--- ---  # Read Rep. Al Green's Speech Calling for President Trump's Impeachment by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra May 17, 2017 3:57 PM UTC  Rep. Al Green (D-TX) Rep. Al Green (D-TX)Chip Somodevilla—Getty by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra May 17, 2017 3:57 PM UTC Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green took to the House floor Wednesday morning to call for [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/donald-trump-after-hours) to be [impeached](http://time.com/4711273/donald-trump-impeachment-odds-challenges/). Green’s speech comes a day after reports that Trump asked then-FBI Director James Comey to [stop his investigation](http://time.com/4781623/michael-flynn-james-comey-donald-trump-fbi-investigation/?iid=sr-link2) into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. The White House has denied those reports, saying “the President has never asked Mr. Comey or anyone else to end any investigation.” The Texas Congressman has been calling for Trump’s impeachment since Monday. [In a statement](http://algreen.house.gov/press-release/congressman-al-greens-statement-calling-impeachment-president-trump), Green cited as grounds for impeachment the President’s firing of Comey while he was overseeing the investigation into possible ties between Trump associates and Russia, and his actions after the fact. Read the transcript of Green’s speech below: --- > “” --- Comey Memo: All Green Calls for Donald Trump Impeachment ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4782373/comey-memo-donald-trump-impeachment-al-green/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4782373/comey-memo-donald-trump-impeachment-al-green/"},"headline":"Read Rep. Al Green's Speech Calling for President Trump's Impeachment","datePublished":"2017-05-17T15:57:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:58:16.776Z","description":"\"No lie can live forever and truth crushed to earth will rise again\"","url":"https://time.com/4782373/comey-memo-donald-trump-impeachment-al-green/","keywords":["Congress","White House","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3687493a28ab9a88/6988cdaafb4eac5b4589207c/gettyimages-151295990.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3687493a28ab9a88/6988cdaafb4eac5b4589207c/gettyimages-151295990.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"al-green-impeach-trump","caption":"Democratic National Convention: Day 2","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla—Getty","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4782373/comey-memo-donald-trump-impeachment-al-green/","name":"Read Rep. Al Green's Speech Calling for President Trump's Impeachment"}}]}] ```