Trump To Be IMPEACHED? Rep. Al Green ACCUSES Trump of Sabotaging Housing Relief

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00:00In the announce policy of January 3rd, 2025, the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Green, is recognized for 60 minutes as

00:06the designee of the minority leader.

00:08Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

00:10Mr. Speaker, and still I rise, and still I rise, unbought, unbossed, unelected, liberated Democrat.

00:25And I rise today, Mr. Speaker, notwithstanding the fact that I have been censured by this House.

00:38Censured, but not silenced.

00:41And I rise today, Mr. Speaker, because the housing crisis that we confront has taken on a new dimension.

00:55I am in full support of the 21st Century Road to Housing Act.

01:01Full support of it.

01:03Many others are.

01:05But I rise today to announce that this is now the Trump housing crisis.

01:12It is the Trump housing crisis.

01:14And I should like to present evidence to substantiate my claim.

01:19It's the Trump housing crisis because on yesterday, the president declined to sign the bicameral, the bill that was voted

01:33on in this House and passed, in the Senate and passed, bicameral bill.

01:41Rarely do we get such a thing.

01:43But this one also is bipartisan.

01:47Has huge Republican support.

01:51Huge Democratic support.

01:52Let me read from an official document.

01:55This is from congress.gov.

01:58The indication here is that this piece of legislation had 191 Democrats to vote for it, 166 Republicans to vote

02:11for it.

02:12A total of 358 for the legislation.

02:17That is the 21st Century Road to Housing Act.

02:21In fact, in the United States Senate, it had 85 yays, only five nays in the United States Senate.

02:34Overwhelming support.

02:37The kind of support that would cause people to come to the floor of the House of Representatives as they

02:44did.

02:45I was here.

02:47Came to the floor of this House of Representatives.

02:50And many persons on both sides of the aisle talked about the collegiality.

02:54Perhaps not using that exact word.

02:57But the collegiality.

02:59Talked about how this was one of the rare moments when we have received this bipartisan, bicameral support for a

03:08piece of legislation.

03:09A great piece of legislation, I might add.

03:12A piece of legislation that was a long time in the making.

03:15A piece of legislation that this House passed and the Senate passed, as I've indicated before, by large margins.

03:22But I heard persons stand here at this podium and at that podium and at the podium in the well

03:27and proclaim that this piece of legislation was indicative of what we can do when we work together.

03:37The symbiosis that was created by Democrats and Republicans working together.

03:45Everyone was in a great mood, a celebratory mood.

03:51Persons were ready to move on to the next phase.

03:55After all, you have to have the House, the Senate, to pass a piece of legislation.

04:00And there are many people who say that before you can get a House and a Senate to pass a

04:06bill, they first have to have the will.

04:09They demonstrated the will after having negotiated for some time.

04:13That was the first phase of it.

04:15The first phase of it included some persons who are of note and should be mentioned.

04:21The Honorable Maxine Waters should be mentioned.

04:25She and the Honorable Elizabeth Warren, the two of them, they worked together to bring this to fruition.

04:33They worked together after a chasm had erupted as it relates to the bill.

04:39That was a chasm that many thought would be impossible to scan.

04:44But I called them the W's.

04:46The W's, Waters, and the Honorable Maxine Waters.

04:51I always say that because I have such great respect for her.

04:55And the Honorable Elizabeth Warren, I have great respect for her.

05:05They were able to expand this chasm and make this difference.

05:08I would also mention that in the Senate, it had bipartisan support because the majority leader and the leader of

05:19the Senate, the majority leader and the minority, they both signed off on it.

05:25This was something that took great work to accomplish.

05:29And I would also add this.

05:31It took people who were experienced.

05:32This is one of those times when experience with legislation made a difference.

05:38I'm not sure that a neophyte could pull off what they were able to accomplish.

05:43And I'm very proud to say that I support what they've done.

05:47I support the bill.

05:48So we were all set.

05:50Everybody was prepared for the signing ceremony.

05:55It was going to be a celebratory time.

05:57And everyone prepared to receive an indication that the president was going to sign it at the White House.

06:06I think everyone was.

06:08I was, surely, prepared for this.

06:11And the president, in his own way, indicated that, no, it would not be signed at the White House.

06:18The president said that he would come to this Capitol and he would sign it here.

06:23And, of course, the speaker, in preparation for the president's arrival, decided to do all of the things to make

06:32sure that we had the proper pomp and circumstance available to the president, the president of the United States.

06:40Well, everything was set.

06:43The flags were in place.

06:46The table was arranged.

06:49People were notified.

06:50And everyone was prepared for the signing of the legislation, saving the president.

07:00The president sent a message indicating that he would not, N.O.T., would not sign this piece of legislation.

07:10The president indicated that he would not sign it and had some things to say about it that were not

07:20flattering.

07:22He diminished the magnitude of the legislation.

07:27He went on to indicate that this was not something that he thought was appropriate.

07:34I don't know what his rationale was.

07:37It never comes through clearly because the president contradicts himself in the sentence where he makes any given statement at

07:44any given time.

07:45So I have no ideas of what that was all about.

07:47But I do know this.

07:49When he decided not to sign the legislation, when he decided that he would literally allow it to just linger

07:56in limbo, I suppose, when he decided to do this, he then took on the housing crisis.

08:13He decided that he would not sign legislation that is much needed in this country, legislation that can make a

08:22difference in the lives of people in the country.

08:24And he's putting petty politics above a piece of legislation that can make a profound difference, petty politics above a

08:35profound difference that can be made by him, but only affixing his signature to a piece of historic legislation, landmark

08:45legislation in my world.

08:47Well, when he decided that he wouldn't do it, here's what he also decided.

08:52He decided that he was not going to concern himself with the many people who cannot afford a home right

09:01now.

09:02Many people cannot afford a home.

09:04Affordability is a problem.

09:07It is a crisis.

09:08The president is well aware of this.

09:10He either knows or should know that this is a part of the solution, this bill.

09:15And he's not given rationale for a clear rationale for why he wouldn't sign it.

09:19But he took on the notion that people who cannot acquire a home, that this is now a problem for

09:31him to have to resolve in some other way, I suppose.

09:34I doubt that he'll figure out a way to do it.

09:37But he's not supporting those people who are in need of a home.

09:41Those people who live in areas where the homes are being purchased by corporate America, not all of corporate America,

09:49but various companies that are in the business of purchasing homes and then leasing or renting these homes.

09:55He is now supportive of this, something that he said that he was antithetical to, that he was opposed to.

10:02But he's now supportive of this because he won't sign the bill that deals with this very issue, the issue

10:08of the homes that could go to first-time homebuyers being purchased by corporations.

10:14And as a result, those homes are now being placed on the rental market.

10:18The United States would become a country where the American dream is the dream to rent a home if the

10:25president does not sign this bill.

10:27So he now has embraced these people who would prevent persons from acquiring a home by simply buying up the

10:36property and leasing it.

10:38He also has done something that I never thought I'd see him do because he's, generally speaking, supported the construction

10:45industry.

10:46He says he's a great person of knowledge when it comes to constructions and the whole notion that you're a

10:55great builder.

10:55He considers himself a great builder.

10:58Well, he now is at odds with the builders in this country.

11:02The builders in this country are ready to build more homes.

11:06This bill would allow them that opportunity because it eliminates a lot of the red tape.

11:12I've had the builders to come to me and tell me about the red tape that they encounter when they

11:15are attempting to build a home on a piece of property.

11:21There is red tape associated with the codes across the 50 states, and this red tape associated with these codes

11:29across the 50 states is something that they encounter that makes it difficult for them to move expeditiously and construct

11:35homes.

11:35Well, this piece of legislation deals with this notion that 50 states are going to have 50 different means of

11:42getting something done, and it incentivizes the states to allow these home builders to have the opportunity

11:50to do what they do best, and that is construct homes for persons to purchase, and some, of course, for

11:57rental purposes, but it would allow the construction process to move forward expeditiously, not as fast as they might want

12:05it to move or I might want it to move, but faster than it is moving currently.

12:09This would be the case, but the president now is at odds with the builders.

12:14He's at odds with those who want to buy homes.

12:17He's at odds with those who would like to build homes because he won't sign the bill that will make

12:23it easier for the builders to do what they do and for persons who desire to purchase homes for the

12:29first time to have the opportunity to do so.

12:31The president is going to find himself helping persons who would like to avoid seeing this whole process develop because

12:47somehow they believe that if this process develops, it will somehow hurt them politically.

12:53I don't see that, but the president seems to be siding with them, and he is, in fact, not only

13:01siding with them, he's making it possible for the bill not to pass, not to become law, because he won't

13:08sign the bill.

13:09He won't sign it into law.

13:11So he's siding with people who, for political reasons, simply believe that this bill is politically unacceptable for reasons that

13:20have not been explained.

13:21So, Mr. President, here is also something that's important for you to consider.

13:27If you pass the bill by virtue of signing it and placing it into law, you have an opportunity to

13:33vote on its final passage because you have a vote in this process.

13:38So if your vote is ratified by your signature, if you do this, then people will have more jobs.

13:47You will, in fact, help to increase the number of persons who are not only seeking jobs but are acquiring

13:57jobs.

13:57Those people will be able to get jobs.

13:59You can't build millions of homes and not have these contractors and builders acquire additional personnel to help facilitate the

14:09work that has to be done.

14:10So this will happen.

14:11We will have more people employed.

14:14You're going to help with the unemployment issue in the country if you sign the bill.

14:18By not signing the bill, you are, of course, continuing with the unemployment issue.

14:25In fact, you are facilitating the unemployment of Americans because they could have jobs but for your failure to sign

14:32the bill.

14:32Your failure to sign the bill, then, would cause persons not to be able to sell some of the things

14:41that would be in a home if it is constructed.

14:43For example, you build a home, you're going to have carpet in many of them.

14:48Well, the people who sell carpet, they will not have the opportunity to prosper even more because of these millions

14:55of homes.

14:55The people who will sell the washers and the dryers and the drapes, they will not have the opportunity to

15:00prosper as a result of your not signing the bill.

15:04And the people who build the homes will also make these homes a place such that persons will acquire equity

15:13for the future.

15:14These home builders are building places that allow equity to be acquired by the home purchasers.

15:20This equity is something that can be used for many reasons, many things.

15:25It can be used to help a child go to college.

15:27The equity can be used in an emergency, some family emergency.

15:32Your equity in the home can be there for you.

15:34But it can also be the means by which you can pass on wealth to the next generation.

15:40That wealth that you could pass on to the next generation is something that helps them get a start, a

15:45leg up in life, if you will.

15:47This won't happen if we don't sign the bill.

15:50And, Mr. President, you can sign this bill and help those who would have the opportunity to acquire equity,

15:57help those who are in the marketplace selling the various pieces of paraphernalia,

16:02the various things that are necessary to have a home develop into the place that you consider livable.

16:09The washers, the dryers, all of these things.

16:12You're also going to prevent people from literally, literally having the roof over their heads

16:18and a place that they can settle in and not find themselves moving about from one place to another, a

16:25place to call home.

16:27Also, if you would sign the bill, Mr. President, you will find that this will give the country the opportunity

16:35to move forward away from this housing crisis

16:38and do some of the other things that are very important for us in the country.

16:43There are things that can be done, but this bill itself was something that took up an inordinate amount of

16:49time.

16:50We would be free of having to deal with it and we can deal with implementation.

16:56This bill also, Mr. President, would allow persons who suffer from natural disasters, their homes are damaged, the roofs are

17:06torn.

17:07I've seen it in many cases.

17:08When Katrina came through, I saw the damage that it did.

17:11I've seen the damage that Harvey did.

17:13This bill would help persons when they are confronting these natural disasters

17:20and they are suffering as a result of harm having been done to their property.

17:24This bill would help them because the bill has within it the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act,

17:32something that I'm proud to say I am a sponsor of.

17:36This bill has that act within it and this act within it, this legislation within it,

17:42would allow persons to recover faster.

17:46The process that we have currently is one that has not been codified.

17:53After each natural disaster, we find ourselves having to, to borrow a term, reinvent the wheel, reinvent the wheel.

18:03We find ourselves having to start all over again after each of these natural disasters

18:09and we have them across the country.

18:11We have the weather on the coast and then we have the tornadic activity.

18:16We have the fires.

18:18When we have these man-made, not man-made, some of them are, but we'll call them acts of God.

18:25Sometimes they are simply things that people don't perpetrate.

18:28They are things that the nature itself will visit upon people.

18:34And so as a result of these things happening and people suffering from them,

18:39this legislation will allow them to recover faster because there will be a codified process

18:45that allows money to be acquired faster.

18:49Money meaning the money that persons will need to restore their lives to some degree of normalcy.

18:55You won't, you don't have that currently.

18:57This, this bill provides that.

19:00It provides for a means by which money can be processed through the system.

19:07It can be acquired by simply following something prior to, a process in place prior to the disaster occurring

19:16and helping people to understand how they can acquire the necessary help that they will need.

19:23This would be something that would be made known to states, made known to the persons who are in various

19:28municipalities,

19:29who are in control, that will usually be your county judge in certain places, your mayors.

19:35But there would be legislation that they could look to to get a better understanding of what the process would

19:41be like

19:41in the recovery phase after a natural disaster.

19:46So I'm very proud that this legislation is there.

19:50And by signing the bill, yes, Mr. President, you'd be signing a bill that has legislation in it that Al

19:57Green has sponsored.

19:58But you know what, Mr. President, you're big enough to do that.

20:01You can do it.

20:02I know it'd be hard for you, but but give it a try.

20:06I'm going to be proud to say that you signed it and that you ought to be proud to know

20:12that I voted for it.

20:13And this will be one of the few times that you and I will probably be on the same page,

20:17Mr. President.

20:18That in and of itself should be reason for you to sign the legislation so that we can both say

20:24that we did something together.

20:25Wouldn't that be wonderful, Mr. President?

20:27Al Green and the President of the United States of America working together.

20:34It can happen, Mr. President, but it's up to you, not to me.

20:37I've done my part.

20:38It's now time for you to do yours.

20:40And you can.

20:42You can.

20:42I know.

20:43Just just think about it.

20:45It can happen.

20:47Continuing, though, Mr. President, finally, as I come to my closure here, I must tell you that you have a

20:59great responsibility.

21:02The framers of the Constitution, these were some brilliant people.

21:09They did prepare us for a time such as this and a president such as Trump.

21:16Mr. President, these were some brilliant people.

21:18They knew that we might encounter a president who would not want to sign a piece of historic legislation.

21:27So there is a means by which we can move forward.

21:34And that means is without your signature.

21:37That means is simply this.

21:40You don't sign it.

21:42Once it's delivered to you, once you receive it, once it's sent to you, then ten days later, if you

21:50don't sign it, it becomes law.

21:53Ten days later, it becomes law.

21:55Not counting Saturdays and Sundays.

21:57Ten days later, it'll become law.

21:59And then when it becomes law, Mr. President, you didn't sign it, so that gives you a way out.

22:06You didn't sign it.

22:07It became law.

22:09And you can go out and tell people how you were opposed to the many things that I've mentioned.

22:13How you were opposed to helping people who are renters acquire a place to call home.

22:18How you were opposed to helping the builders construct more homes so that people can have a place to call

22:23home.

22:23You can go out and talk about that in your very own way.

22:26So you don't have to sign it.

22:28But it does have to arrive at your, in your place, if you will, in your space.

22:36It has to, you have to receive it.

22:37It has to be sent to you.

22:39And if it is sent to you, then the ten days will start from the day that it is forwarded

22:45to you.

22:47My hope is that it would be done, if it hasn't been done, and that the ten days would run.

22:53I know, Mr. President, that you enjoy having other people take responsibility for your inactions and your actions.

23:01So since you enjoy it very much, my fear is that you will encourage that it not be sent to

23:10you.

23:10You will, you will push back on it being sent to you.

23:13So that later on, you will be able to say, oh, I, I never got it.

23:19So I couldn't sign it.

23:21That would give you your way out.

23:23You would push back.

23:24Well, I would hope that that pushback won't be sufficient.

23:27And I would hope that you would receive it so that either you will sign it and move on or

23:34it's not signed and it passes or you can veto it.

23:40And if you veto it, I believe that with the number of votes that I've called to your attention for

23:45passage in the House and the Senate, that veto can be overridden.

23:48Again, you're off the hook, you're off the hook.

23:52But my fear is that knowing you, you're going to do everything that you can to avoid having that get

23:59to your desk so that you can then blame someone else for your inaction,

24:04which really would be your actions, because you would have rejected having it being sent to you in the first

24:11place.

24:12So I'll close with this.

24:14I'm proud to have been a person to vote for this piece of legislation.

24:21It is landmark.

24:23It's going to make a difference in the lives of people once it becomes law.

24:26And my hope is that it will become law expeditiously because there are many aspects of it that will have

24:33to be activated and it will take time for these things to be properly activated so that they become meaningful.

24:42And can function.

24:44But I'm hoping that you'll sign it.

24:47But Mr. President, if you don't sign it, here's what you're doing.

24:50You're providing another piece of ammunition.

24:55Another piece of ammunition.

25:01For.

25:03Excuse me just a moment while I exchange posters.

25:11Another piece of ammunition for the countdown to impeachment.

25:20Now, why would I say this?

25:23Because, Mr. President, you've angered a good many senators.

25:28A good many of them who might have considered other things will give some consideration to this word impeachment.

25:40Impeachment starts in the House.

25:42It's the Senate that will vote to determine whether you are a person who should be actually convicted of the

25:50charge.

25:51The House acts as sort of a grand jury.

25:54Not the same, but similar to.

25:55And you've caused a lot of people in the House, Mr. President, who are going to give consideration to this

26:03word.

26:04Now, you may not be impeached for this bill.

26:07But you're giving people reasons to consider your impeachment for legitimate reasons that already exist, by the way.

26:16For legitimate reasons, you should be impeached already.

26:20But you haven't been.

26:22The countdown is still on.

26:24And what you're doing is adding fuel to the fire of impeachment that may, at some point, become more than

26:33you can manage.

26:34I really do believe, Mr. President, that this act can help you by signing it, this bill.

26:42And it's going to hurt you immensely if you don't sign it.

26:45Not physically.

26:46Not physically.

26:47I don't want your FBI concluding that somehow I would cause you any harm.

26:52I would never want to see you harmed.

26:54And anybody that would want to see you harmed, I am absolutely opposed to whatever they might do.

27:00You deserve life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

27:04But I can tell you this.

27:06You also deserve impeachment.

27:08And the countdown will continue.

27:11I trust that you will stall it and do something to benefit yourself by simply signing a piece of legislation

27:20that the American people want.

27:22And the American people want it to the extent that the builders, Mr. President, are going to contact you or

27:29some aspect of your administration about it.

27:32You're going to have citizens calling your office, calling the White House.

27:37You're going to have people writing you letters.

27:38You're going to have plenty of communication to contend with because this piece of legislation is pervasive.

27:45It's huge.

27:46You're going to have people who have a vested interest in this legislation contacting somebody to let you know that

27:55you should sign this legislation.

27:56As still I rise, unbought, unbossed, unelected, liberated Democrat, I yield back.

28:07Members are reminded to refrain from engaging personalities towards the president and to direct their remarks to the chair.

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