“I do not believe there is any chance that impeachment leads to removal," Himes said in an interview before his speech. “The Senate is not going to convict. … But the behavior of the president is so appalling that history and our politics and our people deserve a Congress that stands up and says that. We’re standing up, and we’re saying this is illegal, it is unconstitutional, it is indecent, and it is not who we are. And the biggest megaphone we have through which to say that is impeachment."