The President’s grand jury testimony and televised address have raised renewed speculation about future actions of the Congress and the House Judiciary Committee in particular. If the Independent Counsel has any substantial and credible information...

many unknowns surrounding the overall agreement (and) there is much work to be done before that (congressional) assent can be given.

It is my hope and prayer we could finish by New Year’s,

I would call them hostages. They are being held against their will, and five days is a rather long time, especially if you’re the one being held in detention.

In doing this, William Jefferson Clinton has undermined the integrity of his office, has brought disrepute on the presidency, has betrayed his trust as president, and has acted in a manner subversive of the rule...

We should nurture better ties with China.

would be to look the other way instead of confronting our collective responsibility under the Constitution.

I’m opposed to censure, … Whether or not one will be permitted, it’s under discussion. It isn’t ruled out, but it’s not a dead-bang certainty either.

I have pledged to try to finish this inquiry by the end of the year, … However, if we continue to revisit this issue over and over again, the Committee may be delayed in completing...

Because the president is the only individual with knowledge of almost every material fact relevant to the trial, his testimony could greatly help to expeditiously and fairly bring this matter to a close,

Our power has the grave liability of rendering our theories about the world immune from failure. But by becoming deaf to easily discerned warning signs, we may ignore long-term costs that result from our actions...

We have an excellent case without the witness, but the witnesses will help you. We have narrowed it down to three, a pitiful three, and I should think you would want to proceed with that...

We respect and appreciate the bipartisan agreement established by this Senate, … We intend to use the time we have been provided to present a compelling case on the serious charges pending against the President.

I don’t care how we got in [to Iraq].

But it would be wonderful if we could,

power of the purse.

I fear that important religious sites will become museums for commercial purposes and will no longer be maintained as places of spiritual worship shared by billions across the world,

There are so many women on the floor of Congress, it looks like a mall.

We went over a series of suggested redactions concerning personal data, irrelevancies embarrassing things that have no relation to the subject of what we’re looking at, … It’s laborious, but we made a lot of...

… withhold making any decision on whether or not to vote on articles of impeachment against President Clinton until the Judiciary Committee has reported any such articles.

It still is our plane, … It’s not a trophy for them to confiscate.

It appears that you have already made up your mind and that you believe a rush to judgment is appropriate without the airing of the facts or thoughtful consideration of the evidence,

We are going to follow wherever the facts lead us.

If he verifies these charges, impeachment might very well be an option,

The statute of limitations has long since passed on my youthful indiscretions. Suffice it to say, Cherie Snodgrass and I were good friends a long, long time ago. After Mr. Snodgrass confronted my wife, the...

I think for the good of the country, probably forget it.

I think the bill that the Senate passed is a good bill,

Most informed people agree that the U.N. is in desperate need of reform,

I wish to commend you for your vigorous defense of American values, including democracy and human rights, and for holding to account those who would threaten America’s economic security through the systematic counterfeiting of our...

the legal issues have been resolved.

Now we have heard from academia … we’re going to have more of the seminar tomorrow, … But I will listen most intently to see if anybody, anybody, repudiates, rejects, rebuts the facts that have...

This vote says something about us,

At no time did I sanction perjury,

I think it would be awkward to have an impeachment vote during a bombing in Iraq,

I think that the House has a lot less enthusiasm for the U.N. than exists outside the House.

to emphasize the statements made under oath.

their typical knee-jerk reaction.

While the truth of what occurred in World War II must and will prevail, I am concerned that a renewed discussion of history at this critical juncture will distract nations in the region from carrying...

We don’t want to be accused of politicizing this … but we will be doing a lot of planning and interviewing and whatever’s necessary to have hearings after the election,

This legislation brings to bear instruments of leverage sufficient to the task, the most important being tying the U.S. financial contribution to a series of readily understandable benchmarks.

As it stands, the situation is both strange and unusual in that the Indian authorities know more about this important proposal than we in Congress.

We fulfilled our oath of office to discharge our duty according to the Constitution and when elected officials do that, democracy works,

The only purpose for this being dredged up now is an obvious attempt to intimidate me, and it won’t work,

We’re meeting with each other, trying to coordinate the managers, we have several as you know, and each has an assigned task, and we’re busily preparing our remarks and trying to time them and make...

It is our intention to request live witnesses. We think that’s the highest and best evidence, and that will be our firm request.

Do we still have a government of laws and not of men? Does the law apply to some people with force and ferocity while the powerful are immune? Do we have one set of laws...

I do not call for Kofi Annan to resign. But I withhold my judgment pending the completion of other investigations which are ongoing

I agree that we must move with all deliberate speed to resolve this matter, … However, we must not act so hastily that the president and the House of Representatives do not have a fair...

In response to the request of the speaker of the House, I have directed the House Judiciary Committee staff to begin a preliminary inquiry into the tactics employed in the seizure of Elian Gonzalez by...

Yes, there have been old and senile members, but that’s the price you pay for letting the people choose their representatives. The elitism that says they don’t know what they’re doing is very troubling.