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 Rod Grams was a Republican senator from Minnesota. He served from 1995 until 2001. He died in 2013.

Statement by Senator Spencer Abraham (Republican – Michigan)

Despite the handicaps placed upon the House managers, I feel they did an excellent job in presenting their case in support of the articles of impeachment and laying out the facts. I listened to them carefully, as I listened to the White House Counsel and the President’s lawyers in their vigorous defense of William Jefferson Clinton. [Read more…]