two icons from georgia embracing. what a wonderful sight that i think is representative of the days of the past and the days to come. and how we should work together. thank you. thank you both so much. so much for -- not just for what you do but who you are. madam speaker, i now yield to my colleague, mr. graves. mr. graves: i thank representative scott for coordinating this hour of tribute to a dear, dear friend and how humbling it is to follow my good friend, representative lewis, who swore me in just the same, johnny, just over nine years ago right here in the same spot. we could take more than an hour this would certainly take more than an hour and i know this is a georgia delegation moment but senator, i am certain that if the house would allow that member after member from state after state would come down here and pay tribute the same as we are today. but as members, you know, we get up each and every day, we work hard to make sure our constituents have a great place to live and provide for their families. it's

but georgia, still no word.le his parents worried about him at home, zach was riding out the chaos in kuji. >> i wasn't really sure what was going on at first. >> after the shaking stopped, zach and his co-workers moved to the top floor of city hall, a crow easiness with a view of the whole city and the coastline. >> if something is going to happen, this is where you'd see it? >> yes. >> then he saw it. something about the rivers that split the city and normally flow out to the sea. >> the river was beginning to flow in the opposite direction. the water began to change color as well, began going from this bluish color to being very murky. >> even four stories up, zach could hear the roaring river. >> it went from having small debris like trees and other rubbish that was around the harbor and stuff coming in to boats and to vehicles -- to much larger and much more substantial things. >> cars and things coming along -- >> yeah, must have been picked up along the coast. >> that is getting scary, right? >> yes. >> o

may god bless georgia and god bless america. [applause] [inaudible] >> absolutely i will be running in her and here's why. of the american ideals i want to fight socialism side-by-side with president trump. [inaudible] i'm here on the conviction of my beliefs of america and i want to protect that. i'm going to fight very hard it read bubbles my conviction that we need to win in november in early tickets. >> let me say this about some of the conservative pushback. now is a great opportunity to seek the truth and the facts and you heard it here today there has been a lot of political agendas from washing to dc and new york but this is about putting georgia first. to learn the truths and facts and see how strong this woman is and what a great job she's going to do with us and washington, d.c.. [applause] i know you addressed it briefly [inaudible] >> they have no basis and i know why you are asking i haven't given a dime related to anything related to planned parenthood. my candidates are pro-life candidates. every life is a blessi

here in georgia and beyond. from the farm to the new york stock exchange, kelly is really lived the american dream. and i am confident that she will work every single day to keep the dream alive. for our children and our grandchildren and for the generations of georgians in americans to come. like senator perdue, kelly is an outsider. like market trump, kelly is smart and accomplished in a savvy businesswoman. and like our president, couto kelly is ready to take i'm the scotus quo, the politically correct, and a special interest. she knows that washington is fundamentally broke. she knows that we need to drain the swamp. she knows that as our sin to be senior perdue says, the road to socialism, will not run through georgia. [laughter] [applause] kelly leffler will stay on with our president, senator perdue, and their allies in the house and senate. taking america great. she will in this impeachment circus in washington and get congress back to working for the people of our country. she is the woman of faith and

senator from georgia. mr. isakson: madam president, i ask unanimous consent to be able to address the senate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. isakson: thank you, madam president. it's an honor to be here today on what's not my last day but everybody is acting like it. a few months ago i had to an -- announce that after much consideration to be able to serve the people of georgia, when i knew i couldn't do the job i was going to quit and let somebody do it who wouldn't be hampered. i'm not hampered yet. i'm pretty tough. but it's getting close. in august i decided to tell my wife about it, and we decided to go ahead and retire at the end of december, which i've announced and said i was going to do. the governor of georgia is making an appointment to take my place and you might look in the history books, current history and it might have an isakson in the glossary, but i doubt it. i have been here for 15 years. this is the most enjoyable thing i have ever done in my life, to be part of the united s

isakson from georgia won a special election yesterday in atlanta, georgia, and has been declared the winner by the secretary of state. we would like to ask mr. lewis to escort him to the front. we'll give him one minute to make his acceptance speech. we'll get back to business. i thought one minute. i only get one minute? i can't do anything in one minute. but i wasn't going to argue with the guy my first day at work. so i went to the back of the room with john. john walked down the aisle on the house side. of course i was not paying a lot of attention. i figured the best thing to do is follow john. i followed john. when john got through introducing me, i followed him to the well. i said thank you to everybody and named three or four people that helped me get there. then i said well, i'm going to work. and i'm honored to be here. what they didn't tell me was that if you're in the house, at that particular day, the mike for the people who were republicans was on the left. republicans spoke from the right. this dummy followed john, who was smart, and went to the right where he was supp

and to follow the junior senator from the state of georgia. mr. coons: something remarkable happened just before this session on the floor of the senate. it was a bipartisan lunch in which virtually every currently-serving senator, nearly a hundred, gathered not just because there was tasty barbecue but because we were there to thank our friend and colleague johnny isakson for his decades of public service, for his dedication to this body, for the ways in which he has really been the glue that has helped hold so many of us together. and you just married it again here on the floor, his compassion, his commitment to working across the aisle. johnny isakson has been an effective, a capable, a powerful senator because he's never worried about who gets the credit for the work he does. he's kept his word. he has a great sense of humor. he's easy to be with. he's persuasive. he's persistent. and he's principled. so let me just start by saying to dianne, to john and julie and kevin and the grandkids, thank you, thank you for sharing johnny with the st

i yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from georgia, mr. folter. >> gentleman is recognized 30 seconds. >> thank you, madam speaker. in a day verbally heavy debate, i use my time to detail every high crime committed by the president of the united states. i will do so now. >> gentleman's time expired. >> yield back. >> gentleman from california? >> madam speaker, i continue to reserve. >> gentleman from georgia? >> i yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from tennessee. >> gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. >> madam speaker, my 30 seconds, my heart aches for our great republic today. i employ, implore my democratic colleagues in this house. we're not republicans or democrats, we are americans. this is not the right place. this is not the right procedure. settle our political differences politically. we owe the american people a great duty to come together. don't give the senate the victory lap. give the house the victory lap. vote no to impeach. we owe it to the american people. they want so dearly for us to come together for our great repu

the clerk said, this man from georgia it won a special election yesterday in atlanta georgia is been declared the winner by the secretary of state. mr. lewis escort him to the front. given one minute to give his success meant beach and will be done. cynic i was singing one minute. i can't do anything in one minute. but i wasn't going to argue with a guy in first day of work. [laughter] so i went to the back of the room with john and john walked down the aisle on the house site. i was not paying a lot of attention i was just thinking the best thing to do is to follow john. so john got through introduced introducing me, i said thank you everybody and i t need three or four people help me get there. some going to work. i'm honored to be here. they didn't tell me was that if you are in the house, and that particular day, that republicans were on the left. and they spoke to the right. this dummy, follow john who was smart. and to the right where he was exposed to and i went to the left. i was not supposed to be there. i noticed the eyeballs in the front row went up around. in some baby ho

the clerk said, the congressman from georgia won a special election yesterday in atlanta, georgia and declared the winner by secretary of state. i'd like to ask mr. lewis to escort him to the front and one minute to make his acceptance speech, and-- one minute? all these years, can't do anything in one minute, but i wasn't going to argue with the guy my first day at work. so i went to the back of the room with a john and john walked down the aisle on the house side, was not paying a lot of attention, best thing to do was follow john and i followed john and when he got through introducing me, i went to the well and thanked everybody and named three or four people that helped me get there. i'm going to work and honored to be here. what they told me was if you're in the house at that particular day, the mic for the people who are republicans was on the left, and the republicans spoke on the right. this dummy followed john who was smart and went to the right where he was supposed to go, i went to the left. i wasn't supposed to. i notice the eyeballs going around and around and one guy aft

i think georgia sees that. that is what you will tell them next tuesday. if we've all been seen doing those things and doing what's right for a change and not for feel-good. a politics does not need to be feel-good business anymore. it needs to be do the right thing business. whether you're black or white republican or democrat whatever it might be find a way to find common ground, give it a chance and if it does not you have a future friend. that's my slogan. when i start my business and people wonder by house i would shake their hand and say thank you and when you buy the next one call me i'll do a better job. also how is future and future customers. so i thought of everybody as a future customer and i got some, i got to politics so that i asked people to vote for me and i said all having georgia his friends and future friends. so when we walked away from a meeting when somebody gave me the right hand to the face and said although free i still give you another chance or two years. [laughter] because i want to

georgia. while the trip would have been meaningful enough on its own, it was doubly so because johnny cares so much about those issues. it meant so much to him to visit the places where american soldiers had served and died, to remember their sacrifices and to honor their memory. mr. president, i'm going to miss working with johnny. his retirement is a real loss for the institution. i'm not the only senator who will miss his expertise and dedication as well as his unfailing graciousness and good humor. the senate is going to be a poorer place without him. there have been a lot of tributes to johnny since he announced his decision to retire. one that i came across that i thought really captured johnny was published in a georgia magazine. the author of the piece is a political science profess ooh at kennissaw state university. this is what i said and i'm quoting. as a political science professor and administrator. i'm often asked by students if good people can serve in government and keep their

gentleman from georgia reserve. gentleman from california is recognized. >> speaker, i'm proud to recognize the gentleman from new jersey for one minute. >> gentleman from new jersey is recognized. >> mr. speaker, in america, when we call the fire department or enroll our children in school, we do not expect a government official to say to us, i need you to do us a favor, though. why would we tolerate a president using his awesome power to make foreign policy when the safety of our country is at stake? not for the people but for himself. i will vote to impeach today because president trump did just that when he shook down a foreign country to criminally investigate his political rival. if we fail to say that this was wrong, then any president will be free to ask a foreign power, be it russia, china, or iran, to help him hurt his political enemies at home. and every foreign tyrant will know that america's foreign policy can be bought by doing our president a political favor. if you believe that our highest duty is to

the gentleman from georgia. -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. mr. collins: would have been nice if they felt these crimes were worth being put in the articles. >> do you know who doesn't think the democrats have presented enough testimony or evidence to impeach the president today? it's the democrats. here in the house democrats running this inquiry have declared they've done everything needed. they have all the testimony and evidence nose impeach right now. right now, down the hall, democrats in the senate are saying he opposite. they're complaining. they need more evidence and more testimony because senate democrats know that house democrats have built them a house of cards impeachment. an impeachment built by the same democrats who told america, trust us. president trump committed treason. he's a russian agent. and we've got evidence. which of course proved to be totally false and to quote the favorite catch phrase of one member of this house, they got caught. along the way, those same democrats said, trust us. the fisa law and court weren't abus

the gentleman from georgia is recognized. the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: mr. speaker, i now yield one minute to the gentleman from new york, representative jeffries. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york, representative jeffries, now is recognized. mr. jeffries: the right to vote is precious and central to the integrity of our democratcy. it is not a democratic issue or republican issue. it is an american issue. the republican party used to support the unfettered right to vote. in fact, every single time the voting rights act has been re-authorized, it was sign by a republican president. 1970, richard nixon. 1975, jerald ford. 1982, ronald reagan. 2006, george w. bush. the unfettered right to vote should be a bipartisan issue. but the party of lincoln is gone. the party of reagan is gone. the party of mccain is gone. voter suppression is not a legitimate electoral tactic. it is a stain on our democracy and it must be crushed. ote yes on h.r. 4. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from

georgia has to win. i think lsu is uniquely great year, offense, defense, great team. >> mike. >> i'm going lsu. >> you got to. mike. >> you don't bet against carvel, especially that the table. >> meacham. >> is this a debate tournament? >> look at mr. swanny. >> he's so above it all. >> i'm hoping georgia does it. we've beaten alabama and georgia in a couple of heartbreakers through the years, and it's their time. i'd love to see that. >> and if they win, they get two sec teams. no one else wants that but we do. >> we do want that. that would be great. go dogs. >>> back to joe biden. here is that exchange between joe biden and a voter who questioned his son's overseas

but when i hear this gentleman from georgia, mr. johnson, he doesn't think he can win the election fair and square, so he would cheat and i heard that here on this floor. no, it's the other way around. your number one proponent of impeachment is al green of texas and he said those very same things and they brought this case november 9th, the day after trump was elected. i yield back. >> i yield. >> gentleman from new york. >> madam speaker, i now yield two minutes to the gentle lady from pennsylvania. mrs. dean. >> gentle lady recognized for two minutes. >> madam speaker, words matter. we've heard many words over the course of these last weeks. still, what strikes me are the words that are missing from my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. a gaping hole in this conversation. the words they cannot or will not mouth. defending a president's conduct. conduct that threatens our constitutional order. and, so, speaker, i ask. when is it ever right for a president to coerce a foreign power to interfere in our elections? when is it

he spent six years in the georgia international guard as a young man. and he spent the half century since in as one of his fellow veterans best friends at any level of government.ma under his chairman schiff the veterans affairs committee has passed scores of bills. more accountability at the va, more education benefits, better community care programs, better procedures when veterans appeal a determination, an updated g.i. bill with no more expiration date. and of course his landmark the va mission act is now law providing many of the most significant reforms in the history of the va. taking power away from bureaucrats and giving a back to veterans. and the doctors. yet somehow, in the midst of compiling the singular record for a nation veterans, johnny racked up countless legislative successes that impact literally every america. from securing pension protections fored education poly from regional infrastructure projects like the savannah harbor expansion to combating hunger worldwide. one list law bearing his fingerprints and you'd be forgiven thinkin

the gentleman from georgia. mr. collins: i never thought a department of justice investigation was used as a money revenue plot. i guess one thing it's true, it was a loser for a net profit proposition. i yield to mr. newhouse a minute and a half. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. newhouse: mr. speaker, the people's house should be better than this. during members' remarks in the judiciary committee, the committee's impeachment proceedings, he stated, and i quote, to my republican colleagues, how do you want to be railroad during this -- remembered during this watershed moment? well, mr. speaker, it won't be watching sports on a laptop during proceedings to impeach say thing president. it won't be using expolice tiffs to refer to our president refer to our to president. it won't be using to distort the president's words in order to mislead the american people. and it certainly won't be using the most serious and solemn powers of congress to overturn a legitimate national election for politica

he spent six years in the georgia air national guard as a young man. he spent half a century since then as one of his fellow veterans best friends at any level of government. under johnny's chairmanship the veteran affairs committee test scores of the bills, more accountability at the va, mora education benefits e, better community care programs, better procedures for when veterans appeal a determination, and updated g.i. bill with no more expiration date. of course, johnny's landmark built the v8 mission act is now law provided many of the most insignificant reforms in the history of the va. taking power away from bureaucrats and giving it back and yet somehow, in the midst of compiling this singular record for our nation's veterans, johnny racked up legislative successes that impact literally every american. from securing root protections to ensuring education policy, to combating the hunger worldwide. one look at thes list of the las and you'd be forgiven for thinking he never had a problem he cannot solve. alas, every senator sometimes encounters r

he delivered for georgia. "after words", the atlanta journal-constitution wanted to hear how this freshman senator had pulled off this victory. among other things the reporter asked how johnny had celebrated. did he clear out the champagne at some steakhouse? here's what he said. this is a direct quotes madam president. isaacson said after the vote he went straight back to his capitol hill area apartment and celebrated. byby doing his laundry. he didn't want to leave dirty close behind for a month. so he said further so i was putting coins in the machine and i had a gin and tonic in the laundry room. this anecdote is just a perfect capsule asian of johnny isakson. that starts with tenacity, and a can-do spirit, propelled forward by charisma, smarts, and stubborn patients. and it ends with a win for georgia. and one celebrity cocktail, while wrist deep in laundry detergent. but there's one other story that i think reflects this remarkable leader more perfectly. it starts with one name. kate. in 2009 johnny was

, united states senate from georgia. he's been the whole legislative route in the state of georgia. but by using that approach of getting to know each of us and spending the time to become friends and finding out what our priorities are all about, and to be able to find common ground, he's been able to accomplish an incredible record of success for the people of georgia and our nation. let me just give you some examples. you heard many of them but i'm going to talk a little bit from a personal point of view. yes, i had the distinction of serving on the ethics committee for a short period of time on one case, and i got to see senator isakson at work and how he defended the integrity of this institution. and as i was listening to his leadership during that deliberations, i had no idea what party he belonged to in the way that he conducted that investigation. it was done with one thing in mind, to protect the integrity of the institution and to find common ground in order to serve the institution right. he has a deep respec

the gentleman from georgia. mr. collins: i love this, remember, quit pro quo didn't work out real well, supposedly it was pressure on mr. zelensky. you had to poll test it. the majority didn't work out, focus groups didn't like it so we throw in a bribe. it's in the report. if they had a bribe or had a crime it would be in the articles. guess what? he doesn't have it he can't put it in there. this is all fluff and circumstance because they can't get to the president and that's what's killing them. a minute and a half to the gentleman from indiana. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. bucshon: the house democrats have been obsessed with impeaching president trump since he was elected. he wasn't supposed to win how much could voters support him? the american people were told the only way the speaker would move forward with impeachment was if the case was compel, overwhelm, and bipartisan. yet the case for impeachment that's been rushed forward by house democrats is anything

. >> the gentleman from georgia. >> mr. speaker, i would have never thought the department of investigation was used as a money revenue plot but one thing is true, it was a loser. without i yield to mr. newhouse, a minute and a half. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. speaker, the people's house should be better than this. we should be better than this. during the remarks of the judiciary committee, the committee's impeachment proceedings, he stated it, and i quote, "to my republican colleagues, how do you want to be remembered during this watershed moment in our nation's history? well mr. speaker, it won't be watching sports on a laptop during official judiciary committee proceedings it won't be using expletives to refer to our president, calling for his impeachment just hours after being sworn into congress. it won't be using the chairmanship of the once respected intelligence committee to distort the president's words in order to mislead the american people, and it certainly won't be using the most serious and solemn

a former governor of georgia and united states senator. last year he sadly passed away but what most people forget is that actually early in his career he ran for governor against the same miller who ended up being as johnny colson the best friend he's ever had. when he passed away, johnny was asked to speak and he spoke on this floor. in that speech, and i quote, he said he was an individual i met through politics, became one of my best friend through politics and probably had more influence on my life than anybody that i know in public service. that is a democrat. that johnny isakson is talking about. i get a little bit upset about that occasionally, but that is a big deal. thank you. it's almost hard to believe they used to be political opponents. despite their political differences, they remained close friends until his death. in fact he even appointed him to the chairman of the board of education seven years after he'd beaten him in the same governor's race. we can have strong differences and rigorous debate but we should always be ci

atlanta, georgia, this is dottie. hi. >> caller: hello. my name is dottie drummond smith, and i'm from atlanta, georgia. and my husband and i were very interested in the space program during the '60s. we actually were standing on the jetties at cape canaveral -- >> i'm sorry, dottie, i didn't hear that. >> hold on, dottie, for a second. she was talking about she was in atlanta, georgia, and watched it during the '60s. try one more time. >> caller: yes. my husband and i were at cape canaveral -- >> i'm not hearing you. >> watching when with glen, john glenn in february of 1962. and then with my son was named scott after scott carpenter.

the gentleman from georgia. mr. collins: thank you, madam speaker. at this time it is my pleasure to yield two minutes to the gentleman from ohio, mr. chabot. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. chabot: madam speaker, today is a sad day in our nation's history as house democrats are poised to approve on a strictly party-line vote arkteles of impeachment based on what constitutional kohl lar jonathan turley called wafer thin evidence. this will set a dangerous precedent where impeachment becomes the norm rather than the exception. that's not what our founding fathers intended. they wanted impeachment to be rare. they set a high bar for impeachment, treason, bribery, high crimes and misdemeanors. alleged abuse of power, the first article is not a high crime and misdemeanor. in fact, it's not even a crime. since there is no concise legal definition of abuse of power, the majority party in the house can designate nearly any disagreement with the president from now on an impeachable

butler. >> i thank the gentleman from georgia. today, the democrats have lowered the bar for impeachment. today, the president can be impeached without the absence of a crime and due process and inserting a legally and ko constitutionally recognized process. and many have won elections and they have not been impeached. fdr used the irs to target his political foes. president john f. kennedy used wiretapping to monitor opponents and including the congressional staff, and deported one of the mistresses to avoid scandal, and a president spied on goldwater's airplane and using a cia spy to obtain advanced copies of goldwater's 1350espeeches. and president barack obama had appointments thar were consistently knocked down and he repeatedly lied about benghazi to win the election and spid on reporters and finely the obama administration that committed 17 violations in front of the fisa court to spy on the trump campaign, and despite these abuses of power of fdr, and lbj and jfk and obama, they were not impeached, why? because they wanted

. >> gentleman from georgia. >> thank you, madam speaker. this time i yield a mant ainutea half. >> i rise today in opposition of the impeachment of legitimately elected president of the united states. enough. madam speaker, for the love of this country, enough. enough of this impeachment circus. enough of these sham witch hnts. i'm voting no because the president has done nothing wrong. the only thing that president trump is guilty of is doing the things he said he would do. if my democratic colleagues were honest, they'd tell us the only thing president trump is guilty of is not beating hillary clinton. the only party guilty of aobstruction, abuse of power or whatever term they're using today is party on the other side of this aisle. they're obstructing the will of the american people. they're obstructing the very foundations of our country. by politically weaponizing impeachment, they have dangerously shattered president and abused our constitution. they alone will bear this responsibility. madam speaker, they'll fail. and it's no wonder

and that's when she set out to follow a trail that lead to a man in georgia.eorge that back in 1999 a detective. >> the case an auto accident in the fall of '99. an accident that killed the first mrs. winkler. >> my father called me that night and called me -- told me that cathy was no longer with us. >> what was it like for you? >> it hurts. it still hurts. >> so many years later, carol's -- from the loss of his sister. never got over it. cathy was his mentor. his protector. perhaps his only true friend. painfully shy, cathy, outgoing, strikingly attractive, popular. tanya vanatter and julie lynn cox were school chums. they remember what a knock-out she was but that there was more to her than just that. >> she could have her choice of young men. she was beautiful. >> inside and out. >> it wasn't just her exterior beauty. she was a beautiful girl, but she just had such a sweet, kind, caring personality that it was attractive to everybody. >> reporter: except on weekends, when the school chums remember sneaking around the base to get a glimpse of the true stars

the gentleman from georgia. mr. collins: thank you, madam speaker. and we are here today to enter into a debate, this should surprise no one. this is not -- this has not been a surprise and it's not even something that we would not have thought about. from the very moment that the majority party in this house won the, the inevitability that we would be here today was only a matter of what date they would schedule it. nothing else. in fact, how it even began to look even further was on september 24, the speaker announced an impeachment inquiry before even seeing the call transcript that we're going to hear so much about today. you know, it's not about what this body can do in its constitutional oath. and there's been a lot of constitutional and founders thrown around and will be all day today. but there's one thing that i will mention all along and that is also the founders were very concerned about a partisan impeachment in which politics or the majority who have their strength can do what they want to do irregardle

georgia,of, let's say georgia does have automatic voter registration. that is good. georgia also has a program called "exact match." wind exact match was being run -- when exact match was running, the courts found was a discriminatory because it privileged anglo names. the secretary of state at the time brian camp worked with legislators in the legislature to pass a law for exact match. how would works is you take your voter registration. if there is a discrepancy anywhere between what is on your voter registration card and what is on the state's fivers license database or the social security database, your voter registration doesn't go through. it is put into an electoral limbo. you write your name, your last name garcia-marques. on your drivers license, the-is not there or there are two separate names without that. that can get you kicked out of your voter registration. if you have an accent on your name, like with renee, but it doesn't have the accent in the driver's license, then it is kicked out. what happened in the 2018 election here is that secretary of state

roy: i thank the gentleman from georgia. mr. speaker, our founders intentionally did not embrace recalls or votes of no confidence. we demand of congress high crimes and misdemeanors. while my colleagues are free to dislike the president e., and view the phone call as something less than perfect, they are not free to impeach something less than a high crime and misdemeanor. in just over 10 months the people are free to decide and we should let them. the eyes of the world are upon us, madam speaker. the press galleries are full. our floor full of members. when will we give the world -- give the world something better than this. my colleagues talk about the constitution they found under mothballs. where's respect for the constitution when people's house daily refuse to do its actual job while shredding federalism. today in mexico a young girl will be abused while being trafficked toward our open corders. while some here yell kids in cages. today new york a young mother will be coursed into abortion by taxpayer funded planned paren

. >> gentleman from georgia. >> thank you, madam speaker. at this time, i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. joyce. >> madam speaker, i rise today on this dark day in the united states house of representatives to voice my opposition to the shameful impeachment process that has occurred in the people's house. some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle do not like president trump. we know this because they proudly boasted about their intention to impeach our president before he was even sworn into office. out of disdain for the president and for those of us who elected him, the house of representatives is considering two articles of impeachment that are so very weak that they even fail to include specific crimes. the people that i represent in south central and southwestern pennsylvania know the truth. the american people know the truth. this impeachment circus has never been about the facts. this process has always been about seeking revenge for the president's election in 2016. and attempting to preve

now the gentleman from georgia says ukraine didn't feel any pressure. they are being invaded by russia. vladimir putin, you know, trump's friend, and he withheld that aid. until the whistleblower report came out, then the aid was released. it wasn't released for any good purpose. congress voted for that aid, the president signed the bill, that is another impeachable offense and the judiciary committee has put together extensive documents which shows that there is evidence of numerous other federal crimes including bribery and wire fraud. the president's actions threaten the continuation of our representative democracy. i am proudly voting for impeachment today. >> gentleman from georgia. >> thank you ma momma damn spear and i am glad he gave them lethal aid something to fight back with not what was previously given to them and there was again from the president himself put no pressure on him, if the whole case you are coercing somebody if there was no pressure felt but yet we don't seem to get that part on this floor debate today. so with that i yield a

i yield back. >> gentleman from georgia. >> i ask for a time check for both. >> gentleman from georgia has an her and 44 1/2 minutes. gentleman from new york has and hour and 47 1/2 minutes. >> thank you. i yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from colorado. >> gentleman is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. >> madam speaker, i rise in strong opposition of this part san impeachment process. make no mistake. this process did not begin with the whistle-blower report. in fact, impeachment efforts began shortly after the president was elected. the theatrics, political posturing have ensured that this body is not actually pursuing to preserve checks and balances. rather this process echos the calls by some that renews to accepted the 2016 election results. neither of the articleses receiving a vote justified the removal of the president from office. the first article suggested the president pressured a foreign respect. ukraine received a favor without a prearranged agreement. this sun substantiated. the second article is said that the white house ignored subpoenas by the white house. our federal

johnson of georgia. mr. johnson of georgia votes aye. mr. deutsche. ms. bass. mr. richmond. mr. richmond votes yes. mr. jeffries. mr. jeffries votes aye. mr. sissilini votes aye. mr. swalwell votes aye. mr. lu. mr. rascon votes aye. ms. j demings votes aye. mr. carrera. mr. carrera votes yes. ms. scanlon votes aye. ms. garcia. ms. garcia votes aye. mr. negus votes aye. ms. mcbeth votes aye. mr. stanton votes aye. ms. dean votes aye. ms. powell votes aye. ms. escobar votes aye. mr. collins votes no. mr. sensenbrenner votes no. mr. shabbot votes no. mr. gomer votes no. mr. jordan votes no. mr. buck votes no. mr. radcliff votes no. ms. robe votes no. mr. gaetz votes no. mr. johnson of louisiana votes no. mr. biggs votes no. mr. mcclintock votes no. ms. lesco votes no. mr. cline mr. no. mr. armstrong votes no. mr. stubie votes no. >> every member voted who wishes to vote? >> chairman, may i ask how i'm recorded? >> how is the gentleman recorded? >> mr. gomer, you're reported as no. >> i wanted to make sure. >> clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, there are 23 ayes and 17 noes. >> the

proud to recognize the gentleman from georgia, mr. lewis, for 2 minutes. >> the gentleman is recognized. for 2 minutes. >> madam speaker, i want to thank the gentleman for yieldi yielding. madam speaker, i rise with a heavy heart to support this resolution. when we came to washington in 1961 we chose that day. when we came here in august 28th, 1963 for the march on washington, ed was choice full. we met with a young president, president john fitzgerald kennedy. when we came here in august 6th 1965 with the signing of the voting rights act, we were excited, hopeful, weep met president johnson. this day, we didn't ask for this. this was a fairy day. it is not a day of joy. our nation is founded on the principle that we do not have kings, we have presidents. the constitution is our accomplice. when you see something that is not right, not just not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something, to do something. our children and their children will ask us what did you do? for some, this vote may be all right. we have a mission and a m

georgia. >> thank you.chell. >> today the house of representatives votes on two articles of impeachment for president trump. members and all members must recognize that impeachment was intended to be a safety valve, rarely used, only when a president acts in such an immoral and blatantly unlawful matter. the future tone of this house and politics in this nation must be carefully considered. this year is not whether we agree with or like the president's rhetoric, political tacti tactics, use of twitter or his political rallies. one of our founders alexander hamilton warned that the risks of impeachment coming a solely partisan act. this inquiry and articles clearly do not heed that warning. these proceedings are weaponizing impeachment making it another election tool. i've carefully examined the evidence presented throughout the inquiry. and contrary to some, i considered our history, our founding documents and our future. it is clear president trump's actions do not constitute treason, bribery or high crime

>> i yield to the gentleman from georgia. >> i think my colleagues from georgia and my friend mr. colleague collins. i rise today not only in it opposition of these articles of impeachment but strong opposition to the process that has brought us to this point. our constitution and bill of rights are all about process. our founders knew that a government without constraints could accuse anyone of any crime at any time even without compelling evidence. that's why the fifth and 14th amendment establish a bedrock principle of innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. on november the 14 comments week or pelosi and for the president that the president should prove his innocence. she stated mr. president, if there's anything that could show your innocence you should make that known. that also guarantees that the accused can call witnesses on they behave, could be half of the president was continually denied that right. the 16th amendment guarantees the right of -- the president from questioning the so-called whistle-blower and his identity has been kept secret. before you t

speak with each of them and from georgia. >> the house is not in order. >> the gentleman from georgia>> claiming my time, i yield 35 seconds -- speak of the gentleman is recognized. >> what is shameful is speaker pelosi allow this democratic which had to move on. she's the one who observed her power and we should be debating her removal from the house. reagan said that the problem with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so. democrat extreme partisanship will set a dangerous precedent for this nation. mark my words, madam speaker. this sinister attempt to remove this lawful president will not go unnoticed. i yield back. >> the gentleman from california? >> i recognize the gentlelady from california for unanimous consent request. >> madam speaker, i asked unanimous consent -- >> dana: back to the five. we've been watching this house debate, we'll take it around the table before we turn it back over. katie, maxine waters getting a little bit feisty there on the floor. it was classy. not supposed to be any clapping. >> katie: we

proud to recognize the gentleman from georgia, mr. lewis, for two minutes. >> the gentleman's recognized for two minutes. >> madam speaker, i want to thank the gentleman for yielding. madam speaker, i rise with a heavy heart to support this resolution. we came to washington in 1961 to go on a freedom rise. we chose that day. we came here on august 28, 1963 for the march on washington, it was joyceful. we met with a young president, president john kennedy. we came here on august 6, 1965 for the signing for the voting rights act. we were excited, hopeful we met president lyndon johnson. but today we didn't ask for this. this is a sad day. it is not a day of joy. our nation is founded on the principle that we do not have kings, we have presidents. and the constitution is our compass. when you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something, to do something. our children and their children will ask us what did you do? what did you say? for some this vote may be hard. but we have a mission

how it has sparked anger in the nation of georgia. as bushfires continue to ravage australia, prime mrrister scott on is rejecting what he describes as ckless calls to cut the nation's coal industry. scott morrison has been widely criticized foris handling of -- playing down the link to climate change. il: the fires that have incinerated the land and left communities in ruins have been called monsters and beasts. lives have been lost, an hundreds of homes have been destroyed. a long drought has made of the ground bone dry. hot and windy weather has conspired to raise the threa level in parts of australia recent days to cattrophic. scott morrison's center-rightme gove is an ardent supporter of the coal industry. it generates much of australia's electricity and pumps billions into the economy. to some of his critics, he is a climatiminal. mr. morrison concedelithere is a between global warming and the bushfires. but he says there is no need to panic and impose new carbon emissions targets, which he calls reckless and job-destroying. pri