Hill on Impeachment: “We have witnessed a partisan fiasco”
Washington,
February 5, 2020
WASHINGTON D.C. — In response to the U.S. Senate acquittal of President Donald J. Trump, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement:
“Over the course of American history, countless citizens have exercised their First Amendment rights by protesting our nation's chief executives; however, the power of impeachment is a solemn one and vested solely in the Legislative Branch. This power was never intended to be used as a political tool, but unfortunately, that's what we've seen unfold in Congress over the past five months. “As I have said from the start, in my view, Speaker Pelosi should have directed the House Foreign Affairs Committee to conduct vigorous oversight hearings on the Trump Administration's foreign policy towards Ukraine. This would have been the preferred course of action for policy disagreements. Instead, we have witnessed a partisan fiasco occur in Congress driven by Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats – an inquiry that was flawed from the start when House Democrats blatantly deviated from historical precedent by altering the process used to establish impeachment proceedings against both President Nixon in 1974 and President Clinton in 1998. “Today’s acquittal by the Senate only highlights the failings of this impeachment process in the House. Let's close this chapter and return to the work of promoting policies to benefit the general welfare of our great nation." |
