On the floor today of the House of Representatives, Washington state Rep. Jim McDermott (D-7th Congressional District) signed onto legislation that considers the impeachment of George Bush. This move continues McDermott's long-standing effort to hold the Executive Office of the U.S. government accountable for its mis-use of office and power.
So, here is the video of McDermott as he reads this statement today in Washington:

"American cannot regain its moral leadership in the world if America cannot hold its leaders accountable for their actions at home.The allegations that would warrant impeachment keep growing."

Alongside Senator Dennis Kucinich, McDermott has been outspoken on the Iraq war. McDermott was one of the first to question U.S. intelligence used to justify the war and was among the first to blast Bush and Dick Cheney for lying to the American people, including Congress, in the lead-up to the invasion.

In fact, McDermott's been saying this since 2002, when he became one of the so-called Baghdad Boys. Here is an article from the Standard, which was intended to condemn McDermott for insinuating, essentially, that McDermott was willing to portray Saddam Hussein more trustworthy than George Bush:

"The controversy ignited on September 29 when Bonior and McDermott appeared from Baghdad on ABC's "This Week." Host George Stephanopoulos asked McDermott about his recent comment that "the president of the United States will lie to the American people in order to get us into this war."

McDermott didn't backpedal at all: "I believe that sometimes they give out misinformation. . . . It would not surprise me if they came out with some information that is not provable, and they, they shift it. First they said it was al Qaeda, then they said it was weapons of mass destruction. Now they're going back to and saying it's al Qaeda again." When Stephanopoulos pressed McDermott about whether he had any evidence that Bush had lied, the congressman replied, "I think the president would mislead the American people."

McDermott has been vigilantly watchdogging the GOP, leading to a wire-tapping conviction for which McDermott still refused to stop charging the GOP with lying to the American public.

"There is no greater responsibility for a member of Congress than to defend the Constitution, and I fully accept my duty to protect the First Amendment, which is what this case is all about," he said, noting that 18 major news organizations filed briefs in support of his position.

"The American people have a right to know when their government's leaders are plotting to deceive them, and that is exactly what was happening during a telephone call in 1996 involving Republican House leaders, including then Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and Rep. John Boehner," McDermott said in the statement.