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On the recordJanuary 6, 1999
I think we are reluctant to be instructed by the Senate as to how to conduct our trial, but we are at their mercy; and so we have used the speech- and-debate clause to express ourselves to them, and we can only hope.
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Henry Hyde
Illinois

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Discussing the House's position on the Senate's role in the impeachment trial.

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