Honorable Richard A. Gephardt
United States Representative, Missouri, Democrat
Representative Gephardt, of the Third District of Missouri,was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976.He is the House Minority Leader and Chairman of the DemocraticPolicy Committee. The following statement is from the House floordebate of December 18, 1998, on H.Res. 611, impeaching WilliamJefferson Clinton, President of the United States, for high crimesand misdemeanors.The events of the last days sadden me. We are now at the heightof a cycle of the politics of negative attacks, character assassination,personal smears, of good people, decent people, worthy people.It is no wonder to me and to you that the people of our…
