{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://adriansmith.house.gov/media/press-releases/smith-speaks-out-against-impeachment", "Smith Speaks Out Against Impeachment", "2019-12-18", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "NE", "Adrian Smith", "S001172", "adriansmith.house.gov", "adriansmith", "https://adriansmith.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) spoke on the floor today opposing the impeachment of President Trump.\n\nClick here for video of the speech.\n\nRemarks as prepared:\n\nMr. Speaker, I rise today to speak out against this attempt to remove the duly-elected President of the United States.\n\nThere is perhaps nothing more seriously established in our Constitution than the impeachment of a President \u2013 only twice has it happened in our nation's 243-year history.\n\nYet today, for political purposes, the House majority is trying to remove President Trump from office based on hearsay and conjecture.\n\nThe articles of impeachment we are voting on today offer no evidence of a crime, but instead are purposely broad to fit the Majority's narrative.\n\nLess than one year until the next Presidential election, we are being asked to override the choice the American people made in 2016.\n\nThis lopsided and biased impeachment process has had a predetermined outcome from the beginning.\n\nThis is an unfortunate day in the history of our great nation.\n\nWe must hope this political game does not set a precedent for the future.\n\nSurely, there will be disagreements between a President and Congress to come.\n\nInstead of unnecessarily dividing our nation, as we are seeing today, we should be looking for ways to come together.\n\nThank you, I yield back.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://adriansmith.house.gov/media/press-releases/smith-speaks-out-against-impeachment"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6164500266313553, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}