Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, the motion to recommit that I am pleased to offer this afternoon is well tailored to the challenge that we have before us. It offers a framework for a full and a fair review by the House Committee on the Judiciary and a full and a fair review by the House of Representatives. It assures that we give deference to the historical constitutional standard for impeachment, which has evolved to this House over two centuries. It assures ample time to consider carefully any of the facts that are contained in the referral sent to us by the Office of Independent Counsel, which rise to that constitutional standard. It assures that the entire matter will be resolved promptly and that the Nation is not distracted by a prolonged inquiry. Some Members, Mr. Speaker, would prefer that there be no review. Some would have us investigate, for more than a year, a wide range of matters. The resolution that we are offering through this motion to recommit steers a middle course, a careful review limited to the materials that are now before us. With the rules we offer, the House will discharge its constitutional obligations in a manner that is both thorough and expeditious. I urge the approval of this motion to recommit.”