Conaway Statement on Impeachment Resolution

Statement

Today, the House of Representatives voted on a resolution to appoint seven House Democrats as impeachment managers and transmit two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate. Congressman Mike Conaway (TX-11) released the following statement after voting against the resolution:

"The vote to finally transmit the articles to the Senate is the conclusion of an unfair, politically-motivated impeachment process in the House. Democrats are treating this as a strategic game with the intent of damaging the President's electability heading into 2020.

"Throughout the entire House investigation, Speaker Pelosi repeatedly cited the need for urgency, and yet she stalled the process for almost an entire month by refusing to send the articles to the Senate. Additionally, her decision to appoint Chairman Schiff, a man who has repeatedly misled and lied to the American people, as a lead manager for the trial exposes her partisan motivations. Their decision to use impeachment as a political weapon has forever weakened its constitutional significance."

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