Voices

“Reading the graphic descriptions is disgusting. It’s not the way normal people act.”

--Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.)

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“I think it is a time for people to be calm and not make snap judgments. ... I’d like to see it get over with as quickly as possible.”

--Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-Ore.)

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“From what I have been able to review of this report so far, there appear to me to be sufficient grounds for the House of Representatives to now begin the impeachment process.”

--Sen. John Chafee (R-R.I.)

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“As Republicans we have the responsibility to make sure there is no rush to judgment. This is too serious to allow any rush to judgment.”

--Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.)

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“I don’t think juicy tidbits should be the determining factor. ... The bottom line is whether these are impeachable offenses. I think a lot remains to be seen at this point.”

--Rep. Albert Wynn (D-Md.)

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“I think the president is forcing us to take this step. He had the ability and the opportunity to stop all this months ago. And he put us through it.”

--Rep. George Nethercutt Jr. (R-Wash.)

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“Four years, over $40 million and what you’re dealing with is the President’s affair and the President’s sexual appetite.”

Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.)

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“I’m not jumping for joy because when you know something for so long and know it’s true, you know the system worked and you can wait until people get the picture.”

--New York book agent Lucianne Goldberg, who helped expose the scandal