NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “And even more astounding, as the gentleman from Arizona and the gentleman from Indiana will acknowledge, even more…”

“And even more astounding, as the gentleman from Arizona and the gentleman from Indiana will acknowledge, even more astounding was the explanation that we heard from the Vice President of the United States, who stood before a gathering of the press and said that he was proud of his actions but, from that day forward, he would not repeat them. And he developed for that press conference one of the most infamous phrases that I believe has been hoisted upon the American people, because the Vice President of the United States, the man who, if circumstance and tragedy struck, would be elevated to this Nation's highest office, the Vice President of the United States said, 'There is no controlling legal authority that pertains to my conduct.' ... For the Vice President of the United States to presume and to protest that there is no controlling legal authority can only lead us to conclude, sadly, that the Vice President of the United States believes himself to be above the law.”