Must listen -- Representative Xavier Becerra on impeachment

[JDPriestly]

Here is Representative Becerra's response to his constituents on impeachment.


Xavier Becerra's website:

http://becerra.house.gov/HoR/ca31/home

Here is where you find a recording of his response to an audience overwhelmingly supporting a member of the audience's question about impeachment. There were many questions about impeachment at this meeting. I was quite surprised. I support impeachment now. I do not believe Congress will be able to accomplish anything else. But I understand that congress wants to get bills passed through the House that it can bring back to voters. If Congress does not show a lot of positive action, the MSM will claim it is a do nothing Congress bent on revenge. That puts our Congressmen and women in the position of having to work very, very hard to both impeach and pass meaningful legislation. Here is how Becerra presents his view of that dilemma. The item is in the right column of the website and the introduction looks like this:

Becerra Podcasts

July 25, 2007
Rep. Becerra responds to constituents asking him to support impeachment of President Bush at a recent "Coffee With Your Congressman" meeting in Eagle Rock.
Rep. Becerra on Impeachment

Representative Becerra

This tape was made at a town hall meeting in the Eagle Rock area of the City of Los Angeles. Representative Becerra is the Assistant Secretary of the House of Representatives. He is a brilliant man.

Also from Becerra's website:

The 31st District



Located entirely within the City of Los Angeles and covering approximately 40 square miles, my congressional district is comprised of unique urban neighborhoods reflective of the broadly diverse constituency I represent. While fairly compact in geographical size, my district spans ethnic communities with roots in countries thousands of miles apart on the world map.



One can visit a traditional Korean pagoda in a neighborhood park and within minutes be traveling through Historic Filipinotown on the way to El Parque de Mexico and stand next to bronze statues of President Abraham Lincoln alongside Fr. Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla. Leave El Parque and drive down Central Avenue to be taken back in time to the vibrant 1930s
jazz and intellectual scene where legends Duke Ellington and W.E.B. Du Bois frequently visited.



The Multicultural 31st district encompasses the diverse neighborhoods of Echo Park, Eagle Rock, Glassell Park, Atwater Village, Westlake, Hollywood, Silver Lake, Highland Park, Garvanza, Mt. Washington, Pico Union, Byzantine-Latino Quarter, Lincoln Heights, Montecito Heights, El Sereno, Koreatown, and Historic Filipinotown.

No. in Dist. 31 % in Dist. No./% in U.S.
Per capita income in 1999 (dollars) 11,702 (X) 21,587

Families below poverty level 37,141 27.5 9.2%

Individuals below poverty level 190,084 30.1 12.4%