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Nita Lowey: “My colleagues, the people of the United States are wise and fair. They understand that the President's conduct, the…”

On the recordOctober 8, 1998
My colleagues, the people of the United States are wise and fair. They understand that the President's conduct, the President's lies, the President's behavior was wrong and immoral and reprehensible. But they are wise. I want to appeal to my colleagues as a woman, as a mother, as a grandmother, and as a lawmaker, let us have a formal rebuke of this behavior, but then let us move forward in this House, because I want to make it very clear that we believe it is immoral not to be rebuilding our schools, not to be taking care of our children, not it be focusing on health care, and not to preserve Social Security and Medicare.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Addressing the need for accountability and focus on social issues during a debate on the President's conduct.

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