Correa: “I Ask God For Wisdom And Guidance In Uniting Our Great Nation.”

Washington, DC – Congressman Lou Correa (D-CA-46) delivered the following statement on the House Floor during Floor Debate of H.Res. 755, Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald J. Trump:

“I thank the gentlelady for yielding.

“As a member of the Homeland Security Committee, I know firsthand the dangers that foreign interference in our elections present to our democracy.

“The constitution—the highest law of the land—created a system of checks and balances, to prevent the creation of a king.

“Congress is a co-equal branch of our nation’s government, equal with the presidency, with duties that are given to us by the framers.

“Congress has a constitutional job to investigate allegations of misconduct by the Executive Branch—including the President.

“I do not take impeachment lightly. I am here today to do my job as a Member of Congress.

“It is my job to ensure that no one—NO ONE—is above the law. And I need to ensure that our nation is secure from all threats—foreign and domestic.

“Mi pueblo me mando a Washington para trabajar con todos, Democratas y Republicanos, para mejorar las vidas de nuestra comunidad.

• Translation: My town sent me to Washington to work with everyone, Democrats and Republicans, to improve the lives of our communities.

Tristemente estamos presentes, considerando las acciones del president de los Estados Unidos.

• Translation: Sadly, we are here, today, considering the actions of the President of the United States.

Mi voto, sera para asegurar que sigamos siendo una democracia, y no una dictadura.

• Translation: My vote will be to ensure that we remain a democracy, and not a dictatorship.

Muchos de nuestros hijos y hijas, han pagadado el precio de nuestra libertad con su sangre. Nuertra liberated y democracia, tienen que ser la herencia que les dejamos a nuertros hijos y hijas.

• Translation: Many of our sons and daughters have paid the price of our freedom with their blood. Our liberty and democracy must be the inheritance that we leave to our sons and daughters.

“Una democracia existe cuando nadie esta sobre la constitucion, y todos somos sujetos a la ley.

• Translation: A democracy exists when nobody is above the constitution, and we are all subject to the law.

“Le pido a dios que nos de sabiduria, y que nos ayude unir nuestra querida patria, los Estados Unidos Americanos.

• Translation: I ask God to give us wisdom, and to help us unite our beloved homeland, the United States of America.

“I Pray to God for guidance in uniting our great nation.

“And, with that, I yield back.”