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 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.

Counsel whose office resorts to bullying, threats and intimidation; a mad rush to put the report of the Counsel on the internet without giving the President the basic right to review the charges against him; the release of the President

I believe that the President lied under oath in a grand jury proceeding and made false statements in a sworn deposition after acknowledging that the testimony was subject to the penalty of perjury.

I ask my colleagues to vote down this open ended, unfair resolution presented today by the majority.

I think I had the Judge Nixon case for a while when I was at Justice, and my recollection is that there was clouds of corruption in the background of that---- Rep.

I think in response to some of this questioning, suggested that the president can defend on the basis that the definition was changed--that is, the definition of sex''--and that the new definition may somehow have excluded a certain act or…

I believe perjury is evident and there is a strong possibility that perjurious statements may have been made in both the civil deposition and before the grand jury, it does not reach the threshold for impeachment envisioned by our…

The gentleman from Illinois has said that we should not be on a fishing expedition, but others in the party, I have heard even leaders in the party, the Republican Party, say, well, we have to look at Travelgate, and we have to look at…

I say this with all due respect: only a foolish or inexperienced prosecutor would attempt to indict and convict someone based on hearsay grand jury testimony

Well, politically, I guess, I had anticipated that all that might be the subject of negotiation before the votes were taken

it is our plan to recognize our leadership, and then our members of the Committee on the Judiciary, and then the rest of our distinguished membership on this side

I urge my colleagues to heed the words of Alexander Hamilton, that we use caution as we proceed with this inquiry, and above all, that we be fair to all parties involved.

and asserts that there should be no further review has a very high burden to meet. I think that the Judiciary Committee

I believe there is sufficient evidence that William Jefferson Clinton committed perjury and abused the office of the Presidency.

I believe that the case for these Articles is not strong enough to merit sending them to the Senate for trial.

the gentleman from Virginia proposes instead to censure the President.

I think the dignity of the House would be upheld if something like that were to be approached, and everybody could perhaps get on more easily with attending to the public's business.