{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hurd.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/hurd-speaks-house-floor-impeachment", "Hurd Speaks on House Floor on Impeachment", "2019-12-18", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Will Hurd", "H001073", "hurd.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC U.S. Representative Will Hurd (TX-23), who spent nearly a decade as an undercover officer in the CIA and serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, spoke to his colleagues on the House Floor today leading up to the vote on articles of impeachment against the President of the United States.\nRep. Hurd participated in many depositions and hearings as a member of the Intelligence Committee and last month reflected on what the Committee had learned from the witnesses.\nYou can watch Rep. Hurd deliver his remarks here and view the transcript below.\nThroughout this process the American people have learned of bungling foreign policy decisions, but we have not heard evidence, beyond a reasonable doubt, of bribery or extortion.\nAllegations of these two crimes aren't even mentioned in the articles of impeachment being debated today.\nBut, today we have seen a rushed process divide our country.\nToday accusations have been hurled at each other questioning one another's integrity.\nToday a dangerous precedent will be set  impeachment becoming a weaponized political tool.\nWe know how this partisan process will end this evening, but what happens tomorrow?\nCan this Chamber put down our swords and get back to work for the American people?\nThis institution has a fabled history of passing legislation that has not only changed our Country but has inspired the world.\nThis feat has been possible because this experiment we call America has one perpetual goal - make a more perfect union.\nWe can contribute to this history if we recognize the simple fact that way more unites our county than divides us.\nTomorrow, can we start focusing on that?", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://hurd.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/hurd-speaks-house-floor-impeachment"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4028050936758518, "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"}