I think the speaker is rightfully cautious, she has to work with Congressional Black Caucus, she also did not have the benefit of knowing in advance what total obstruction Donald Trump would insist upon. ... So now that she has that information I hope she'll be joining us in encouraging the prompt institution of impeachment proceedings.

Lloyd Doggett

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Some of the same self-certified smart people, who preached about mushroom clouds and weapons of mass destruction, are once again trying to stampede us into war. They seem to think only with their guns. To those who want to shoot first and ask questions later in Iraq, I join in a firm 'No!' We've been there and done that, and America is still paying for their past failure.

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Save the stonewall to build the levees. by Lloyd Doggett

Save the stonewall to build the levees.

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Sometimes when you get in a fight with a skunk, you can't tell wh... by Lloyd Doggett

Sometimes when you get in a fight with a skunk, you can't tell who started it.

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Well, dissent is the tradition in America, and I've been on the side of dissent a good bit of my career, particularly in the last many years of the Republican Congress.

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Because this request was delayed until April and no legal action has yet been filed to get the returns, it is certain we won't get them this year and perhaps (will face) some challenge to even get them with favorable expedited rulings by the time this Congress ends, that and the total obstruction by Trump have convinced me that we need to institute an impeachment inquiry.

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I think knowing what we know now and looking back on it, it would have been better to move earlier, the President has made it clear that The President doesn't intend to provide any documents.

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This is not a time for timidity, we need to be forceful, we need... by Lloyd Doggett

This is not a time for timidity, we need to be forceful, we need to use every tool.

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I don't want to throw him in jail, but I'm ready to do so. by Lloyd Doggett

I don't want to throw him in jail, but I'm ready to do so.

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The law is very clear that we're entitled to get those returns, if the Treasury secretary... refuses to do it, then we will have to take some court action.

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We are saying to the Trump administration, and to the Russians, we are looking carefully at every transaction you are involved with, we will exercise our oversight.

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