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
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 for the officers and another for the enlisted? Should we? These are but a few questions these hearings are intended to explore.
We think it would be helpful to hear from the president and we'd like to participate in any fair examination of him,
A decision whether to hold hearings will be based on the information developed during this review. I am hopeful that the attorney general will cooperate fully by making all necessary documents and personnel available to the committee,
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.
We have no precedent to follow on the involvement of the independent counsel in our proceedings. However, it seems both useful and instructive that we should hear from him since he is the person most familiar with the complicated matters the House has directed us to review.
We will hear from other witnesses in live hearings and in depositions as we move towards a final resolution. In addition, we have yet to hear from the president. And I can assure my colleagues, if and when the president would want to testify, he may have unlimited time to do so.
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,
Although gun legislation has its utility, the real problem is what's going on in our kids' minds and hearts and souls,
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,
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.
I'm just speculating. It's really for them to decide,
I leave it to the choreographers whose business is to sell our message.
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.
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.