I ask forgiveness, and that is what it is all about.

I ask Members to follow their conscience and they will serve the country.

Even if you take what Miss Lewinsky said when she talked to the President about what to do with the gifts, you wouldn't have a case, because she says he said, I don't know,'' or Let me think about it

I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from California (Mr.

Who in this House believes that? Who in this country believes that? To this day, the President's defense rests on the argument that Ms

I yield 3 1 2 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr.

I believe the impeachment inquiry proposal that will be offered by Mr.

Well, respectfully, I don't think that the evidence supports the perjury in the grand jury, as articulated in my statement

s perjurious testimony in the Jones versus Clinton case, does not amount to an impeachable offense since it occurred as part of a civil and not a criminal trial and since, ultimately, the case was thrown out of court. In fact, some even…

I suggest to my dear colleagues, that as we vote today in the people's house, and as this process moves forward, we must use all due deliberation to ensure fairness, and that any punishment meted out fit closely with the President's…

I think that if you look at this from the perspective of a trial lawyer, in terms of how this would play out, I think this would be really an impossible case to develop.

I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question on the resolution.

I think there is compelling evidence here that points to the conclusion that the president engaged in a pattern of lying under oath and other misconduct.

I believe responsible people can disagree about where to draw the line on what does or does not constitute perjury.

I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr.

I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr.

ladies and gentlemen of this body, we are confronted with an overzealous and non- Page H11783 independent counsel report combined with a totally politicized process in the committee with party line votes on nearly every issue

I believe that the president can be held accountable for his actions after he leaves office through the criminal justice system.

continuing the business under the incredible turn of events that has occurred, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr

I believe that as a member of the House of Representatives, short of sending young men and women to risk their lives in battle, impeachment is the gravest vote I can make.

I believe that the Justice Department got it right and Independent Counsel Donald Smaltz got it wrong.

I think, can only be described as a memorandum of law, possibly a brief--contains no facts--no facts in the case before us today.

I believe the framers of the Constitution were more interested in limiting the number and kind of offenses which are considered impeachable than expanding the type of transgressions deemed serious enough to warrant the removal of a…

I urge his finding that the resolution of censure is germane.

I suggest that there are alternatives that are open to this Congress to deal with that particular issue.