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| https://dean.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-dean-offers-remarks-during-house-debate-impeachment | Rep. Dean Offers Remarks During House Debate on Impeachment | 2019-12-18 | 2019 | 2019-12 | Democrat | House | PA | Madeleine Dean | D000631 | dean.house.gov | legacy | Today, Rep. Madeleine Dean (PA-04) offered remarks on the House floor during the debate on articles of impeachment. Her remarks were as follows: "Madame Speaker, Words matter. We've heard many words over the course of these last weeks. Still,what strikes me are the words that are missing from my colleagues on the other side of the aisle a gaping hole in the conversation,the words they cannot or will notmouth,defending a President'sconduct. Conduct that threatensour constitutional order. And so Madame Speaker, I ask, When is it ever right for a President tocoerce a foreign power tointerferein our elections? When is it ever rightfor a Presidenttointimidate a foreign leader into announcingfalse investigations against a political rival? When is it ever rightfor that President to withhold congressionally appropriated aid to thatcountry at the expense of its national security and our own? Andwhenis it ever rightfor a President toblock a co-equal branch of government from investigating this schemeto cheat an election? The answer, of course,isNever. But that worddoesnot cometrippingly from the tongueof those who are making thechoice to stand behind a man whose behavior is not worthy of theirtortured words. * * * By our vote today, we are speaking to future Presidents and most importantly, tofuture generations. We are declaring that: we will not tolerate foreign interference in our presidential elections Americans alone will determine the outcome; and we will not permit a President to order the complete defiance of a co-equal branch of government. Regardless of the outcome of this impeachment, the President's tenure will end and this body and our grandchildren will be left with what we did here today. Ours is a generational duty,and about the love of country and lifting our Constitution to its gravestprotections,andhighest aspirations. Our Democracy is a matter of conscience,and by votingto safeguard our Constitution, mine is clear. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |