Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. First of all, the Constitution does not provide for a trial in the House of Representatives, period. However, Mr. Speaker, the minority continues to make the analogy of what is done in the House: impeachment, analogous to an indictment, making a charge and determining that there is probable cause. Secondly, in the Nixon administration, there was a Democratic Congress, and there was discussion back and forth. Guess what? The President's witnesses came forward. What happened in this case? The President said nobody can testify to the Congress. I believe that was obstruction of justice, but that is for the Senate to decide--certainly, obstruction of the Congress. In the Clinton administration, the same thing happened. Witnesses came forward, including, I believe, the Chief of Staff of the White House. So it was a very different situation. In addition, in both the Nixon and Clinton administrations, the minority shoves aside the fact that there were special prosecutors that had depositions of all the witnesses and were available in the United States Senate at the time of the trial. So the Senate had full information. Thirdly, the gentleman does not either remember or assert, Mr. Speaker, that the Judiciary Committee said to the White House counsel that you can participate. There is time for you to come down. There is time for you to call witnesses. There is time for you to make your case. Mr.…”