TAMPA, Fla. — As the House of Representatives moves inexorably toward voting out articles of impeachment before the end of this month, the two House Democrats in the Tampa Bay area say they believe that the focus should stay on allegations that President Trump used his office to benefit his bottom line, and not go too far beyond that.

"You can’t throw in the kitchen sink on this. It has to be narrowly tailored," Tampa Rep. Kathy Castor said. "The bribery count (and) the abuse of power count I think are at the top of the list. And they are the most serious."

"Obviously, the Ukraine situation is the point of the spear," St. Petersburg Rep. Charlie Crist added. "But the obstruction issues are deeply concerning as well."

The House Judiciary Committee began their hearings into the impeachment inquiry on Monday, where it has been reported that they will complete writing articles of impeachment by the end of next week.  Those articles are expected to include some sort of charge based on an abuse of power related to the president's dealings with the Ukrainian government, as well as obstructing the House inquiry by refusing to allow key White House officials to cooperate with the probe.

But some Democrats want to expand the articles to include other controversies that have occured under Trump's reign in office. That includes charges related to independent prosecutor Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

That's not the sentiment among the two Tampa Bay area Democrats, however.

"I’m concerned about the fact that the president instructed so many people not to come before Congress," Christ said about the House-led impeachment inquiry. "If that isn’t obstruction, I don’t know what is. So I would imagine something along those lines to be included as well."

The House impeachment inquiry has centered around a July phone call President Trump made to Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine's newly elected president. While Zelensky was awaiting $391 million in U.S. aid approved by Congress, Trump asked the Ukraine President to investigate corruption involving former Vice President Joe Biden's son, who was working for a Ukrainian energy company that was once under investigation by Ukrainian prosecutors.

Democrats say that the interaction between the two leaders was a classic case of bribery committed by President Trump and say it defines a "high crime," one of the criteria for impeachment. Republicans say the phone call proved no such thing, since the Trump administration ultimately released the money to Ukraine.

Panhandle-area Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz mocked House Democrats on the Judiciary Committee during Monday's hearing, tweeting that "@HouseJudiciary Democrats know that they can't go toe-to-toe with the Republicans on Judiciary. So for the next 4 hours you will mostly see unelected people arguing over whether to overturn a presidential election."

The Tampa Bay area Democrats say it's an open and shut case. 

"What I see is a fundamental betrayal of the president’s oath of office. It’s stunning," Castor said on Monday, appearing with Crist as they made the case for a Democratic-sponsored bill that aims to reduce prescription drugs that will come up for a vote later this week in Congress.

"We can’t get used to it. We can’t normalize it. You go back to the brave testimony of these nonpartisan state dept officials and I heard them loud and clear. This is abnormal. It’s corrupt and now it’s the responsibility of congress to reign in this behavior," Castor said.

Crist district includes most - but not all - of Pinellas County. Though his district supported Hillary Clinton over Trump in the 2016 presidential election, Pinellas overall went for Trump.

Crist reminded reporters that despite the massive media coverage of the impeachment saga, the Democratically-controlled House is doing much more than that right now in Washington.

"There’s a lot of other things that we need to work on: trade, lowering the price of prescription drugs, fighting for health care for all of our people. All of that’s in play, and I think some of these issues will be concluded at the end of this year," he said.

Crist left out the item that has to be addressed by December 20 — the federal budget. Congress approved a stopgap funding bill to keep the government up and running, but that "continuing resolution" is set to expire at the end of next week.