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Walter B. Jones: “I explain to our Scouts that our current President did not take the same oath that they take and retake each week. I…”

On the recordDecember 19, 1998
I explain to our Scouts that our current President did not take the same oath that they take and retake each week. I stress that, unfortunately, we hold our Scouts to a higher standard than our current President. That is a bitter pill. ... There is not an elite class that is above the law; there is not a clause in the Constitution that gives an elected official license to conduct himself in a reckless, wanton, and unlawful manner because of his popularity. Mr. Speaker, when I think about the letter from Mr. Hagerty, I realize that the decision we are making about the violation of the law by the President of the United States is critical to the youth of America.
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Walter B. Jones
North Carolina
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Addressing the implications of presidential conduct on youth and the importance of upholding constitutional standards.

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