Henry Hyde Quotes (89 Quotes)

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,

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

We have heard from so many college professors that I think I'm going to ask if we can get college credit for attending seminars.

There is information that should be released. We can redact transcripts of the taped material and release those. That, so far, seems to be the best way, ... But there is an awful lot there that shouldn't go out.

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

We are not confined to the Starr referral, ... That was the debate we had on the floor with the resolution that empowered us to review the material from the independent counsel. Mr. (Rick) Boucher (D-Virginia) and the Democrats wanted a very narrow scope. And we wanted a wider scope. And we prevailed. And so we are not bound by the parameters of the Starr referral.

This is not the time to get angry at the Senate. At the same time, this is a strange process, one that we're not familiar with. In terms of making a case, the question of the production of witnesses, it has been rendered difficult.

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 national currency.

We should nurture better ties with China.

He's been a very effective leader. I hate losing him,

We are not delegates who are sent here to weigh our mail every day and then to vote accordingly. There are issue of transcendent importance that you have to be willing to lose your office over ... I'm willing to lose my seat any day in the week rather than sell out.

In debating the pros and cons of gun control, we cannot avoid our responsibility by ignoring the deeper, cultural and spiritual problems evidenced by the violent conduct of the accused juveniles in Littleton and Conyers,

The House managers have decided that they need to talk to Ms. Lewinsky before making a recommendation to the Senate to depose her, ... The action of the House managers is not unusual. It is not unfair, and it is not contrary to the rules of the Senate.

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 opportunity to present the case and the Senate does not have a fair opportunity to review a meaningful factual record.

I'm just speculating. It's really for them to decide, ... But I think the imposition of a sanction -- I don't want to use punishment, because impeachment isn't punishment, it's a cleansing of the office -- it's really the stage, that stage, the penalty stage is in the Senate, not in the House.

But I hope you might now also understand why we respectfully disagree with the method that you adopted, which mandates withholding of U.S. Dues from the United Nations if certain benchmarks and deadlines are not met.

It's increasingly clear Henry can't control them (other Republicans) or that he doesn't want to.

By their very nature, these kinds of crimes attack the integrity of the judicial system, ... Indeed, that's why they're crimes. To argue that in certain instances these crimes mean little is to say our judicial system means little. I reject that notion.

no clear destination toward which we should be headed.

I think it's fair to have a vote on a resolution for censure.

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 its important work.

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

America is hungry for people who believe in something.

I think if we get into the middle of next week and the personnel are still being held, the intensity of this and the danger escalates,

raises a variety of antitrust concerns.

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 that may constitute grounds for impeachment, he has an explicit statutory duty to send a report to the House. If and when the Independent Counsel sends such a report, it is reasonable to expect answers to many as yet unanswered questions. It is our Constitutional duty to provide a fair, full and independent review of these facts in their proper context. Until then, we simply should not speculate about how the House would proceed.

I don't care how we got in to Iraq.

Today it's our responsibility and our constitutional duty to review those materials referred to us and recommend to the House of Representatives whether the matter merits a further inquiry.

These are not trivial matters. These are not partisan matters. These are matters of justice, the justice that each of you has taken a solemn oath to serve in this trial,

Will we secure India's cooperation in areas that otherwise would not be forthcoming

Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Illinois, chairman of the Judiciary Committee that oversees the crime panel, thanked the agents for their work. This problem involves an attitude, a national attitude that makes security the lowest issue on the totem pole, ... The only way to wake people up is to shock them. And this is shocking.

What about the unborn ... What about those who can't run away, who depend on our sense of humanity

The time has come for the American people, for the members of Congress to get this report,

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,

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

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.

There are many voices telling us to halt this debate, that the people are weary of it all, ... There are other voices suggesting we have a duty to debate the many questions raised by the circumstances in which we find ourselves, questions of high consequence for constitutional government.... What is the significance of a false statement under oath Is it essentially different from a garden variety lie A mental reservation A fib An evasion A little white lie Hyperbole

The committee will now carefully review those responses,

The president will get copy number three. He will get it as soon as we get it and as soon as the American people get it. He's not caught by surprise. He's the party of the first part, he knows what's in the report better than anybody on the planet, but to give the spin machine an opportunity to be the first impact on the American people before we the members have seen this report -- it's not bipartisanship, it's foolishness.

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

We hope and expect that the Senate will reject this motion and continue an expeditious search for the facts. History and justice demand a full record of the truth,

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 sure they are coherent and comprehensive, ... So, just the usual preparation for a trial.

This is a lousy job but somebody has to do it ... No one looks forward to this traumatic journey that we're about to enter on,

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.

as an assault on the Congress.

We're at the stage in the impeachment trial in the Senate where we're going to be required to produce a list of witnesses that we want, ... Monica Lewinsky is, of course, the most important witness in this whole drama.

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

I don't think this sad, sad drama will end. And we will never get it behind us until you vote up or down on the articles.

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 been contained and will soon again be housed in these boxes.

The founding fathers gave the House of Representatives one function when it comes to cleansing the office of the presidency and that is impeachment, ... Whether or not a resolution of censure is appropriate is something beyond our constitutional authority.