Evidence pa now the president makes a big point of determining what use the defendants would put the money to which he was paying them. To determine its legality or illegality. That isnt the very legitimate. The question is to what purpose it was paid not to what purpose it was put. 400,000 people was given to seven people occupying a d. C. Jiel cell because they have committed a burglary unless he wants something from them. That is a charitable expectation. You cant look at this case without feeling a deep sadness but deeper anger. Diaper anger that this country jep ard edarded. You cant look at the total of what confronts us in this case is understanding that unless we fulfill our obligations as these fallible human beings in this genius of government aal structure, or obligations and duty is to impeach this president that this country might get about doing the business the way it should do in pursuant to standards that have been set for this country since its beginning. Thank you mr. Chairman. I recognize the gentleman from mississippi mr. Lott for general debate. Thank you mr. Chairman. For a period not to exceed 15 minutes. Thank you. This truly has been an awesome, time consuming and exhausting task. I wonder really what this moment in hift riff could mean to the future of our country. Along the way ive been really disgusted with proceedings such on early in the week with when we were trying to find whether to have lights or television cameras. I have to admit in all candidness that it has been very fair and take this touopportuni to thank the chairman. Also, i was particularly impressed, mr. Chairman by self of the comments you made in your Opening Statement last nagt. Tang no mi make no mistake about it. This is a turning point whenever we decide further quoting, for almost 200 years every generation of americans have taken care to restore our system and integrity of particular pressures and emergencies to which everyone is subjected. The clearing fathefounding fath intend the president be impeached for mistakes. Were now in the final stages of review of some 15 months of the most intensive investigation of any president of the United States perhaps of any man. The Senate Select committee or watt water Gate Committee spent 18 months and over 2 million in its investigation. The grand jury in washington d. C. Spent 225,000 since 1972. The house judiciary staff of some 100 have been working at a committee for tran transcripts, handwritten memos and on and on. This years weight in pounds is overwhelming. Could any man withstand such scrutiny. Could any man go through some of this of a questionable statement under preez pressure or while frustrated or even revealing some mistakes. I submit no. Where was a similar counter balancing. Presentation of the higher side of the story. Was the pikt krcture revealed properly. Was it in the grand jury. This committee was nonpartisan. I you give credit where credit is do until very recently. The arguments can be against peach. Would not have been presented. The president s counsel james st. Clair was able to sit in on this evidence and part on a limited base. He was the president s counsel not the committee s counsel. Not my counsel. There was not a staff lecture fin my opinion. Last night at 7 30 we received the roe poproposed articles of the gate began. Regardless of now were preparing to vote on articles of impeachment. I think its incumbent upon every member to listen and keep his mouth shut thl he has stand on the that the president was innocent like any man should be considered innocent until theres clear evidence. In my opinion you cannot impeach a president for half a case or on the basis of several cases put together. Were not facing impeaching any of these others but the president. The line must drawn directly to the president. This is to the president. This has not been ton. The president had several aids who served this country but bit of evidence to the contrary. What is at stake here is thesy are this is what has worried me all along. In my part of the country do is it institutions that made this count country dear and important. We have to consider the best interest of this country now and in the long run. We cannot allow political circumstances or aboutfirst bes president in that period of time. I think this is a classic sample how weve gotten so deep in the forest were analyzing every tree. We got to get beyond that. Lets look at a couple of specifics that the president had any knowledge of the watt gate break in thats my point. So much contra dibting evidence. The president on march 13 referred to the water gate break in like this, what a stupid thing. That was a stupid thing. The d not though all possibly involved to the you of the upon learn from dean on aur, seand t president said on march 22nd they could not demand black mail money and instructed dean to prepare a report for him on what was really go on of the. I think you must consider the fact that the president waved executive privilege for his closest aids, including his counsel. Thats what really happened. We could go on and on and on. With regard to elsbergs, he was convinced that the president did not know in advance of the breaksp through of on the pat of the art ble that dool wit deser comment. What is really the nen hes gene all of this. Im not saying poeother things werent important. Particularly the conversation of march 21 which ive satisfied myself. But beginning really was with the bomb. Look at that, the bombing