Higher welcome to your world this morning. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. We are following that breaking news. 10 american sailors are back in u. S. Custody, after spending a night detained and questioned by iran. Iran stopped two navy vessels on tuesday as they entered iranian waters. The boats were en route from center of excellence of brain aging to kuwait. They were accused of trespassing, one had a mechanical failure, and iran appeared to have accepted that explanation. The officials are taking it seriously. They are not overreacting for the simple fact that these are sensitive times, and soon the nuclear deal between iran and the United States and the International Community will be implemented guly, that includes lift fully, that includes lifting of sanctions. Some people are assuming that this was some kind of provocation in order to create a tension and delay the lifting of the sanctions regime in the next few days or so. It has been a long night in washington d. C. Rosalind
And my colleagues on this committee know full well that we cannot escape history. That the decision we must jointly make will itself be tested and tried by our fellow citizens, and by history itself. The magnitude of our mission is awesome. Theres no way to understate its importance. Nor to mistake its meaning. We have unsheathed the strongest weapon in the arsenal of congressional power. We personally, members of this committee, have felt its weight, and have perceived its dangers. The framers of the constitution, fearing an executive too strong to be contained, and constrained from injustice or subject to reproof arrayed the congress with the power to bring the executive into account, and into peril of removal for acts of treason, bribery, or other crimes of high and misdemeanors. Now the first responsibility facing members of this committee was to try to define what an Impeachable Offense is. The constitution doesnt define it. The precedents, which are sparse, do not give us any rea
Has in fact either authorized the bake in or personal the cover up. We were persuaded beyond a convincing case that he should stand trial in the political sense of having to have a trial in the senate but nobody felt great about it. Most people get burdened. They didnt want to. We felt there was no alternative. We were the elected officials and had a duty to see whether the highest officer in the country had breached his duty. William cohen, 1974, a republican member of the House Judiciary Committee. Thank you for being with us. Thank you for being with us on cspans 3 American History tonight. Tv 8 00 eastern time sunday evening we will continue our look at house judiciary committ committee. Our coverage of the 40th anniversary of water gate continues including debate over article two which charge nixon of abuse with power. You will also hear from the forrer director of the library and museum and explains how the committees vote affecting our understanding of president ial power today.
See that we dont do irreparable damage to the longest, single existing form government in the history of man. My question in be the final analysis will be this. As strongly as i disapprove of the policies of president s kennedy and johnson, would i have voted to impeach them based on the evidence before this committee . Thank you, mr. Chairman. Committee will come to order. I recognize the gentleman from maryland, mr. Hogan for purposes of general debate not to exceed a period of 15 minutes. Mr. Hogan. Thank you, mr. Chairman. More than a century ago in a time of Great National trial, Abraham Lincoln told a troubled and bitterly divided nation we cannot escape history. We of this congress and this administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the last generation. Today were again faced with a national trial. The American People are tro
Cambodia toledo the eventual end of the longest war in this country. An impoundment, president s have been impounding funds since president jefferson. I think its interesting that in recent article in the Washington Post august 2nd, 1971, it came out that under the Kennedy Administration through assistant attorney general there was a plan called stick to it mississippi. My home state. Stick to it mississippi. Remember that. What was involved was the impoundment of funds on some three dozen projects to force mississippi to comply with certain Justice Department decrees and court decrease. Its impoundment. Its impoundment whatever way you look at it. When its impoundment in a different area then its a different horse. Now many of those here have talked about the youth of america and although identify gone im still the youngest member of this committee. Im concerned what impact watergate would have on the young people of america. But i think maybe in the final analysis they see this more