NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “this comes back to a point that I believe needs to be reinforced, Mr. Speaker, the point that my colleague from Georgia…”

“this comes back to a point that I believe needs to be reinforced, Mr. Speaker, the point that my colleague from Georgia makes so eloquently. Every time I am home in the Sixth district of Arizona, every week I appreciate the bipartisanship, and just the common sense of the citizens whom I am honored to serve. And these questions as they are addressed to me do not come up as questions of Republicans versus Democrats or Congress versus the White House per se; the people who contact me have a legitimate concern about knowing the truth. And that is what this should be about, despite the best efforts to change the focus, to denigrate the actions of others, to complain about substance or complain about time and ignore substance and substantive facts, that remains the mission. Indeed, Mr. Speaker, in this hour of difficulty, I think it is incumbent upon us all to simply ask a question: Are we prepared to defend the rule of law? Are we prepared to find out the truth? Regardless of political philosophy or partisan stripe, are we prepared to do those things? Should we not do those things in this society? Should we not reaffirm that no person is above the law? Should we not reaffirm that there is a controlling legal authority in our society? It is called the Constitution of the United States. Woe to us as a constitutional republic, woe to us as a society if we say, no, it is really not important.…”