Andrea Joy Campbell: “the example that the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Bob Livingston) has set for us has completely changed what I was…”

“the example that the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Bob Livingston) has set for us has completely changed what I was going to say. Let me offer these words instead. He has shown us the importance of trust. If we cannot trust our leaders, they cannot govern. The gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Bob Livingston) has led by example. Our Constitution was amended in 1967 to allow removal for incapacitation. Prior to that, the only way to remove a person who was physically incapacitated was impeachment. Today we deal with incapacitation of a different kind; a person who, by his conduct under oath in a Federal criminal grand jury, demonstrated that he would not tell the truth if it was in his interest not to tell the truth. He has incapacitated himself from being president. The voters of our country elected Al Gore to be president if Bill Clinton were incapacitated. That day has arrived.”