Political Quotes

“this debate is as important for what it is not about as for what it is about. It is not about whether to conduct an inquiry. Both the Democratic and Republican resolutions would initiate an inquiry. It is not about who has been more faithful to the Watergate precedent. Neither side is pure on that subject. What this debate is about is whether the Committee on the Judiciary will take up Whitewater, Travelgate, and Filegate, without a shred of paper from the Independent Counsel on this subject. It is about whether the committee will commence a fullscale impeachment hearing without asking itself, as a threshold matter, whether even Ken Starr's best case compels impeachment. If Members can somehow convince themselves that after 4/2 years and nearly $50 million in taxpayers' money, that Ken Starr has been less than aggressive in pursuing Whitewater, Travelgate, and Filegate, then Members should vote for the Republican resolution which authorizes the Committee on the Judiciary to take them up even without a referral from Kenneth Starr. If Members believe that the committee should avoid the question of whether even Ken Starr's best case compels impeachment, and, instead, plunge blindly into a month-long evidentiary fiasco, then they should vote for the Republican resolution.”