Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On The Transmission Of Articles Of Impeachment For Secretary Of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the expected transmission of articles of impeachment for Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

This afternoon, we expect that the House will deliver articles of impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

I urge all my colleagues to be in their seats when the articles are presented later today.

And once we receive the articles, the Senate will convene on Wednesday as a court of impeachment and Senators will be sworn in as jurors. Senate President Pro Tem Patty Murray will preside.

As I have said repeatedly, we want to address this issue as expeditiously as possible. Impeachment should never be used to settle a policy disagreement.

Let me say that again: impeachment should never be used to settle a policy disagreement. Talk about awful precedents. This would set an awful precedent for Congress. Every time there's a policy agreement in the House, they send it over here and tie the Senate in knots to do an impeachment trial? That's absurd. That's an abuse of the process. That is more chaos.

Nevertheless, when the House is ready to send us the articles, the Senate will act.

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