s anger and sense of betrayal by adopting a very dangerous standard for impeachment. My reand consultation with constitutional experts convinces me that impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors

I submit that if we vote to impeach President Clinton for his offenses we will have committed an offense more grievous, because we will have nullified the votes of 97 million Americans.

s testimony to the grand jury and his statement to the Nation, I was the first Member of this House on either side of the aisle to come to this floor and condemn the President

I ask the Republicans do they deny the President admitted to an inappropriate relationship to the grand jury?

I ask Members to vote their conscience, vote for the Democratic alternative, and against the Republican resolution.

I believe the President's perjurious statements do meet the standards of misconduct--do meet the test of being a high crime and misdemeanor''--which require a vote to impeach the President under each of these two articles.

for purposes of debate only, I yield the customary half of the time to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr

I believe the American people want their elected officials to honor their oath, defend the Constitution, and act under and in accordance with the laws of their Nation.

I think that most Americans, including many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle agree that the President did in fact lie under oath and commit perjury.

I believe, to a sober judgment that while perjury may be impeachable, the perjury in this case (if it occurred) does not warrant impeachment.

I move that when the House adjourn, we do so to Salem, a quaint village in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, whose history beckons us thence.

I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr.