Mark Neumann: “I want to be very clear on why it is that I am voting for impeachment. I would like to bring this whole discussion back…”

“I want to be very clear on why it is that I am voting for impeachment. I would like to bring this whole discussion back to the facts in the case. What do we know here? We know we have a 50-year-old married man, the most powerful man in the world, who had repeated sexual relations with a woman, a subordinate, 27 years his junior. We know that he came on national television and shook his finger in our face and said, I did not have any such affair. We know that under oath in January he was asked, and I quote, ``Have you ever had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky?'' To which he responded, and again I quote, ``I never had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky. I never had an affair with her.'' We know that in August, after careful consideration, he was asked that question again and he again stated under oath, and I quote, ``My recollection is that I did not have sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky and I am standing on my former statement about that.'' And we know the stain on Monica Lewinsky's dress proved beyond any shadow of a doubt that he did have sexual relations with this woman. There is no walk of life in the United States of America where this behavior would be accepted. A college professor having consensual sex with one of his students would be dismissed. A CEO guilty of an office affair with an intern would be fired. A physician, a counselor, a pastor would lose their right to practice. A military officer would be dishonorably discharged.”