Jerrold Nadler

Mr. NADLER

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Price).

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. Peters).

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, the President was given the opportunity to come and testify before the Judiciary Committee, to send his counsel, to question witnesses. He declined to do so. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Kildee).

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. DelBene).

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I would remind the gentleman that the House has passed over 400 bills, 275 bipartisan bills: driving down costs of healthcare and prescription drugs, raising wages, rebuilding infrastructure, taking on corruption and self-dealing in Washington. Eighty percent of these bills are languishing on Senator McConnell's desk. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur).

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, the President's obstruction is unprecedented and categorical. President Trump claims that the House cannot investigate his misconduct outside of an impeachment inquiry. He defies lawful congressional subpoenas and then he sues to block third parties from complying with such subpoenas. Even as he pursues his own interests in court, his administration simultaneously argues that Congress is barred from obtaining judicial enforcement when executive branch officials disregard its subpoenas. So when can the President be held accountable for his wrongdoing? In his mind, never. The Constitution, however, disagrees. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton).

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I remind the gentleman that President Obama provided thousands of pages of information to congressional requests, and that Attorney General Holder and others testified, unlike now. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Kelly).

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, once again, I hear a lot of attacks on Democratic Members of Congress, but not one single word of substantive defense of the President's conduct. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Connolly).

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, how much time do both sides have remaining, please?

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez).

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Wisconsin (Ms. Moore).

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. Lowenthal).

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Oregon (Ms. Bonamici).

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Frankel).

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. We do not hate President Trump, but we do know that President Trump will continue to threaten the Nation's security, democracy, and constitutional system if he is allowed to remain in office. That threat is not hypothetical. President Trump has persisted, during this impeachment inquiry, in soliciting foreign powers to investigate his political opponent. The President steadfastly insists that he did nothing wrong and is free to do it all again. That threatens our next election as well as our constitutional democracy. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. McNerney).

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, John Adams warned in a letter to Thomas Jefferson that these risks are unavoidable and might sometimes overlap: ``You are apprehensive of foreign interference, intrigue, influence. So am I--but, as often as elections happen, the danger of foreign influence recurs.'' Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. Lawrence).

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. Huffman).

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I would remind the gentleman that the impeachment clause is placed in the Constitution to protect the American people and our form of government against a President who would subvert our constitutional liberties in between elections. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from Texas (Mr. Green).

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Tlaib).

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, all we keep hearing from the other side are attacks on the process and questions of our motives. We do not hear, because we cannot hear, because they cannot articulate a real defense of the President's actions. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. Pressley).

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Barragan).

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume to remind the gentleman that there is, in fact, extensive direct evidence--including the President's own words and actions--which is corroborated and supported by indirect and circumstantial evidence. The record leaves the following key facts indisputable: President Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, pushed Ukraine to investigate Vice President Biden and a debunked conspiracy theory about the 2016 elections. President Trump directed U.S. officials and President Zelensky himself to work with Mr. Giuliani to fulfill his demands. President Trump withheld critical military aid for Ukraine. And President Trump stonewalled Congress' investigation to cover up his misconduct. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Casten).

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gallego).

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, President Trump's actions are both impeachable and criminal. Although the violation of the Federal criminal statute is neither necessary nor sufficient to justify impeachment, President Trump's conduct violated the Federal antibribery statute very clearly. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Beyer).

Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from California (Mr. Thompson).