Reply #10: Here's my email H20 Man. Thanks for this. Let's all add our voices. [View All]

Dear Sir:

I called your office this morning and spoke with a very polite and eloquent young man who shared his opinion, and what may be yours as well, that the freshman congressman felt too imperiled in their districts to risk making either an up or down vote on the impeachment issue.

I disagree that this should be your primary consideration and would like to draw your attention to the following.

In the "Introduction" to the historic Ervin Committee Report, it notes that one of the critical functions of the Congress is "to inform the public of any wrongdoing or abuses" of power they find the members of the executive office have committed. (see pages 39-42)

This congressional duty "should be preferred even to its legislation function," according to President Woodrow Wilson (Congressional Government; page 303). This view, which the Ervin Committee said "cannot be over-emphasized," is also a well-documented part of case law as determined in two USSC cases: {2} Watkins v. United States, 354 US 178, 200 (1957); and {2} United States v. Rumely, 345 US 41, 43 (1953).

Thank you for your consideration, sir.

Best regards,