Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02)‚ issued the following statement after voting no on House Resolution 660, regarding impeachment hearings of the President of the United States:

“After acknowledging the unfairness of their hyper-partisan impeachment inquiry, House Democrats had a chance to establish the transparent impeachment process that Americans expect and restore some confidence in the citizens of this country in the People’s House. This bill crushed those hopes. House Democrats again refused and continue to deny basic due process protections previously extended to Presidents of both parties by both Republican and Democrat majorities. In an abandonment of long-standing House impeachment precedents, this resolution was rushed to a vote with no input by the minority; restricts the President’s right to have counsel present; unfairly limits subpoena power of the minority; and wrongfully places the House Intelligence Committee in control of the proceedings without any jurisdictional basis. Thus, I voted against the resolution. 

“Hatred of the President alone is not grounds for impeachment. Our citizens will decide who our next President will be in 13 months, and we should trust the voters to decide and respect their will.”