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Henry Hyde: “I ask every Member of the House to consider the question I posed to my colleagues on the Committee on the Judiciary last…”

On the recordDecember 1, 1997
I ask every Member of the House to consider the question I posed to my colleagues on the Committee on the Judiciary last week: What message are we sending to the youth of America if we abdicate our constitutional duty and condone perjury, obstruction of justice and abuse of power by the President of the United States?
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Henry Hyde
Illinois
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Dec 1, 1997

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