If you do not honor the due process rights of the accused, ... you are seriously undermining what it is attempting to do.

When the House Judiciary Committee does not do its own fact finding, it undermines the credibility of what it has done.

With time growing short, it is very difficult to do.

Today, this Committee will yet again conduct an exploratory discussion of whether various allegations against the commissioner of Internal Revenue warrant the commencement of formal impeachment proceedings.

Are we obligated to independently investigate the allegations, do our own fact-finding, conduct interviews and depositions?

The Constitution was enacted to strengthen government power to enable the central government to lay taxes, and to function effectively.

The House has never impeached anyone for gross negligence, or I think, anything akin to it.

I have spoken on this floor many, many times against amendments--so far, futilely--against amendments to bar the transfer of prisoners from Guantanamo or to prohibit the expenditure of funds to move them here or anywhere else. This…

This amendment would prohibit the Department of Defense from even reviewing locations in the U.S. to hold Guantanamo detainees. It would obviously make it much more difficult to close the prison, which is obviously its purpose, which…

I claim the time in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New York is recognized for 5 minutes.

This amendment is another amendment in a series we have seen today to prevent any movement toward closing the Guantanamo Bay facility, obviously, and it would prevent the expenditure for any officials who are trying to do that. A number of…

How much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New York has 1\1/4\ minutes remaining.