Political Quotes

“We did not have a trial. The Constitution does not require a trial. We are not the trial forum. The Senate is the trial forum. Certainly the gentleman has watched enough television trials, maybe been in trials for all I know, I am a lawyer, so obviously I have been in trials. That is the place where you call witnesses. That is where the defendant has the right. He has no right in the grand jury to call witnesses. He has no right in the grand jury to be there. He has no right to have his lawyer in the grand jury room. Now, we afforded the President of the United States that right, and he rejected it. His lawyer sent a letter to Mr. Nadler and said, Thank you, but no thanks. We are not going to play. So, Mr. Speaker, in my view, the minority leader, minority whip continues to conflate the responsibility we had here in the House and the responsibility the Senate has. The Senate is the trier of facts, not the House. The House is the determinant of whether there is probable cause, and we did that and it is over in the Senate, and it is their responsibility and duty. They lift their hands to swear they will be impartial, to get all the relevant evidence--relevant evidence, relevant evidence--not just some fishing expedition on either side, the prosecution or defense. And with that, I hope we can end this debate, because it will be endless if we do not, simply because we are not going to agree, Mr. Speaker.…”