Congressional Digest

Congressional Digest February 1999 No. 2 Vol. 78
Honorable Barney Frank

Impeachment of the President

Interpreting "High Crimes and Misdemeanors"

Honorable Barney Frank

United States Representative, Massachusetts, Democra

Representative Frank, of the Fourth District of Massachusetts,was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1980.He was Executive Assistant to Boston Mayor Kevin White from 1967to 1972, Administrative Assistant to U.S. Representative MichaelHarrington (MA-D) from 1971 to 1972, and a member of the MassachusettsHouse of Representatives from 1972 to 1980. He serves on the Bankingand Financial Services Committee and the Judiciary Committee.The following statement is from the House floor debate of December19, 1998, on H.Res. 611, impeaching William Jefferson Clinton,President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.This House is launched on a historically tragic case of…

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