about the nature and extent of his nonconsensual sexual contact with ms. mcbroom and ms. wilkerson. worried about losing her job, ms. wilkerson was not initially candid when questioned about judge kent s conduct towards her. it was not only her third grand jury appearance that she was willing to reveal the sexual assaults she endured. on august 28, the federal grand báau on february 23, the day his criminal trial was set to begin, judge kent pled guilty to obstruction of justice. pursuant to the plea agreement, he knowingly and admitted to having sexual contact with both women and obstructing justice in his testimony before the investigative committee. on may 11, judge kent was sent todd 33 months in prison and ordered to pay fines and restitution. judge kent began his term of incarceration on june 15, this past monday. the day after sentencing, the house of representatives directed the judiciary committee investigative task force to inquire whether judge kent should be impe
and we will make sure that at the end of the day, we have a health insurance bill that will cover almost all americans, will hold down healthcare costs, will provide affordable, good quality health insurance coverage and we are going to pay for it. can explain how you got the number of 90% americans? we think it is somewhere between, somewhere around 95. again, the cbo depending on the structure of it, that can change, so that number is not setting a set in concrete. we know there are people who are healthy and remain healthy for of all time and will never encounter the system. there will be for a period of time people are unaware of this because people are still trying to get tv with a rabbit ears, after all of the hundreds of millions of dollars of ads and rebates and the rest of that, so, again, you ought to be careful about what you promise and we think this is and the ball park. much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recogn
the speaker pro tempore: 395 members have recorded their presence, a quorum is present. the gentleman from michigan is recognized for one hour. mr. mr. conyers: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and exclude extraneous material on the resolution under consideration and i begin by yielding myself 30 minutes the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. conyers: and i yield to the distinguished ranking member of the committee, lamar smith of texas, and ask by unanimous consent he be allowed to control the time on his side for purposes of debate. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. conyers: i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. conyers: we re here today to perform one of the most solemn duties under the constitution, which is to consider the impeachment of a sitting member of the judiciary, a fed
i would like to thank chairman conyers and ranking member smith for their comprehensive, yesterday expeditious and bipartisan consideration of these articles of impeachment in the full judiciary committee. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia yields back. the gentleman from texas reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: mr. speaker, i m pleased now to recognize does the gentlelady from texas seek to speak next? all right. i m pleased now to recognize the distinguished member of the judiciary committee, who served on the task force with great skill. and i also want to commend bob goodlatte for his services during that period of time. but sheila jackson lee, from houston, texas has been an anchor in the proceedings that have brought us to this stage. and i yield to her five minutes. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the s