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No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor.

It would seem, therefore, that this constitutional safeguard may no longer serve its original purpose, especially when, as we learned last year, some acts of perjury may now be acceptable - in this world, at least, if not the next.

There is no excuse for perjury - never, never, never. There is truth, and the truth demands respect.

Congress cannot be allowed to impose burdens on the American people while relieving its own members of those burdens.

Obstruction of Congress in our work is a crime.

Perjury is the basest and meanest and most cowardly of crimes. What can it do? Perjury can change the common air that we breathe into the axe of an executioner.

Congress must not do something just for the sake of doing something. We must carefully and thoughtfully consider the implications of any action and whether that action will help or hinder our ultimate mission of protecting U.S. citizens from terror.

When you're elected to Congress, you take a vow to uphold the Constitution and its system of checks and balances. That vow doesn't say, 'Unless it's politically uncomfortable.'

I'm demanding to be prosecuted. I'm begging to be prosecuted for perjury.

It is now clear that the president violated both his oath of office and the oath he took to tell the truth. In doing so, Bill Clinton not only committed perjury, he violated the public trust.