Nonetheless. the majority is poised to proceed. without ample cause or national consensus. to put us through a wrenching trial. for the apparent purpose of unseating a President they could not defeat at the polls. We are setting a precedent that will embolden future Congresses to use impeachment as a tool of political destruction. rather than the remedy for grand abuses of power it was meant to be. If we proceed down this road. this Congress will forever be remembered. Not for defending the rule of law. but for defiling our Constitution. I ask you to look around. consider the weight of history all of us in this Chamber bear. Before you degrade the worlds greatest democracy. whose ideals have attracted millions of immigrants to our shores. I ask you to change course.
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