Louis Stokes: “I ask my colleagues to oppose the Hyde impeachment inquiry resolution.”

I think that I have listened throughout this very lengthy debate regarding this issue this evening, and of course, like the gentleman from California [Mr. Lewis], I have deferred to members of the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and…

I am reminded today of what occurred in the House of Representatives a few years ago when I chaired the Ethics Committee. We had undertaken an extensive investigation, led by Joseph Califano, a noted Washington lawyer whom I had hired as…

Yes, both the gentleman from California and I would concur in the gentleman's judgment that such a study does not reflect the critical needs and priorities currently confronting us. And even though the amount of money used to fund the…

this motion to instruct, although offered by our side of the House, is certainly offered in a bipartisan manner. I think it is evident that it has strong bipartisan support by virtue of the fact that I have yielded both to Members on this…