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BREAKING: Pelosi updates Democrats on the upcoming Impeachment inbvestigatino (Original Post)
brooklynite
Sep 2019
OP
Well written. Keep up the investigative effort and advance the legislative agenda
Raven123
Sep 2019
#4
BumRushDaShow
(128,852 posts)1. The statement
malaise
(268,930 posts)3. Thanks
BumRushDaShow
(128,852 posts)5. The tiny font is hard on old eyes, but better than the tweeted version
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,328 posts)6. try it this way ...
https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/92719-1
Dear Democratic Colleague,
This is a sad time for our country. It has been a somber and prayerful time for all of us. None of us has come to Congress to impeach a president. All of us came to uphold the oath we take to support and defend the Constitution. Democrats and Republicans alike must always put country over party, especially now. I have always said that any decision we make would be based on a review of the facts and the oath that we take. I have also said that when the facts warranted it, we would be ready to proceed.
Sadly, the facts revealed in the past week have warranted an impeachment inquiry. In his telephone call with the President of Ukraine, the President showed a disregard for our national security, for the integrity of our elections and for the oath of office to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.
I thank the Chairmen and all Members of our Caucus for their thoughtful consideration of the decision that we needed to make. The path forward will be centered in the Intelligence Committee led by Chairman Adam Schiff. I commend him and the Members who will be working over the District Work Period to continue to advance this inquiry.
This is a matter of national security. As a group of 300 leading former national security experts who served under Republican and Democratic Presidents wrote today, President Trump appears to have leveraged the authority and resources of the highest office in the land to invite additional foreign interference into our democratic processes. That would constitute an unconscionable abuse of power. It also would represent an effort to subordinate Americas national interests and those of our closest allies and partners to this Presidents personal political interest... Having worked across administration of both parties to uphold and advance those national interests, we consider the Presidents actions to be a profound national security concern.
This is also a matter of the Constitution and the integrity of our elections. The whistleblower complaint, which the Intelligence Communitys Inspector General determined to be both of urgent concern and credible, warns that the Presidents actions pose risks to U.S. national security and undermine the U.S. Governments efforts to deter and counter foreign interference in U.S. elections. Further, Acting DNI Maguire testified that the greatest challenge that we do have is to make sure that we maintain the integrity of our election system, and that protecting the sanctity of our election within the United States, whether itd be a national, city, state, local is perhaps the most important job that we have [within] the intelligence community.
With our inquiry in place, we can focus on promoting our For The People agenda. We promised in the campaign that we would lower health care costs by reducing the price of prescription drugs, and I encourage all Members to have conversations with constituents about H.R.3: The Lower Drug Costs Now Act. I thank our Chairmen, Frank Pallone, Richie Neal and Bobby Scott, for their leadership in bringing this transformative legislation forward. The District Work Period Packet contains helpful information for communicating our message on this key legislation For The People.
The Chair of our Caucus has arranged a series of conference calls over the District Work Period, and I will be in regular touch with Members during this period. Please call me at any time.
Thank you for your patriotism and leadership.
Speaker Pelosi's signature
Dear Democratic Colleague,
This is a sad time for our country. It has been a somber and prayerful time for all of us. None of us has come to Congress to impeach a president. All of us came to uphold the oath we take to support and defend the Constitution. Democrats and Republicans alike must always put country over party, especially now. I have always said that any decision we make would be based on a review of the facts and the oath that we take. I have also said that when the facts warranted it, we would be ready to proceed.
Sadly, the facts revealed in the past week have warranted an impeachment inquiry. In his telephone call with the President of Ukraine, the President showed a disregard for our national security, for the integrity of our elections and for the oath of office to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.
I thank the Chairmen and all Members of our Caucus for their thoughtful consideration of the decision that we needed to make. The path forward will be centered in the Intelligence Committee led by Chairman Adam Schiff. I commend him and the Members who will be working over the District Work Period to continue to advance this inquiry.
This is a matter of national security. As a group of 300 leading former national security experts who served under Republican and Democratic Presidents wrote today, President Trump appears to have leveraged the authority and resources of the highest office in the land to invite additional foreign interference into our democratic processes. That would constitute an unconscionable abuse of power. It also would represent an effort to subordinate Americas national interests and those of our closest allies and partners to this Presidents personal political interest... Having worked across administration of both parties to uphold and advance those national interests, we consider the Presidents actions to be a profound national security concern.
This is also a matter of the Constitution and the integrity of our elections. The whistleblower complaint, which the Intelligence Communitys Inspector General determined to be both of urgent concern and credible, warns that the Presidents actions pose risks to U.S. national security and undermine the U.S. Governments efforts to deter and counter foreign interference in U.S. elections. Further, Acting DNI Maguire testified that the greatest challenge that we do have is to make sure that we maintain the integrity of our election system, and that protecting the sanctity of our election within the United States, whether itd be a national, city, state, local is perhaps the most important job that we have [within] the intelligence community.
With our inquiry in place, we can focus on promoting our For The People agenda. We promised in the campaign that we would lower health care costs by reducing the price of prescription drugs, and I encourage all Members to have conversations with constituents about H.R.3: The Lower Drug Costs Now Act. I thank our Chairmen, Frank Pallone, Richie Neal and Bobby Scott, for their leadership in bringing this transformative legislation forward. The District Work Period Packet contains helpful information for communicating our message on this key legislation For The People.
The Chair of our Caucus has arranged a series of conference calls over the District Work Period, and I will be in regular touch with Members during this period. Please call me at any time.
Thank you for your patriotism and leadership.
Speaker Pelosi's signature
MrsCoffee
(5,801 posts)7. Thank you.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,328 posts)9. yw. I couldn't read that little text
BumRushDaShow
(128,852 posts)8. Thank you - that is the text version from their website!
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,328 posts)10. yw. The text in the image strained my eyes.
BumRushDaShow
(128,852 posts)12. Mine too
and that is even with reading glasses!
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)11. Much easier to read.
Thank you.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,328 posts)13. speaker.gov/newsroom has interesting stuff sometimes
An example:
Pelosi Remarks at Press Event Marking 200 Days of GOP Senate Inaction on H.R. 1, the For The People Act
You're welcome.
FM123
(10,053 posts)2. We thank YOU Speaker Pelosi for your patriotism and leadership.
Raven123
(4,828 posts)4. Well written. Keep up the investigative effort and advance the legislative agenda
kimbutgar
(21,130 posts)14. Be safe Schiff.
We dont want a vlad toady to hurt him.