today we will vote on an historic resolution to begin an inquiry into whether the President has committed impeachable offenses

I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms.

I think rather than an annual one-year listing of some 16,000, I think the more accurate statement would be that over the last 5 years some 16,000 people have been prosecuted for perjury in the State of California on a rising trend…

I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Mr.

I yield 1 minute and 40 seconds to the gentlewoman from California (Ms.

I submit that it will be extremely difficult to impeach and convict a President unless there is some consensus throughout the country and bipartisan support in Congress to do so.

I ask my friends to put aside the partisanship, the legalisms and, yes, the late hypocrisy.

the gentleman from Massachusetts that it was the President's own Democrat Attorney General who appointed this Independent Counsel, believing there was credible evidence that needed to be investigated.

I yield 1 1 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr.

I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Texas (Mr.

I submit if we do not impeach him, we will send a message that will result in more people lying in court and committing perjury than they do already.

I think most Americans have concluded that the President has not subverted the Constitution.