00:25from Kentucky seek recognition mr. speaker
00:29I rise to a question of the privileges of the house and offer the resolution
00:34that was previously noticed the clerk will report the resolution resolve that
00:40Peter Brian Hegseth secretary of defense also referred to as secretary of war by
00:46the administration is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the
00:50following articles of impeachment without objection the previous question
00:54is ordered on the motion yes and days are requested those in favoring a vote by
00:58the yeas and nays will rise
01:07what one disgruntled and defeated congressman is attempting is not
01:12oversight and it's not accountability it's a political spectacle a personal
01:18manifesto driven by ego and resentment time for one man's final days in
01:24Congress to try to do damage to this president this country and most
01:28irresponsibly the warriors who defend it it's a farce and it's a stunt and
01:36everybody knows it let's be clear about what this resolution actually does it
01:42tells our enemies Iran the cartels every adversary watching that the United States
01:48will actually punish its own warriors and its own civilian leadership for
01:53successfully executing lawful military operations it tells them that a single
01:59rogue legislator loaded with personal animus for the president can attempt to
02:04veto national security decisions made by the duly elected commander-in-chief it
02:10puts a target on the backs of American warriors by signaling that Congress will
02:15undermine their missions in real time this is not patriotism this is sabotage I
02:23pray each day and I hope you do too for our troops they are the best of our
02:30nation like the president I will defend them with every fiber of my being every
02:36single day that includes having their back no matter what so to the troops as I've
02:43said before don't blink ignore the noise never hesitate this is all politics you do
02:52real things stay the course may Almighty God protect them always and may our
03:00actions today and every day bring glory to him we will stand we will fight and we
03:09will defend this Republic against all enemies foreign and domestic and amen
03:30you
03:31you
