John Conyers

I believe it is our constitutional duty to begin an impeachment inquiry based on the evidence delivered to the Judiciary Committee by Judge Starr.

I believe that his actions of perjury, obstruction of justice, suborning perjury and abuse of power are of a serious nature and that they merit impeachment by this body and trial by the Senate.

I believe that all of us recognize the seriousness of President Clinton being charged with violations against the Constitution.

The gentleman from Illinois (Chairman Hyde) has indicated his intention to vote for an inquiry of impeachment of the President of the United States, quite within his scope of his duties, or any other Member, for that matter.

I believe the President should be impeached, which means a finding by the House of Representatives that there is evidence the President committed acts sufficient for the Senate to consider the charges and vote on whether or not he should…

I believe, that the Congress, that the House, could begin impeachment proceedings if that alone had happened--the pleading of the Fifth Amendment by the presieent--as being a political problem, a political affront to the system of…

I believe different constitutional standards apply in regard to the impeachment of judges than pertain for the impeachment of the President.

I urge you as you cast your vote to look to history and the real facts in this case, and to look beyond partisan interests as the Constitution requires, and vote no'' on these articles of impeachment.

I suggest, it is a misreading of the Constitution for any member here to assert that for a member to vote for an article of impeachment means that that member must be convinced that the President should be removed from office.

I believe the House Judiciary Committee should begin an inquiry into whether the report of Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr on these matters presents facts that warrant impeachment of President Clinton.

I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of the House Judiciary Committee's recommendation to open an impeachment inquiry into the conduct of President Clinton.

Let us keep the lights on and celebrate Boys and Girls Clubs, and if there is anybody else that deserves it. If they are undeserving, not a nickel do they get. If they do not have strict accounting procedures, 'Sorry, you don't qualify.'…

I feel better already. We are off to a good start. Everybody agrees Boys and Girls Clubs are great. All I want to do now is to keep us all focused in the second term of the 105th Congress and we take a little look at the police athletic…

So I take it the answer is yes, the gentleman will be looking with me at other deserving organizations? Some may not be chartered, but that does not make them less deserving. I would support and do support a lot of these programs, but I…

I wanted to appeal to the distinguished subcommittee chairman to consider withdrawing this bill. It is clear we need hearings. The smart thing for us to do at 12:20 in the morning is to take this thing back to the Committee on the…

There is not any trafficking across that part of the northern border, but there is plenty of drugs increasingly coming in at the northern border. And one more thing, my colleagues. This bill is being represented as a temporary fix. What…

Now there is no urgency on this bill. This is not an appropriation. This is not anything. It has not had a hearing, and here we are at midnight and one of the last days of the first session of the 105th Congress talking about a 1-year…

As the debate nears to a close, I think just about everybody has figured out the Gingrich scheme. This Republican bill is supposed to fail. Of course it will fail, and of course the District will be plunged further into chaos. That is the…

I hold a letter from Dr. Andrew Brimmer, I hold a letter from the Executive Office of the President of the United States. One begs us to support the Moran substitute; the other guarantees that the Gingrich bill will be vetoed if it ever…

Of those 15 States that have passed the law the gentleman advocates, 9 have been found to be unconstitutional.

I would say to the doctor, he is also a Congressman and there is a constitutional basis for this measure that we have. Look at the fifth amendment, then read the U.S. Supreme Court decision.

I still have problems with this two-war strategy that now fuels a $250 billion military piece. I think that is a little too much. The Seawolf submarine, the nuclear submarine, when I was the chairman, we were holding hearings on the…

If INS is not doing the right thing, that is a matter that we who have oversight jurisdiction over them ought to be put on notice. If, on the other hand, the INS is ineffective because of the fact that they are overwhelmed by the nature of…

If the gentleman had known that I had voted against the crime bill of 1994, would that have slowed down the gentleman's enthusiasm for anything we have done or said here today? I yield to the gentleman for a response.

What if the gentleman found out that the three strikes provision does not carry any discretion, and that little incident that you talked about, and I have some more in which the third offense being a violent offense, that is it, for the…