Originally published in the Bergen Record THE BERGEN RECORD / NORTHJERSEY.COM DECEMBER 27, 2019 Pascrell: Impeachment, the GOP, and the ‘ongoing tragedy’ of our times By Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. In recent days, just prior to adjournment of Congress, I voted to impeach the 45th President of the United States. My vote was included on two articles of impeachment— abuse of power and… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) this evening spoke from the floor of the House of Representatives in favor of impeaching Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction. We are here today because of the failure of so many to cast aside narrow ambition to confront the threat standing before us. Offered the chance to investigate this government together, the other side stonewalled… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today issued the following statement on the impending vote in the House of Representatives on the impeachment of Donald Trump. “I will vote for the impeachment on Donald Trump on both articles. Perhaps the most consequential event of these last few years has been the failure of so many of our nation’s leaders to cast aside narrow ambition and stand… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today reacted to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA-12) announcement that the House is proceeding with impeachment of Donald Trump and will soon be introducing articles of impeachment. “No one should mistake why we have arrived here at this moment. The hearings we have held so far have revealed a constitutional crime spree by the sitting chief… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today reacted to the vote in the House of Representatives to commence an official and public impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. “No Democrat or Republican wanted to ever reach this point. Throughout the 116th Congress, the House has been unrelenting in investigating corruption in this administration. But in the face of unprecedented… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today reacted gravely to the release of a whistleblower’s report on Donald Trump’s pattern of corruption stemming from a July 25, 2019 phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “The brave whistleblower’s letter will go down as one of the most explosive documents in our national history. The whistleblower details a chief executive… Read more »

U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Ted Lieu (D-CA-33) today reacted to a report in the Washington Post which posited that Donald Trump had assured aides who broke the law to accelerate construction of Trump’s illegal border wall that they would receive presidential pardons. “Last year, we warned that Donald Trump’s exclusive use of the sacred pardon power to shield unrepentant… Read more »