Henry Hyde
Henry Hyde
Henry John Hyde, an American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2007, representing the 6th District of Illinois, an area of Chicago's northwestern suburbs which included O'Hare International Airport. He chaired the Judiciary Committee from 1995 to 2001, and the House International Relations Committee from 2001 to 2007. He gained national attention for his leadership role in managing the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 April 1924
CountryUnited States of America
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,
This is a complex agreement with profound implications for US and global interests. Congress will need to take a close look at its many provisions in order to come to an informed decision.
This is a complex agreement with profound implications. Congress will need to take a close look.
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.
The anger I felt when the ACLU tried to disenfranchise me because my religious stayed with me. These are dangerous people who make dangerous arguments. Some powerful members of the cultural elites in our country are so paralyzed by the fear that theistic notions might reassert themselves in the official activities of government that they will go to Gestapo lengths to inhibit such expression.
The skeptical relativist attempt to mandate a naked public square is undemocratic. It is also a danger to democracy.
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.
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.
I think it's fair to have a vote on a resolution for censure.
We are going to follow wherever the facts lead us.
The law exists to protect the weak from the strong.
Free speech is meaningless unless it tolerates the speech that we hate.
Suffice it to say Cherie Snodgrass and I were good friends a long, long time ago. After Mr Snodgrass confronted my wife, the friendship ended and my marriage remained intact.
There are so many women on the floor of Congress, it looks like a mall