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Henry Hyde: “I suggest it is a misreading of the Constitution, for any member here to assert that for a member to vote for an article…”

On the recordDecember 1, 1997
I suggest it is a misreading of the Constitution, for any member here to assert that for a member to vote for an article of impeachment means that the member must be convinced that the President should be removed from office.
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Henry Hyde
Illinois
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Dec 1, 1997

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