If we are a nation of laws, then the highest and the lowest are subject to the same law. There is no preferential treatment and we and our Constitution grants none. The president, in my opinion, obstructed justice. He attempted to cover up. To say this is just about sex is to say that Watergate was just about a third-rate burglary.
Nothing is further from the truth.
This president sought to cover up a crime. And if we allow this to stand without the ultimate punishment which is afforded the Constitution, which charges us as the people's body to make, we have not done our duty and history will so remember. I like to quote and paraphrase, in closing, the words of our colleague from South Carolina, Mr. Graham. I hope that 25 years from this day, people will think that we made the right decision. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.