•      "Donald Trump’s out-of-control behavior continues to put the health, safety and economic well-being of the American people at risk. At the same time, House Republicans have zero interest in holding this corrupt administration accountable. When Republicans gained full control of government this year, they promised to lower the cost of living on day one. Costs haven’t gone down, they’ve gone up. Life in America is more expensive and Republicans have not done a damn thing to address the affordability crisis… Impeachment is a sacred constitutional vehicle designed to hold a corrupt executive accountable for abuse of power, breaking the law and violating the public trust. The effort traditionally requires a comprehensive investigative process, the collection and review of thousands of documents, an exacting scrutiny of the facts, the examination of dozens of key witnesses, Congressional hearings, sustained public organizing and the marshaling of the forces of democracy to build a broad national consensus. None of that serious work has been done, with the Republican majority focused solely on rubber stamping Donald Trump’s extreme agenda. Accordingly, we will be voting “present” on today’s motion to table the impeachment resolution as we continue our fight to make life more affordable for everyday Americans." Source: Joint Leadership Statement by Rep. Hakeem S. Jeffries (Democrat, New York, District 8), House Democratic Leader, Rep. Katherine M. Clark (Democrat, Massachusetts, District 5), Democratic Whip, and Rep. Pete Aguilar (Democrat, California, District 33), Democratic Caucus Chair

•      "Impeachment is a critical and essential means of political and constitutional self-defense that the Framers gave to the people to be used when a lawless president or other high official commits dangerous high crimes and misdemeanors against the people. We are in a period when multiple members of the Trump Administration are engaged in lawless actions that potentially constitute high crimes and misdemeanors. Members who are outraged by these offenses have begun to file impeachment resolutions on particular actions and events that trouble them the most. There is certainly no shortage of such offenses against the Constitution and the people taking place. In the face of the Administration’s lawlessness, the proper thing to do at this point is not to vote to table this impeachment Resolution but to refer it to the Judiciary Committee. It is the Judiciary Committee which has always conducted hearings on potential high crimes and misdemeanors and prepared complete investigative reports to the House on successful impeachment resolutions in the past… Thus, I will be voting against tabling the Green Resolution but instead strongly support referring it to the Judiciary Committee, which should be conducting intensive hearings and investigative reports on the implications of all of the unconstitutional and potentially impeachable actions of the President and his Administration." Source: Rep. Jamie Raskin (Democrat, Maryland, District 8), Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary 

•      "The American people are counting on us to address the challenges created by this Administration. This President and this Republican Congress promised to make life in America more affordable — yet they have failed miserably. It is clear that President Trump’s disregard for the Constitution and the rule of law requires that Congress reclaim its oversight duties over his administration and exercise its authority in the way our founders intended. Impeachment calls for transparency, and a presentation of facts and evidence to the public, in order to hold any President to account for high crimes and misdemeanors. Under the current House MAGA leadership, those conditions are simply not available. In order to hold any President to account for high crimes and misdemeanors, impeachment requires a transparent process with hearings, testimonies and investigations with the support of the majorities in the House and Senate — all conditions that are simply not available under the current Republican leadership. Because there is no viable process for impeachment at this time, I voted present on today’s motion to table the resolution. I want to be clear: this vote does not excuse the illegal actions of this president and his administration, Congress has other avenues for accountability that we can and should be utilizing." Source: Rep. Nellie Pou (Democrat, New Jersey, District 9)