James Traficant: “The prosecutor has asked us to indict the President of the United States on 11 counts. All 11 counts involve an intern.…”

“The prosecutor has asked us to indict the President of the United States on 11 counts. All 11 counts involve an intern. In the video, in 4 hours of questioning, the prosecutor did not ask the President one time about FBI files, about the travel office, about Vincent Foster, or about Whitewater. In 4 hours, basically the prosecutor asked what did the President do with an intern, when did the President know that he did it, and did he lie about it. I am not minimizing the gravity of this, my colleagues, but this does not rise to the level of Watergate. Now, let us be honest about that. This prosecutor is required by law to submit all evidence to the House, which is a Grand Jury. I must assume that he has. But I would also say to the leaders of both parties, if he has not, he should be compelled today to deliver every piece of evidence he has on any pending investigation. That is our duty. I am going to support an inquiry today, but I am not going to support an extended soap opera, my colleagues. And I will say this: What the Congress of the United States, the House, has before us today is an 11- count indictment. We should be able to act on the predicate of that substance by the end of our terms. Kenneth Starr submitted it to the 105th Congress, not to a future Congress.”