Elizabeth Furse: “I say to the gentleman from Oregon [Mr. DeFazio], the point you make I think is really important. The city of Portland…”

It goes without saying that lying under oath is a serious offense. But even if the House of Representatives had the constitutional authority to impeach for any instance of perjury or obstruction of justice, a responsible House would not…

I was a South African, and I can speak from experience how total was apartheid, how brutal was the regime. I was privileged while in South Africa to participate in the struggle against apartheid and then later in my life as an American…

Mr. Chairman, there are tremendous parts in H.R. 3534. I think we do need to look at all the information when we make decisions. But the only problem is that we have seen some really terrible examples where something came through on a…

this resolution has two parts. Of course we support the troops, of course we do. But the second part of this resolution confirms that we should remove a ruler. I cannot believe it is in our best interests to decide who rules in what…