{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://steube.house.gov/press-releases/steube-statement-on-house-judiciary-committee-vote-on-articles-of-impeachment-for-president-donald-j-trump/", "Steube Statement on House Judiciary Committee Vote on Articles of Impeachment for President Donald J. Trump", "2019-12-13", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "FL", "W. Gregory Steube", "S001214", "steube.house.gov", "steube", "https://steube.house.gov/category/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Today, Congressman Greg Steube (R-Fla.) released the following statement after a vote in the House Judiciary Committee against both Articles of Impeachment for President Donald J. Trump.\n\n\u201cWhat we witnessed here today will be remembered in American history for generations to come and unfortunately, history will not look kindly on what this committee has done tonight, or in the weeks leading up to this vote,\u201d said Congressman Steube following the committee vote. \u201cThis impeachment inquiry was a partisan attack against a duly elected president, attempting to nullify the votes of 63 million Americans. Many who have served in Congress much longer than I have warned against such a partisan approach to impeachment, including Speaker Pelosi and Chairman Nadler.\u201d\n\nSpeaker Pelosi said, \u201cimpeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there\u2019s something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don\u2019t think we should go down that path, because it divides the country. And he\u2019s just not worth it.\u201d\n\nChairman Nadler said, \u201cthere must never be a narrowly voted impeachment or an impeachment substantially supported by one of our major political parties and largely opposed by the other.\u201d\n\n\u201cYet today\u2019s vote was completely partisan, riddled with inconsistencies and a lack any facts supporting a constitutional basis for impeachment,\u201d said Steube. \u201cThe Democrats have systematically denied President Trump any opportunity to present a defense or cross examine fact witnesses and denied the minority the ability to call fact witnesses.\u201d\n\n\u201cUnlike Presidents Nixon and Clinton who were impeached for actual crimes, President Trump is being impeached based on theories concocted by the Democrats,\u201d continued Steube. \u201cAbuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress are not listed anywhere in the Constitution when discussing impeachment and now, for the first time in history, we have voted in a congressional committee to impeach a president based on a non-criminal Abuse of Power allegation.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis sets a dangerous precedent for future American presidents,\u201d explained Steube. \u201cWith this vote, we have set the precedent that at any time in the future, whenever a majority party in the House doesn\u2019t like what\u2019s happening in the White House, they can impeach the President for Abuse of Power.\u201d\n\n\u201cNo collusion, no obstruction, no quid pro quo, no treason, no bribery, and no high crimes and misdemeanors,\u201d concluded Steube. \u201cAnd the only Abuse of Power that I see committed, is the Abuse of Power of this Democrat-led Congress in their attempt to overturn the 2016 election and the will of 63 million American voters.\u201d\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://steube.house.gov/press-releases/steube-statement-on-house-judiciary-committee-vote-on-articles-of-impeachment-for-president-donald-j-trump/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4304877258837223, "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"}