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Impeachment proceeding will tear this country apart. To say that it will tear the country apart, to abide by the constitution is a proposition that i cannot accept. I think what would tear the country apart would be to turn our backs on the facts and our responsibilities to ascertain them. That in my opinion would do far more to start the unraveling of the fabric of this country and the constitution than would a strong reaffirmation of that great document. Mr. Chairman, ill take this opportunity to say what a privilege it has been for me to serve on this committee under your leadership and und...

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...

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....

To which we will tolerate those silent and subtle diversions that absorb it slowly into the rule of a few in the name of what is right. Our laws and our constitution are and they must be more than a pious wish, more than a sanctimonious recital of what we should prefer but will not insist upon. Because we who hold the Public Office are more than simply craftsmen, and draftsmen who hammer out legislation for the benefit of the people of this country. Were the keepers of the flame. The symbol of this nations ideal. And we do the greatest disservice when we allow that flame to be diminished or sn...

Officers but at this point, they say they dont expect to charge anyone else. In the meantime, harrington apologized to his family, to other Police Officers and to the victim. With his attorney at his side, former chp officer Sean Harrington surrendered at the Contra Costa County main jail in martinez, charged with two felonies. The 35yearold harrington is charged with stealing seminude photos from the cell phone of the woman he had arrested. This is a horrendous invasion of privacy but also, because hes a Law Enforcement officer, it really undermines the public trust in the criminal justice sy...