ways and air of the chairman richie neal of massachusetts, the chair affairs reign committee, eliot engel of new financialchair of the services committee, maxine chair of california, the of the committee on government eform and oversight, congresswoman carolyn maloney. the o want to acknowledge important work that was done by our dear and departed, may he peace, elijah cummings as chair of the oversight committee. now please to yield to the distinguished chair of the judiciary committee, mr. nadler. mr. nadler: thank you, madam speaker. months, last several the investigative committees of the house have been engaged in inquiry into president donald trump's efforts to solicit foreign interference 2020 elections. efforts that compromised our and threatenedty the integrity of our elections. inquiry, he's attempted to conceal the evidence from congress and from american people. our president holds the ultimate public trust. when he betrays that trust and uts himself before country, he endangers the constitution. our democracy, and he endangers our national security. of the constitution rescri

and more on this with eliot engel, of new york, the chairman of the foreign affairs committee. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> i do want to start with the horrific attack on the jewish community on the home state of new york and actually monsey used to be in your district. what do you think as you look at this, as you look at what we're seeing in new york city, what do you think is behind this rise in anti-semitic violence? >> well i've just gotten back from monsey, the community is coming together and people are are very concerned and of course i'm concerned. and we all should be concerned with this horrific uptick in anti-semitic attacks. it doesn't start with one person or one greep -- one group of people and ends there. it spreads around and that is intolerable and nothing we could accept here in the united states and i think we have to move swiftly and act swiftly and show no tolerance whatever for people who commit these anti-semitic attack incidents. you have five people hurt. four or five people at a celebration for one of the last nights of hanukkah in the r

chairman all of these tim tim and richie neal of massachusetts the chair the point here is committee eliot engel of new york the chair of the financial services committee next seen waters of california the chair of the committee on government reform and oversight congresswoman carolyn maloney. i also want to acknowledge the important work that was done by idea and departed may rest in peace a life coming as chair of the committee of the oversight committee now pleased to yield to distinguish chair of the judiciary committee mr knapp and. thank you madam speaker. over the last several months the investigative committees of the house have been engaged in an impeachment inquiry into president donald trump's efforts to solicit foreign interference in the 2020 elections efforts that compromise our national security and threaten the integrity of our elections throughout this inquiry he has attempted to conceal the evidence from congress and from the american people our president holds the ultimate public trust when he betrays that trust and puts himself before country endangers the constitution he end

committee, -- all these chairman, chairman neil of massachusetts, the chair of foreign affairs to me, eliot engel of new york, that chair of the financial services committee maxine waters of california. the chair of the committee on government reform and oversight, congresswoman carolyn maloney. i also want to acknowledge the important work that was done by our dear and departed, may he rest in peace, elijah cummings, as chair of the oversight committee. now pleased to yield to the distinguished chair of the judiciary committee, mr. nadler. >> thank you madame speaker. over the last several months the investigative committees of the house have been engaged in an impeachment inquiry into president donald trump's efforts to solicit foreign interference innt the 2016 elections. efforts that compromise our national security and threatened the integrity of our elections. throughout this inquiry he has attempted to conceal the evidence from congress and from the american people. our president holds the ultimate public trust. when he betrays that trust and puts himself before country, and dangers of the

judiciary, so proud of him, maxine waters for national services, richie neal, ways and means committee, eliot engel, the foreign affairs committee, and also very important committee, chaired now by carolyn maloney, the preform committee. i said last night and say today, while he isn't with us today physically here, elijah cummings is with us in spirit, a foundation he helped lay for justice is with us. and it is said when we're dancing with the angels, what will we know about what we did to keep the constitution intact? when he said that it was very prescient. little did we know by the time we passed the impeachment resolution of the articles of impeachment, that he would be dancing with the angels. right now as we speak, they're debating on the floor the u.s.-mexico-canada trade agreement. i hear my colleagues on the floor last night saying, if we weren't doing this, we could be doing mexico. well, we are doing mexico. and the discussion that took some time to convince the administration and the other countries was that we weren't going forward until we had the strongest possible enforcement of th

weeks under the leadership of adam schiff, of which i am extremely proud, the work of adam schiff, eliot engel, and beloved elijah cummings, whom we miss entirely, now carolyn maloney, the three jurisdictions, intelligence, foreign affairs, government reform, had hearings bringing in, again, patriotic americans, some appointed by the president, who presented the facts and then we had yesterday the hearing of the professors, the constitutional scholars. what was so valuable about that is while we have talked about it and while the foreign service officers talked about it, when the professors taught about it, they taught about it and they taught about the constitution and what the vision was of our founders and what the violations are of this president and what-- and what that is all about. article 2 says i can do whatever i want. completely contrary to our founders had in mind. all along i said for two years this is an impeachment is not a pleasant experience. it can be divisive. we don't take any glee in this at all. it's heartbreaking, but the president gave us no choice. we are not going to

joining us now eliot engel of new york, the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. thanks so much, congressman, for joining us. -- as you know this is a historic day in the united states. how did you decide on the two articles of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of congress? >> it was a consensus. the feeling those were the two strongest items and add to something that could be easily explained so the decision was made to go with two. could have been three or any amount. but everyone felt that this was the best way to move forward. >> privately we're told the house judiciary committee chairman jerry nadler was advocating for including a third article, obstruction of justice, part of the -- making three articles of impeachment reflecting the findings of the mueller report. you said today that democrats are better off not including obstruction of justice. just tell us why. >> well, i think there is some concern about the clarity of it. whereas as the other two articles that we went with were certainly crystal clear and easy to understand. and then it was ju

eliot engel of new york, the chair of the financial services committee, maxine waters of california, the chair of the committee on government reform and oversight, congresswoman carolyn maloney. i also want to acknowledge the important work that was done by our dear and departed, may he rest in peace, elijah cummings as chair of the oversight committee. i will now yield to the chair of the distinguished committee, mr. nadler. >> thank you, madam speaker. over the last several months, the investigative committee of the house have engaged in and impeachment inquiry into donald trump's efforts to solicit foreign interference in the 2020 elections. efforts that compromised our national security and threatened the integrity of our elections. throughout this inquiry, he is attempted to conceal the evidence from congress and from the american people. our president holds the ultimate public trust. when he betrays that trust and puts himself before country, he endangers the constitution. he endangers our democracy, and he endangers our national security. the framers of the constitution prescr

eliot engel, chair of the financial services committee. maxine waters of california, the chair of the committee on government reform and oversight. congress woman carolyn maloney. i always want to acknowledge the important work that was done by our dear and departed, may he rest in peace, elijah cummings, as chair of the oversight committee. now i'm pleased to yield to the distinguished chair of the judiciary committee, mr. nadler. >> thank you, madam speaker. over the last several months the investigative committees of the house have been engaged in an impeachment inquiry into president donald trump's efforts to solicit foreign interference in the 2020 elections. efforts that compromised our national security and threatened the integrity of our elections. throughout this inquiry he has attempted to conceal the evidence from congress and from the american people. our president holds the ultimate public trust. when he betrays that trust and puts himself before country, he endangers the constitution, he endangers our democracy and he endange

the head of the foreign affairs committee and the house congressman eliot engel tonight said we should expect a press conference early tomorrow morning in which the chairs of the various committees investigating the impeachment scandal are going to announce their next steps on articles of impeachment. we had been expecting that that announcement might include their plans for what they're going to put in the articles of impeachment against president trump. that's what -- i was comfortable saying we are expecting that when we got on the air. since i have been on the air just in the past few minutes, a senior democratic aide has confirmed to nbc news that the house will introduce articles of impeachment tomorrow morning. "the washington post" has just in the past few minutes reported that their expectations, the democrats are going to -- excuse me -- the house of representatives is going to draft two articles of impeachment against trump, one on abuse of power and the other on obstruction of congress. so, again, that's breaking news. that's from eliot engel is the chairman of foreign affa

the chair of the foreign affairs committee, eliot engel of new york, the chair of the financial services committee, maxine waters of california, the chair of the committee on government reform and oversight, congresswoman carolyn maloney. i also want to acknowledge the important work that was done by our dear and departed, may he rest in peace, elijah cummings as chair of the oversight committee. now pleased to yield to the distinguished chair of the judiciary committee, mr. nadler. >> thank you, madam speaker. over the last several months, the investigative committees of the house have been engaged in an impeachment inquiry into president donald trump's efforts to solicit foreign interference in the 2020 elections. efforts that compromised our national security and threatened the integrity of our elections. throughout this inquiry, he has attempted to conceal the evidence from congress and from the american people. our president holds the ultimate public trust. when he betrays that trust and puts himself before country, he endangers the constitution, he endangers our democracy, and he e

maxine waters, carolyn maloney, maloney, eliot engel, richie neal. adam schiff and jerry nadler. >> ranking them as you go down. >> one of the biggest criticisms has been the speed at which the house democrats are moving. seriously though. >> there has been some criticism i will say about whether or not you should move forward before the end of the year or wait for the courts. why do you think that now is the time to move? >> two 1/2 years ago years ago that they initiated the molar investigation. it is about urgency. one of the charges against the president of the united states is that he was violating his oath of office. continuing to undermine our elections. nothing less is at stake than the central point of our democracy. a free and fair election. not disrupted by foreign policies. the house of representatives, not the opportunity because i do not see it that way, but the path to correct impeachment. this has been going on for a very long time. the foreign service officers made known to the public. affects made known, the constitution presented b

i believe eliot engel has a bill to do just that, which i am a cosponsor of. you will see us move that legislation. >> when it comes to legislation coming out of the committee, is privacy legislation going to make the table? >> it's a good question. pain some is how much of these platforms can take from states before they want to do a national bill. is whate of preemption comes to mind as a sticking point. chairwoman czajkowski has been member with her ranking on this. i'm not sure exactly where that is. i don't sit on that particular subcommittee. i know it's an issue. people are very concerned about who has their data and how it is being used. you are seeing efforts at the state level, california will be voting on this at the end of the year. more states will take similar action if we don't do something on a national level. that an important issue people care about. i think you will see the subcommittee on consumer protection move forward on it. to go back toyle, broadband, you talked about wanting to advance legislation that would create fcc run see band au

eliminate the requirement that was put into the bill back in 2012 when it was passed i believe eliot engel, a a membef our committee, has a bill to do just that which i am a cosponsor of and i think you will see us that legislation. >> host: when it comes to legislation potentially coming out of the committee, is privacy legislation going to make the table? >> guest: it's a good question. i think the answer is, is how much, how much pain that some of these platforms can take from states before the want to do a national bill. the issue of preemption is the one thing that comes to mind as a sticking point. i know chairwoman schakowsky has been working with her ranking member, ms. doris rogers on this. and i'm not sure exactly where that is. i don't sit on that particular subcommittee but i know it's an issue. i know that people are very concerned about who has the data and how it is being used, and that you were seeing the state level, california is going to be voting on this i believe at the end of the year. there is going to be more states taking similar action if we don't do something on

laminate that requirement that was put into the bill back in 2012 when it was passed, i believe eliot engel, member of our committee has the bill to do just that which i am a cosponsor of and i thank you will us move that legislation. >> host: congressman, when it comes to legislation published publicly coming out of the committee is privacy legislation going to make the table? >> guest: good question. i think the answer is how much pain that some of these platforms can take from states before they want to do a national bill? the issue of preemption is the one thing that comes to mind as a sticking point. i know chairwoman [inaudible] has been working her ranking member, ms. maurice rogers, on this and i'm not sure exactly what it is. i don't sit on that particular subcommittee but i know it's an issue and i know people are very concerned about who has their data and how it is being used. you are seeing efforts at the state level in california will be voting on this and at the end of the year there will be more stakes states taking similar actions that we don't do something on a national le

maxine waters, financial means, eliots and engel in the foreign affairs committee, and an important committee. i said last night and i say today while he is not with us today physically, elijah cummings is with us in spirit. the foundation he helped for justice is with us. he said when we are dancing with the angels, what we did to keep the constitution intact, that was very prescient. little did we know by the time we passed the impeachment resolution, the articles of impeachment that he would be dancing with the angels. as we speak, we are debating on the floor the u.s.-mexico-canada trade agreement. my colleagues on the floor were saying -- we are doing mexico. the discussion took some time to convince the administration and other countries that we were not going forward until we had the strongest possible enforcement of the trade agreement, and manifested in the legislation that we have on the floor today. as you have heard me say over and over, this is about enforcement, the overarching issue. if you cannot enforce it, it does not matter what you put forth. -- of the currents we had conc

so, naturally, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, eliot engel ambled in a third of thegh the press conference. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) trump tweeted his defense this morning: "to impeach a president who has proven through results, including producing perhaps the strongest economy in our country's history, to have one of the most successful presidencies ever, and most importantly, who has done nothing wrong is sheer political madness!" ( as trump ) "you can't impeach me! the economy's so good. plus, i don't always do criminal things. sometimes just i do fun, silly goof-ups, like covfefe and hamberder. you'll miss those. you'll miss those, who know? think twice. who knows? maybe tomorrow i'll call worms baby snakes." ( laughter ) from here, the house judiciary committee will vote on the articles of impeachment on on thursday? on thursday. that very night, thursday night, my guest will be congressman adam schiff. that's right. that's right! ( applause ) mark one's calendar, my friends. that's how it works. that's how america works. when people make american hi

chair of the ways and means committee, chairman -- all chairman, chairman richey neil, chairman eliot engel of new york, chairman of financial services committee, maxine waters of california, the chair of the committee on government reform and oversight, congresswoman carolyn maloney. i also want to acknowledge the important work that was done by our dear and departed, may he rest in peace, elijah cummings as chair of the oversight committee. now, i'm pleased to yield to distinguish chair of the judiciary committee, mr. nadler. >> thank you, madam speaker. over the last several months, the investigative committees of the house have been engaged in an impeachment inquiry into president donald trump's efforts to solicit foreign interference in the 2020 elections. efforts that compromised our national security, and threatened the integrity of our elections. throughout this inquiry, he has attempted to conceal the evidence from congress, and from the american people. our president holds the ultimate public trust when he betrays that trust, and puts himself before country, he endangers the const

foreign affairs chairman eliot engel mmittee oversight new forms, former chairman the late ilija cummings as new chairwoman caryn maloney. financial services chairwoman maxine waters andays and means chairman richard neal who helped lay the foundation for the articles we are introducing today. i also want thank my judiciary committee colleagues who are critical in our work to hold the presint accountable. drafting of these articles. the judiciary committee will et to consider these articles of impeachment and to full house endation to the of representatives. we do not take this action lightlybut we have taken an oath to defend the constitution. i like president trump. we understand duty first and foremost his to protect the constitution and to protect the interests of the american people that is why we must take this solemn st today. ections are the cornerstone of democracy in a foundational to the rulef law. but th integrity of our next election is at risk. from a president who has alrea sought foreign interference in a 2012020 elections. and who consistently puts himself above cntry. th

chairman eliot engel has gotten most everything he needed.his administration has committed to being part of investigations in which they are properly done. chairman nadler has never tried to engage properly and how you actually get documents on how you get requests from the administration. >> shannon: i want to ask quickly, you were at the white house today with the president rolling out an executive order dealing with anti-semitism on college campuses, saying essentially that colleges don't crack down on the bds movement -- boycott, divest, censure movement against israel -- they could lose federal funding. responded, saying speech criticizing the israeli government or any government is protected by the first amendment. if the administration attempts to undermine that freedom using this order, we will see it in court. your response? >> the aclu has to have a fund-raising letter from somewhere, i guess this is their fund-raiser today. i would love them to defend anti-semitism. this is the same organization that goes after others who defend --

thinking, "i think those five shots of jaeger were a bad idea." [ laughter ] here, you could tell eliot engelking, "i think there's some soup on my mustache better get it real quick." [ laughter ] also, jerry nadler is thinking, "when does a tie get so wide that it's considered a scarf?" [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause finally, the painting of george washington is thinking, "i shouldn't have gotten my wife a peloton for christmas." [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause i just said it don't do it. [ applause ] after the press conference, a reporter on msnbc was trying to break down the articles of impeachment at the capitol, but had some competition take a look at this. >> walk us through these two specific articles of impeachment. >> yeah, recording from the halls of congress which as you can hear are filled with the sounds of holiday cheer. so, let's just go with it. going through this short document, there's two things that they were trying to demonstrate here >> jimmy: wow. is nancy pelosi in a good mood or what? it's like -- ♪ some 2020 news, democratic candidates have until thursday to q

a few weeks ago aunder leadershp of adam schiff and eliot engel and our beloved elijah cummings who wetion, intelligence, foreign affairs and government reform had hearings bringing in again patriotic americans, some appointed by the president, who presented the facts. and then we had yesterday the hearing of the professors, the constitutional scholars. well, what was so valuable about that is while we have talked about it and while foreign service officers talked about it, when the professors talked about it, they taught about it. and they taught about the constitution and what the vision was of our founders and what the violations are of this president and what that is all about. so i think that people have just a disparate grasp of why it is important for us to

eliot engel one of the quieter chairmans but more effective across the aisle had engaged all year with administration on ways to get documents. it's a matter of how you go about it. to say this is unheard of is not right. >> i would ask this to both of you and gets to the point you're making, a normal accommodations process for resolving inner branch disputes between the house and executive branch, is that correct? >> yes. >> okay. and that process really hasn't occurred here, i think mr. collins, is what you telling me. it doesn't fit neatly into, you know, the speaker's impeachment and christmastimeline to borrow your way of looking at it. we've not gone to court. >> no, they haven't. >> we're not really engaged. this is a normal give and take where both sides tend to avoid, quote, you know, an exchange where they might go to court an lose something. all that has been set aside and haven't had any process like that. >> no. i will point out something i disagree with. mr. mcgahn. a court case we've lost and still being appealed but does show you the process is work, don't work as fast

eliot engel, the foreign affairs committee and also very important committee chaired now by carolyn maloney, the government reform committee. i said last night and i say today, while he isn't with us today physically here, elijah cummings is with us in spirit, a foundation he helped lay for justice is with us. he said when we're dancing with the angels, what will we know about what we did to keep the constitution intact. when he said that, it was very presh shent. little did we know by the time we passed the impeachment resolution that he would be dancing with the angels. we're debating on the floor the u.s./mexico/canada trade agreement. i heard my colleagues on the floor say, well, if we weren't doing this, we could do mexico. we are doing mechanics kae. a discussion that took some time to convince the administration and the other countries was that we weren't going forward until we had the strongest possible enforcement of the trade agreement and also manifested in the legislation that we'll have on the floor today. the implementing legislation. as you've heard me say over and over again

two weekshi ago before adam schiff, working with adam schiff and eliot engel and our be loved elijahribly but m continues to be inspiration to us, and now carolyn maloney. intelligence, foreignn affairs andce government reform, the the committees, had hearings bringing agaings patriotic americans, someot appointed by e president who presented the facts. ande then we had yesterday the hearing of the professors, the constitutional scholars. what wastu so valuable about th is, while we have talked about itta and while the foreign serve officers talked about it, when the professors taught about it, they taught about the constitution and what the vision was with our founders and what the violations are of this president and what that is all about. so i think people had just

eliot engel, democrat from new york city. thanks for coming on sharing your views. appreciate it. >> always a pleasure. thank you, chuck. >> let me turn now to a future juror in the senate trial. it's senator michael bennet. democrat for colorado. member of the senate intelligence committee. presidential candidate. so this trial has got all sorts of ramifications on you. senator bennet, you're here. knowing you the way i know you, i assume you've already reached out to a handful of rank and file republicans that you have a good relationship with in the senate wondering is there anything you guys can do that mcconnell and schumer can't? so let me ask. is there any talks that aren't involving mcconnell and schumer between a bipartisan group of you that may figure this out? >> you know, i think that we're getting out of here just in time. nerves are frayed and i'm usually the guy who says we ought to stay here and finish our work. i think it's time for everybody to go away for a few days. and i hope, over the course of the coming days, we'll be able to start those conv

committee, chairman ritchie neil of massachusettsment the chair of the foreign affairs committee eliot engel of new york. the chair of the financial services committee maxine waters of california. the chair of the committee on government reform and oversight, congresswoman carolyn maloney. i also want to acknowledge the important work that was done by our dear and departed may he rest in peace elijah cummings as chair of the oversight committee. now please to yield to distinguished chair of the judiciary committee mr. nadler. >> thank you, madam speaker. over the last several months, the investigative committees of the house have been engaged in an impeachment inquiry into president donald trump's efforts to solicit foreign interference in the 2020 elections. efforts that compromised our national security and threatened the integrity of our elections. throughout this inquiry he has attempted to conceal the evidence from congress and from the american people. our president holds the ultimate public trust. when he betrays that trust and puts himself before country, he endangers the constitutio

bycy pelosi will be joined jerrold nadler, adam schiff, waters maloney, maxine and eliot engel.hose are the chairs that have been leading democrat's investigations into the trump administration. the washington post, in their reporting, takes a look at the potential calendar going forward. articles of impeachment are unveiled, under the current plan, the judiciary committee could vote on the articles by thursday, according to people familiar with the matter setting up a potential vote on the floor of the house next week. the articles of impeachment, if they are past, will be sent to the senate for a trial. some reporting about whether the two articles we have been talking about, obstruction of congress and the charge that the president violated his oath of office could be expanded, this is pbs news, their white house correspondent saying the text of haveesolution may reference to the mueller investigation. most people think democrats have enough in the ukraine issue and do not want to relitigate mueller. more on that discussion on whether obstruction of justice relating to the mu

to author writes in a nod influence moderates on the process, the house foreign affairs chairman eliot engelo the democratic leaders wanted the -- the overwhelming majority of the caucus could support. the consensus said there were two strong points and we should go with them and not water anything down. several moderates declined to take a position on the impeachment as of tuesday and said it would be irresponsible he hadent so quickly pushed to lead mueller out of the articles of impeachment, but we have to give this level thought analysis and consideration it is deserving of. some signaled that were pleased with the outcome. i feel like she has been managing a lot of really difficult dynamics and responsive to the caucus and people like me and frontline districts. that was a democrat from michigan saying she yet to read the articles or make a decision and it takes a look at swing -- swing districts where impeachment and legislators focused might play out. if you want to look at the website for usa today. let's go to gordon in kansas city, kansas. caller: thank you for taking my call this

working in a bipartisan fashion with my dear friend, the chairman of the foreign affairs committee, eliot engel. and that is why it pains me to be here today debating a partisan resolution. a resolution that purports to defend a negotiated two-state solution for the israeli-palestinian conflict. but that's simply not what this resolution is about. if it were, it would be bipartisan. this is a partisan resolution because it makes pointed criticisms of the israeli government on delicate, divisive, internal issues. house democrats would only move this unconstructive resolution to the floor if it achieved aims of radical leftists in scoring points against the trump administration. but i ask this majority at what cost? at what cost are we voting on this? moving forward to this vote risks the bipartisan support that a negotiated settlement leading to a sustainable two-state solution has enjoyed for decades. that is why i offered an alternative resolution to the rules committee, one that would support the peace process without alienating our maimingor strategy partner and al -- major strategy -- strat

and eliot engel who is one of the quieter chairmans but more effective across the aisle had engaged all year with the administration on ways to get document, and it is a matter of how you go about, and to say it is unheard of is not right. >> and again, to both of you and getting to the point that you are making, a normal accommodations process for resolving interbranch disputes between the house and the executive branch, kr ekcorrect? >> yes. >> and that process has not occurred here, mr. collins, and that is what you are telling me? it does not fit neatly into the, you know, the speaker's impeachment and christmas time line to borrow your way of looking at it. we have not gone the court. >> no, they haven't. >> and they were not really engaged. this is a normal give and take and where both sides tend to avoid, quote an exchange where they might go to court and lose something, but all of that has been set aside, and we have not had any process like that? >> and i would point out something that i disagree with, mr. mcgahn and a court case that we lost and being appealed, but it is sayin

and eliot engel who is one of the quieter chairmans but more effective across the aisle had engaged all year with the administration on ways to get document, and it is a matter of how you go about, and to say it is unheard of is not right. >> and again, to both of you and getting to the point that you are making, a normal accommodations process for resolving interbranch disputes between the house and the executive branch, kr ekcorrect? >> yes. >> and that process has not occurred here, mr. collins, and that is what you are telling me? it does not fit neatly into the, you know, the speaker's impeachment and christmas time line to borrow your way of looking at it. we have not gone the court. >> no, they haven't. >> and they were not really engaged. this is a normal give and take and where both sides tend to avoid, quote an exchange where they might go to court and lose something, but all of that has been set aside, and we have not had any process like that? >> and i would point out something that i disagree with, mr. mcgahn and a court case that we lost and being appealed, but it is sayin

eliot engel the foreign affairs committee and also very important committee chaired now about carolynaloney the government reform committee. i said last night and say today while he isn't with us today physically here, elisha cummings is with us in spirit. a foundation he helped lay for justice is with us. when we're dancing with the angels what will we know about what we did to keep the constitution intact. what he said that it was -- little did we know by the time we passed the impeachment resolution, the articles of impeachment that he would be dancing with the angels. right now as we speak, and debate on the floor the u.s., mexico, canada trade agreement. i hear my colleagues saying if we weren't doing this we could do mexico. we are doing mexico. it is a discussion that took some time to convince the administration and the other countries was that we weren't going forward until we had the strongest possible enforcement of the trade agreement and also manifested in the legislation that we'll have on the floor today, the implementing legislation. as you've heard me say over and ove

ways and means committee, and chairman richie neil of massachusetts, chair of foreign committee eliot engel of new york, the chair of the financial service committee, maxine waters of california, the chair of the committee on government reform and oversight, congresswoman carolyn maloney. i also want to acknowledge the important work that was done by our deere and departed, may he rest in peace, elijah cummings of the oversight committee. please yield to the distinguished chair of the judiciary committee, mr. nadler. >> thank you, madam speaker. over the last several months the investigative committees of the house had been engaged in an impeachment inquiry into president donald trump's efforts to solicit foreign interference in the 2020 elections elections. efforts that compromise our national security and threatened the integrity of our elections. throughout this inquiry he has attempted to conceal the evidence from congress and from the american people. our president holds the ultimate public trust. when he betrayed that trust and puts himself before country he endangers the constitution