day forward, impeachment will be a political process. i ask my friends across the aisle, they always talk about healing. healing. how do we come together as a nation. since 2016 there has been hashtags going around that says not our president. resist, resist. members across the aisle have

said things in public to have supporters of this president attacked and demeaned. thank you, madam speaker. >> the gentleman from ohio reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. >> madam speaker, i yield 30 seconds to the gentle lady from illinois. >> the gentle woman from illinois is recognized for 30 seconds. >> last friday i sent a letter to my constituents telling the story about the violent attack on our capitol building which is really like the temple of our democracy. i have now taken the oath of office, the same oath of office that the president of the united states has taken that all of us here have taken. he has been the orchestrater of this attack. it is time to hold this president accountable. it is time and history demands that we -- >> the gentle woman's time has

expired. the gentleman from ohio reserves. >> we reserve >> the gentleman from ohio reserves. the gentleman from new york recognized. >> 30 seconds to the gentleman from new york, mr. halftimes. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> the words have been said. search your soul, consider your oath. i add four more words. reflect on your legacy. my friends, which way is history flowing right now? will donald trump join the panteon of washington and regan? or will he be with joseph mccarthy and andrew johnson? where you go in history, you go in history. unless today you make a stand. i yield back. >> i would like to remind

members to please direct the remarks to the chair. the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. >> thank you. we reserve. >> the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. >> madam speaker, i yield 30 secondses to the gentleman from hawaii. >> the gentleman from hawaii is recognized for 30 seconds. >> madam speaker, as a member of our armed forces and now a member of congress, i have taken and given the oath of office many times. i will support and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. on january 6, the president violated his oath inciting violent and deadly insurrection. our sacred oaths are hollow without accountability. we have to remove this president from office and ensure he can never hold public office again. i urge my colleagues to do the same. this oath has to matter. i yield back.

>> the gentleman from new york. the gentleman from ohio reserves. the gentleman from new york recognized. >> 30 seconds to gentleman from mr. maryland. >> the gentleman from maryland is recognized. >> this beautiful capitol dome is a symbol of freedom and democracy. not just for americans but for the people of the world over. the action we take today, this impeachment is a declaration to the world that when there's an attack on our democracy, whether it comes from without or whether tragically in this instance it comes from within, we will respond to that threat and attack and we will do what is necessary to strengthen our democracy. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from new york wishes to reserve. the gentleman from ohio from ohio is recognized. >> i yield 2 1/2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from new york, mr. zelden. >> the gentleman from new york

is recognized 2 1/2 minutes. >> thank you, madam speaker. i'm sickened and angered on what we all had to witness last wednesday and call for the investigation and prosecution to the fullest extent of the law, every person that participated in the violence and loss of life in this capitol building last wednesday. i as a member sit here listening to the entire debate, desperately need to better understand the two standards that are at play in this house. why is it okay if a house democrat calls for violence in the streets but not if you're a republican? why can't a house democrat be rewarded with a gavel and a chairmanship if they're calling for physical confrontation of a trump administration official but they will be punished if they're a republican? the double standards that we

have seen time and time again, we all -- i need to better understand what the rules are of this house. why is it that a committee chairman can lie to the american public about having more than circumstantial evidence that the president colluded with the russians in order to win the 2016 election, but of course the republicans can't and wouldn't lie to the american public about something like this? we need to better understand what these two standards are that are at play to complete the record. the house democrats are here to make president trump the first president to be impeached twice. so i'll complete the record first off. in the articles of impeachment, its written that the president gave a speech and he told his supporters to come here. he incited this riot. one speaker after another after another here on the other side of the aisle have repeated that in the articles of impeachment.

we know this was a preplanned attack. there were pipe bombs being discovered while the president was speaking. we know this was preplanned and it started why the president was speaking. why is that not in the articles? why is that not incorporate in my colleague's remarks? if you want the first president to be impeached twice? we'll add something else to that. thank you to the president for his efforts to defeat ms-13 in my district or to withdraw from -- request 30 more seconds. >> the gentleman yields an additional 30 seconds. is that correct? >> yes. >> the gentleman has another 30 seconds. >> thank you to the president for his efforts to move temporary be a see in israel to jerusalem and recognizes israeli sovereignty and the to take out baghdadi and soleimani and the

have an economy this time last year that was stronger than i ever remember in my entire lifetime. yeah, we'll complete the record and in all fairness as the president leaves a week from today, let's be honest and the double standards exist -- >> expired. the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from ohio wishes to reserve? >> thank you. >> gentleman from new york is recognized. >> thank you. i yield one minute to the distinguished -- i yield 30 seconds to the distinguished gentlemen from illinois. >> the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. >> what happens if we get this wrong is written in lincoln's second inaugural, when one party would rather make war than let the nation survive. we came together against an he enemy september 11 but january

6, we were attacked with an enemy within. we must come together in unity against that domestic threat to our constitution. the alternative is too unbearable to contemplate. we must impeach bipartisanly, unanimously if you have the soul. >> the gentleman from new york wishes to reserve. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. >> we reserve. >> the gentleman from ohio reserves. the gentleman from new york. >> i yield 30 seconds to the gentle woman from texas. >> mrs. fletcher is recognized for 30 seconds. >> i rise in support of the article of impeachment and in opposition of the gas lightning that is masquerading as debate in this chamber today. i was in this chamber when the president assembled and unleashed a mob to attack the united states capitol and the united states you, madam speake.

i yield back. >> the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. >> we reserve. >> the gentleman from ohio wishes to reserve. the gentleman from new york. >> the gentle lady from michigan. >> the gentle woman from michigan is recognized. >> thank you, madam chair. >> those that incited an attack on the people's house do not get to talk about healing and unity. they have turn this country apart. they have stoked a fire and handed the gasoline to donald trump. dr. king once said, true priest is not merely the absence of

tension. it is in the presence of justice. today we must embody those words and understand that peace must be centered in truth and action. we cannot sit, madam speaker, after a violent attempted coup and allow lies and hate to continue. we stand up for our ask its that continue >> i yield a minute to the gentleman from notre dame. >> what happened last wednesday is an absolute tragedy. not only are we part of dealing with it now, we were part of it then.

when emotions are frayed and tensions are this high, process matters more. it matters more now than before. the reality is, there's serious consequences act these articles. donald trump will be president until january 20th. on january 20th, joe biden will become president. i'm going to vote against impeachment. that will give me credibility at home with my base. you're going to vote for impeachment. that is going to give you credibility at home with your base. it's easy to point at me and blame job. with that, i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from new york

reserves. excuse me. the gentleman from ohio reserves. the gentleman from new york. >> the gentle lady, mrs. manning, 30 seconds. >> the gentle woman is recognized for 30 seconds. >> this president has repeatedly lied to the american people about his election loss. he incited his followers to attack democracy resulting in five deaths. his dangerous efforts to derail the

>> there's more troops right now in washington d.c. and find an out of their courage. to do the right republican path and take a tough vote for the future of ducksy. for the future of our country. >> the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new york wishes to reserve. the gentleman from ohio is reserved. >>

>> be strong. you can't gain anything because of weakness. we must hold him accountable, we can heal this nation, but he must be impeached today. we must impeach donald j. trump.

>> the gentleman from new york reserves. >> the gentleman from ohio. >> we reserve. >> the gentleman from ohio continues to reserve. the gentleman from new york? >> is the other side prepared to close? >> yes. >> thank you, madam. speaker? . >> the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for three minutes. >> thank you to the gentleman from ohio. arrests are still be made in the anarchists that stormed the capitol will be brought to justice as should be the case. emotions are still high. in this moment, we need to be focused on toning down the

rhetoric. helping heal this nation as we move towards a peaceful transition of power to president-elect joe biden next week. my prayers are with capitol police officers that we lost as well as all the capitol police officers that risked their lives to keep us safe. they are true heros and they deserve all of our applause today. [applause] madam speaker, i've seen the dark, evil of political violence

first half. it needs to stop. but all of us need to be unequivocal in calling it out every time that we see it. not just when it comes from the other side of the aisle. opposed this rushed impeachment brought forward without a single hearing. by the way, the senate will not even take this up until president trump is out of office. so let's keep that in mind. it will only serve to further divide a nation that is calling out for healing. madam speaker, many speakers today have invoked one of our nation's greatest leaders, president abraham lincoln. maybe we should follow his wisdom that he's imparted on us in moments like this. as abraham lincoln was giving his second inaugural address in

march of 1865, he issued us a challenge. this is what he said. with malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as god gives to us see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we're in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan. to do all which achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all of our nations. madam speaker, in times like these, let us not reach out to our darkest demons but instead like lincoln seek the higher ground. may god bless this great united states of america. i yield back. >> the gentleman from new york is recognized. [applause] >> madam speaker, we can have all this but we have

accountability, too. i yield one minute to the distinguished majority leader of the house, mr. hoyer. >> the majority leader is recognized for one minute. >> i thank the chairman for yielding. this is a troubled time. a sad time. it is a time where all of us have stood almost to a person and lamented the violence and assault on this capitol and the assault on democracy itself. it was right to do that. but this impeachment ought to be put in the perspective of what the republican chair of the republican conference said it

was. she said the president of the united states summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of that attack. there's never been, she said, a greater betrayal by a president of the united states of this office, of his office and his oath to the constitution. that is why we are here today. that is why we are here a week today before that president at the request of the american people will leave office.

the issue is what do we do? the 433 of us, i believe, that are here, do on behalf of the american people to respond to what representative cheney described happened on january 6. a mob assembled by, summoned by and then spoken to to light the flame of the attack. to stop the steal. as we sat here, exercising our constitutional duty and to his

great credit the vice president of the united states following the constitution of the united states of america. not withstanding the fact that he was opportuned by the president not to do so. that mob sent by the president to stop the steal did so for a few hours. not the steal by the constitutional duty that we had. so we ask ourselves what do we do? what is our responsibility? what should we say? in light of only the civil war as an analogy. that means there's not been demonstrations in washington before and demonstrations throughout this country before. but it is the first and only

physical presence other than the 9-11 attack on this nation which came from abroad. had a plane aimed at our capitol dome. this attack was not from abroad. it was as liz cheney said summoned, assembled and inflamed by the president of the united states of america. liz cheney said words, there's never been a greater betrayal of the president of he united states of his office and his oath to the constitution. i pride myself as a member of

this congress for 40 years has worked in a bipartisan fashion with many of your leaders and do to this day. are we to remain silent in the face of liz cheney's saying this was the greatest betrayal of the duty of the president of the united states in history? are we to stand silent, will we stand silent, will we not stand up and say this is not acceptable? madam speaker, for four years donald trump had made no effort to hide his ambitions or lacking of republican principles. not our principles, but the principles that abraham lincoln was just quoted as having said. your president, our president has never displayed those in the four years he's been president

of the united states. he's allowed little constraint on his worst inclinations. his desire for autocracy have not come true but they have been rationalized for those that wanted to proximity to power. upon the foundations of virtue, reason and patient wisdom laid down by george washington as our first president, donald trump has constructed a glass palace of lies, fear mongering and sedition. last wednesday on january 6, the nation and the world watched it shatter to pieces. there can be no mistaking any longer the kind of man sitting in the oval office or its intentions and capabilities.

the curtain has been pulled back. the office to which he was elected could not temper or reform him. washington's legacy was passed down not as written decrees, mr. speaker of the house is not in order. >> the gentleman is correct. the house will be in order. >> washington's legacy was passed down to us not as written decrees but understood norms. how we ought to act. how we act, conduct ourselves. each occupant has observed the norms out of recognize that the constitutions articles are not the only preservative of our democracy. for more than two centuries, madam speaker, whenever those norms were tested and strained good and virtuous citizens on

both side of the aisle found common purpose and re-affirming those norms. memory fades. from time to time it must be refreshed. madam speaker, as the framers emerge from the constitution convention, benjamin franklin was asked if they made america a monarchy or republic. we all know this response. a republic, he answered. if you can keep it. that's the question today. if we can keep it. and the way we keep it is to say no to actions and words that do not promote the keeping of that republic.

for millennia, people have understood that a republic is only as stable and lasting as the citizens and leaders that commit themselves to its upkeep. this president has shown us he's not committed to that project. his tweets, every day, have shown that he's not committed to that project. indeed he openly disdains it and appears to prefer the alternative. what do the rest of us do? those that have the honor and the great privilege and the weighty responsibility to represent the views of 750,000 of our fellow citizens. we in this congress have an opportunity, no, a duty to demonstrate our commitment as leaders and as citizens to keeping america a republic.

a republic that resolves its differences not through being ordered to come to the capitol prevent them from stealing the election, which was an absurd assertion from the very first day it was made. we cannot erase the last four years, madam speaker. we cannot turn back the clock. we can look to the ideas and principles inherited from great presidents like washington, like jefferson and yes, certainly like abraham lincoln and franklin roosevelt and from outstanding americans like frederic douglas, harriet tubman, susan anthony, caesar chavez, martin luther king, thurgood marshall. our beloved john lewis. and yes, r.b.g., ruth bader ginsberg who taught us a lot

about equality and inclusion. it's up to us to restore the vibrancy, madam speaker, of our democracy by re-affirming our commitments to the norms that they passed on to us and entrusted to our care. but to make that possible, madam speaker, we must rise to this moment and not only affirm the virtues we cherish but reject the vices we abhor. that's what i'm asking my fellow representatives on both sides of the aisle to do today. we all stood and we abhorred the violence that occurred and the threat to the very democracy that we hold so dear and swore and oath to protect and uphold. rejected deceit.

reject fear mongering. reject sedition. tyranny. insurrection. reject the demand for fielty to one man over fidelity to a country. when i addressed the house over the debate in articles of impeachment december 2019, i said the following. we need not ask who will be the first to show our courage by standing up to president trump. the question we must ask, who will be the last to find it. senator mcconnell, representative cheney, a number of other representatives that have spoken on this floor with great courage, madam speaker. because there's much fear of donald trump. there's much fear of donald trump's tweets. there's much fear of donald trump's retribution for

opposition. in my view, donald trump demands absolute loyalty and gives none in return. i hope others will join liz cheney. i hope others will be honest with themselves and with their constituents. as liz cheney was saying there's never been a greater portrayal by a president of the united states of his office and his oath to the constitution. don'ted dismiss that. she's the daughter of a vice president of the united states. who was the whip when i came to congress. as she has taken a stand, i hope others will as well, madam speaker. soon the clerk will call the roll and ask for our votes.

make no mistake, this will be no ordinary roll call. this is about our country, our constitution and our democracy. these votes will be inscribed on the role of history, a record of courage and of our commitment to country and constitution. of our commitment to the rule of law and that which we inherited and hope to pass on unbroken, unshattered with just seven days left in the president's term, this vote is not about timing. it is about principle and fidelity to our constitution. it concerns the clear and present danger facing our country. not only in these final days of the trump administration but in the weeks, months and years that will follow. it's about the necessity to

demonstrate to this generation and to future generations the duty we share to protect our democracy every single day. do not pretend that it was simply those that came in to the capitol and encouraged by our president to stop the steal at any cost. by the way, if the vice president doesn't to my bidding and follows the constitution, sweep him away. we know this president would never emulate george washington and give up his power for the good of our republic even after losing an election. somebody talked about a peaceful transition. i don't know what you're talking about. you're not in the same country i am. it was just days ago that the president after committing this

terrible act thought he had to admit that joe biden might be president of the united states. we know that this president neither recognizes norms nor reflects the rule of law. we know this president is not a patriot. so i ask this recorded on the r for their courage, their commitment, the constitution and their country? we do this today not for politics. we don't need this for politics. georgia showed that. there was no mistake in this election. we do this today to preserve and protect this great democracy. we do it for the america that we love. our america the beautiful. whose founders sacrifices, we praise in song o'beautiful for heros proved and liberating strife who more than self their

country loved. mercy more than life. sadly madam speaker, as our current president, the appropriate words would be, whose less his self his country loved and victory more than truth. vote for this for america, for constitution, for democracy, for history. i yield back the balance of my time. >> all time for debate has expired. pursuant to house resolution 41, the previous question is order on the resolution. the question is on adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed say no. in the opinion of the chair, the

ayes have it. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. >> thank you. we'd ask for a roll call vote. >> pursuant to section 3 s of house resolution 8, the yays and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by an electronic device. >> so after three hours of statements, we're in to the next phase, the vote. i'm bill hemmer. the vote underway. the second time in three months, the house democrats charging him with incitement of insurrection. six republicans say they will vote with democrats here. we have a statement from the president two hours ago urging all americans to ease tempers. the number to watch is 217, we're told, in order for the article to pass. what is the legal path ahead? what do you expect the next

week, the next couple months, robert ryan and ian mccarthy watching and waiting. robert, you were on the well of the senate 12 months ago arguing against the impeachment against the president. what happens now in the house after this? >> it's groundhog day. we go through this again. you know, obviously the democrats are hopping mad. with that, there will be some but i don't think significant bipartisan support with regard to the article of impeachment. then if the democrats are true to their word, unlike the last time, i expect they will immediately transmit the article over to the senate. the senate is in recess as i understand from the majority leader, mitch mcconnell, they will not return until the 19th.

i suppose that leaves open the possibility that something could be done before the president's term ends, but in all likelihood not, which means that we will have an article of impeachment in the hands of the united states senate once joe biden takes office. and then i guess the determination will be as to, you know, where they go from there. i don't think it's been resolved yet. whether the senate can simultaneously conduct a trial and also the business of the new congress and confirmation of joe biden's nominees remains to be seen. i understand the president-elect has asked -- it's not clear what that answer is. ordinarily what happens is there's a trial in the senate, all business stops and 100 senators have to sit in the well to conduct proceedings. remains to be seen what this looks like after the 20th. >> bill: andy mccarthy, you view? >> it's a wasted opportunity for

the possibility of consensus, bill. there was no reason to go forward with this because the president couldn't be removed as robert just said. there's not going to be a trial while president trump is still in office. there was a possibility here of basically crafting a censure of what the president did in an accurate way that i think would have gotten a lot of republican votes and all democratic votes and would have presented bipartisan unity in condemnation to the country. instead, what we've had is a pointless deep partisan divide toward no good end because the president isn't going to be tried. when the trial does eventually happen, whenever that is, there will be a high likelihood that the president will be acquitted both because they lauded this article of impeachment with

terms like insurrection and incitement that won't hold up on examination. i just -- i just think it's a real wasted opportunity toward what end i don't know other than deepening the divide in the country. i say that as someone that thinks the president's conduct is impeachable. >> bill: mitch mcconnell put out a letter. no final decision on a how he would vote in a senate trial. ian pryor, your view. >> look, i agree with pretty much everything i've heard. you're going to go into the biden administration with a trial of a president that is no longer in office. that impeachment trial will take all the oxygen, not only out of the senate, which is going to have to confirm president-elect biden's key nominees right away and it's going to be unable to do so in all likelihood. but the first weeks of the biden

presidency are going to be consumed with donald trump, which, you know, if i'm biden, that's the last thing i wants to have happen. i want to be talking about what we're doing to move forward with our agenda, what we're doing on covid relief. i want the attention focused on our nominees and making sure that we don't have acting chiefs of those departments. we have actually confirmed department heads. this is going to really be a thorn in the side of the biden administration. i think he's probably watching this and not saying anything, but i would be willing to bet that he would rather this not be going forward. >> bill: last week he was asked about it and dismissed the questions on impeachment. there's a reason for that. perhaps because the point you're making, ian. i mentioned president trump's statement. there's more of that. in light of records he said of more demonstrations, i urge there be no violence no, law breaking and vandalism of any kind. robert, alan dershowitz made a

comment and saying nothing about former presidents. he says it's insignificant once you get passed the hour of noon a week from today. do you see that as rationale for suggesting that maybe when the articles come over, that you can't even make a move on that constitutionally. >> you could foresee some republican senators making a motion to dismiss this article as effectively moot. you know, addition to the fact that as a practical matterer, it's not in the best interest to proceed this way. one of the proudest things i saw over the clinton investigation, before the president left office, the matter was resolved. nothing hung over into the new george w. bush administration. that's what we're going to do here. i couldn't have known at the time that when i concluded matters with president

clinton,eight months later is 9-11. we're talking about asking the biden administration to get off and running in the first 100 days under this big cloud hanging out there. >> bill: we'll see what they do. >> i couldn't agree more with andy mccarthy. >> bill: gentleman, we have to go. thank you. >> neil: we're moments away from seeing donald trump impeached again in the house of representatives. it's neil cavuto. this is "your world." 217 votes is what is needed to approve a resolution that calls this an incitement of insurrection, a single charge against the president of the united states that he gravely endangered the security of the united states and its institutions of government. of course, referring to the raid on the washington capitol just one week ago. we already know that at least a half dozen republican congressmen and women that are going to be part of that, including liz cheney who argued