Henry Hyde
The Public Record
I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks on House Resolution 581 , the resolution now under consideration.
I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks on the resolution under consideration.
today we will vote on an historic resolution to begin an inquiry into whether the President has committed impeachable offenses
the gentleman from Illinois yielded to the gentleman from Michigan for the purpose of that request?
I urge my colleagues to heed the wishes of those who sent us here to tend to their concerns.
s personal wrongdoing and his conduct in discharging the duties of his office. Unlike Watergate, when a consensus eventually materialized throughout the country and within Congress regarding President Nixon
I submit that if we vote to impeach President Clinton for his offenses, we have committed an offense more grievous because we will have nullified the votes of 97 million Americans.
I have yet to see one newscast where anywhere in it, or starting with it, that shows the President of the United States showing contrition; where he says, I have sinned, and I ask God's forgiveness
I believe the President's actions were reprehensible and worthy of condemnation, but the clearest, most appropriate way to send a message about this President's behavior is censure.
I believe, authorized the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire into the allegations against the President.
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.
I believe very credibly, to the grand jury, she said, It wasn't as if the President called me and said, you know, Monica, you are on the witness list, this is going to be really hard for us.





