today i am an inquisitor and hyperbole would not be fictional and would not overstate the solemnness that i feel right now. my faith in the constitution is whole. it is complete. it is total. and i am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the constitution. aye. mr. conyers? aye. some republicans who voted for the impeachment, some democrats who voted for the impeachment, they were putting their political lives on the line. all of us were putting our reputations on the line. aye. we voted on the impeachment. it was one of the most sober and solemn moments in my life and i think in the life of everybody on that committee. everybody understood the stakes for the country.
word and pays back the $84,000 of taxpayer money he used as settlement. going on to say, congress must hold themselves to even higher standards here. so republicans have a little scar now from this congressman that was embroiled in this scandal. he s now i think the fourth member of the house and senate to resign amid allegations of sexual harassment. other issues, you take a look at the picture. conyers, franklin, ruben kihuen from nevada. there are five altogether. it is really surprising that it has taken him this long to leave. some of them left for lesser offenses than actually having a case settled and then saying you ll pay it back and then never actually doing it.
vocal of having representative conyers step down based on allegations as well. but what this is about is nondisclosure agreements. the congresswoman said i did not feel right having to do that, it felt wrong to me. she felt like she had unclean hands from that moment on. but for congress to wrestle with is why is there a pattern and practice of this behavior, and why there are protections in place to protect the secrecy on behalf of congress but not the people who are alleged to be victims. and one of the stories that comes out continuously is the notion that once you have signed that nondisclosure agreement, as we see what s happening with the white house right now, once you sign that, a lot of your rights you would normally have as your employer, to have that employee relationship not tarnished with misconduct, it goes away. that s what congress has to reckoncile if we re going to believe there is sincerity in the #metoo movement. we just got word from tony
have to wait longer. garrett haake on capitol hill. if you don t know much about firearms, you probably are familiar with the ar-15. it is a semi automatic weapon referred to as america s gun. it is a customizable and adaptable weapon. there is an estimate that we own 8 million and being used in tragedies like yesterday s shooting. in the past 11 years, ar-15 style weapons have been used in 12 mass shootings. ar-15 have been used in five. here is a look at them. first, october of 2007 in wisconsin, six people were shot and killed. in 2015, one person was shot and killed in little water, new mexico and a few months later two people were shot and killed in conyers, georgia and then three people shot and killed in colorado springs and in october of last year we had the vegas massacre, the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. hist
mr. hungate. aye. mr. conyers? aye. some republicans who voted for the impeachment, some democrats who voted for the impeachment, they were putting their political lives on the line. and all of us were putting our reputations on the line. miss holtzman. aye. we voted on the impeachment. it was one of the most sober and solemn moments in my life and i think in the life of everybody on that committee. everybody understood the stakes for the country. that s what this was all about. and it was above party. it was what was good for america and what our democracy required. mr. reelsback. aye. it was the republicans that ultimately provided a real measure of putting country ahead of party. nixon held his ground.