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Al Green
00:29:47
Al Green
MR. SPEAKER, I RISE TODAY AND STAND AT THE PODIUM DESIGNATED FOR REPUBLICANS BUT I RISE NOT AS A DEMOCRAT OR A REPUBLICAN, I RISE TODAY, MR. SPEAKER, NOT AS A LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE. MR. SPEAKER, I RISE TODAY AS A PROUD AMERICAN, A PERSON WHO BELIEVES IN HIS COUNTRY, WHO SALUTES THE FLAG AND SAYS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND SINGS THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. I RISE TODAY, MR. SPEAKER, TO MAKE COMMENTS THAT I NEVER THOUGHT I'D HAVE TO MAKE IN THE WELL OF THE HOUSE OF CONGRESS. I RISE TODAY TO DEFEND THE NOUNCED AND DENOUNCED. MR. SPEAKER, I RISE TO DEFEND ANY MOTHER WHO HAS BEEN CALLED A DOG BECAUSE HER SON ENGAGED IN PEACEFUL PROTEST. I RISE, MR. SPEAKER, I RISE TODAY, MR. SPEAKER, TO DEFEND ANY SON WHO IS CALLED THE SON OF A DOG BECAUSE HE GAUGED HAD PEACEFUL PROTEST. I RISED, MR. SPEAKER. MR. SPEAKER, I RISE TO DENOUNCE THESE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BECAUSE THEY HAVE BROUGHT DISCOURSE TO A NEW LOW. MR. SPEAKER, THIS IS A LEVEL OF INDECENCY THAT IS UNBECOMING THE PRESIDENCY. MR. SPEAKER, I RISE TO SAY TO THE WORLD THAT THIS IS NOT WHAT AMERICA IS ALL ABOUT. CALLING PEOPLE S.O.B., AND WE KNOW WHAT A B IS. IT'S A DOG. MR. SPEAKER, I RISE BECAUSE MY HEART TELLS ME THAT I MUST DO SOMETHING. SO MR. SPEAKER, I DENOUNCE THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE, AND I RISE TO ANNOUNCE THAT ON NEXT WEEK, MR. SPEAKER, I WILL BRING A PRIVILEGED RESOLUTION BEFORE THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I WILL STAND HERE IN THE WELL OF THE CONGRESS AND I WILL CALL FOR THE IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I YIELD BACK MY TIME. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:
*This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
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