Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Barbara Mikulski

Feb 12, 1999

The following is a statement from the Senate’s closed deliberations on the Articles of Impeachment against President Clinton, excerpts of which senators were allowed to publish in the Congressional Record for Friday, February 12, 1999.

Senator Barbara Mikulski is a Democratic senator from Maryland. She assumed office in 1987 and is currently the longest-serving woman in the history of the US Congress.

Statement by Senator Barbara Mikulski (Democrat – Maryland)

Mr. Chief Justice, I will vote against the articles of impeachment accusing the President of the United States of perjury before a grand jury and obstruction of justice. [Read more…]

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Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Paul Sarbanes

Feb 12, 1999

The following is a statement from the Senate’s closed deliberations on the Articles of Impeachment against President Clinton, excerpts of which senators were allowed to publish in the Congressional Record for Friday, February 12, 1999.

Senator Paul Sarbanes was a Democratic senator from Maryland. He served from 1977 until 2007.

Statement by Senator Paul Sarbanes (Democrat – Maryland)

Mr. Chief Justice and colleagues, in his award-winning book ‘The Making of the President, 1960,’ Theodore H. White refers to an American Presidential election as ‘the most awesome transfer of power in the world.’ [Read more…]

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