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“I want to thank Representative Slotkin for authoring this resolution as well as Chairman Smith, Chairman Engel, Representative Khanna, Representative Lee, and others who have been working hard to ensure that Congress maintains its role as a co-equal branch of government when it comes to matters of war and peace.”

Like all Americans, I am appalled and outraged by Iran’s attack against Iraq and our troops stationed there.  I stand strongly and firmly with our men and women in uniform, who are doing their jobs with honor and courage to defend our freedom and the safety of our country and its allies abroad.  I pray that our servicemembers are safe, and my thoughts are with their families waiting anxiously for news back home.  I am also thinking of the Iraqis and coalition partners who serve alongside our troops and praying for their safety. 

The death of Qasem Soleimani should be welcomed by all who support peace and oppose terrorism. He was an enemy of peace and one of the world’s most dangerous proponents and practitioners of terror. He has spent his last two decades building a force that threatens America, Israel, and innocent people around the world.
 

My thoughts and prayers are with my brother, my friend, and my colleague, John Lewis, at this time. Just as he has fought injustice throughout his lifetime, I know he will battle this illness with courage, strength, and determination. And as he does so, the Congress, the people of Georgia’s Fifth Congressional District, and Americans across the nation will be standing with him. 

This week, the House voted to impeach the President of the United States. This was a sad moment for our country, but the President’s actions left the House no choice. Democrats did not rush to judgement on this decision; it wasn’t until witness after witness provided testimony that the President abused his power for personal political gain that the House was forced to act and defend our Constitution and democracy.

Madam Speaker, this vote today is a reminder that, even while the House was working to hold the President accountable for his abuses of office, we were still working hard to deliver on our promises to the American people to focus on economic opportunity.

 

…Members are not considering whether this is going to help or hurt them in their election. They may have views on that. What they are really considering… is their personal responsibility, their oath of office, their pledge to defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America.

Wanted to be sure you saw this op-ed by House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) published by the New York Times today on the House vote to impeach the President of the United States.