sandman, for the purposes of debate only not to exceed 15 minutes. mr. sandman? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm not going to attempt to cover all of the charges made. i'm going to isolate my statements to the major charge of the watergate cover-up.

sandman, for the purposes of debate only not to exceed 15 minutes. mr. sandman? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm not going to attempt to cover all of the charges made. i'm going to isolate my statements to the major charge of the watergate cover-up. if not for that, i don't think we would be here tonight. i think it is proper to commence by making a review on what we have done, where we are tonight, and where we hope to go from here. my mind is unchanged as a result of the supreme court decision today. i believe this committee should go on with its work. there are sufficient votes here for an impeachment resolution. this, everyone knows. there have been that many votes for a long time. there is no use kidding anybody about that. regardless of what is in the new tapes, the majority does exist to impeach the president for some reason or another. i think to say this is the most unusual proceeding i have ever been a part of would be a tremendous understatement. the thing that amuses me is as important as it is, and even though it has been held in confidence behind closed doors, what i

republicans demanded of our chief counsel and minority counsel, and i believe it was congressman sandman took the case, along with congressman wiggins. they said where is the specificity? you're alleging obstruction of justice. where are the specifics? they had a point. and then made that pretty emphatically. i think it rocked the committee back a bit. it was a very broad-gauged language and did not have a lot of specifics. the committee felt like it was on it's heels. they had to reconnoiter is such, and we went back to our offices and i did receive a call, meeting with tom railsback and others and they said, you like to write, why don't you see if you can put these things, these facts together in a way that can be persuasive. so i was charged with organizing one of the arguments for the articles of impeachment, and then had to make that case the next day. and i would answer specifically, this is why this particular charge is included specifically. so that was a legitimate challenge on the part of those supporting the president. so we had to respond to that. we did. >> as you look back

sandman, said last night he wants to see direct proof. some of my other friends on the side of the aisle have said the same thing. but i submit that what they are looking for is an arrow to the heart, and we do not find in evidence an arrow to the heart. we find a virus that creeps up on you slowly and gradually until its obviousness is so overwhelming. he has asked for direct proof. i think it is a mistake for any of us to begin looking for one sentence, one word, or one document which compels us to vote for or against impeachment. it is like looking at a mosaic and going down and focusing in on one single tile and saying i see nothing wrong in this wonderful piece of the mosaic. we have to step back and look at the whole picture. when you look at the whole mosaic of the evidence that has come before us, to me it is overwhelming beyond a reasonable doubt. let's look at the president's own words. he uses words like "cover-up" and "containment." he is concerned about what witnesses have said and what they will say. he is concerned about wh

the sandman's eldorado. us and is a very interesting story because it has been there for ages that resource is so large today it represents the amount that can be recovered both economically as well as technically so with the right technology one hundred seventy three one hundred sixty nine just counting the oil sands a billion barrels so that hundred sixty nine billion barrels makes it the third largest resource of oil anywhere in the world third only after saudi arabia and venezuela that's just over one hundred years worth of reserve and so therefore it is a very large very attractive and now very globally recognized source of oil for the world into the future. oil doesn't mean the end of oil is essentially referring to the fact that the world's cheapest and best petroleum deposits have been mined out and now we're on to unconventional resources so now we are mining stuff that costs more we are mining stuff that has a higher environmental footprint we have to use more energy to get this energy and that's w

sandman, for the purposes of debate only not to exceed 15 minutes. mr. sandman? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm not going to attempt to cover all of the charges made. i'm going to isolate my statements to the major charge of the watergate cover-up. if not for that, i don't think we would be here tonight. i think it is proper to commence by making a review on what we have done, where we are tonight, and where we hope to go from here. my mind is unchanged as a result of the supreme court decision today. i believe this committee should go on with its work. there are sufficient votes here for an impeachment resolution. this, everyone knows. there have been that many votes for a long time. there is no use kidding anybody about that. regardless of what is in the new tapes, the majority does exist to impeach the president for some reason or another. i think to say this is the most unusual proceeding i have ever been a part of would be a tremendous understatement. the thing that abuses me is as important as it is, and even though it has been held in confidence behind closed doors, what i

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the sandman's eldorado. us and is a very interesting story because it has been there for ages that resource is so large today it represents the amount that can be recovered both economically as well as technically so with the right technology one hundred seventy three one hundred sixty nine just counting the oil sands billion barrels so that hundred sixty nine billion barrels makes it the third largest resource of oil anywhere in the world third only after saudi arabia. and venezuela that's just over one hundred years worth of reserve and so therefore is a very large very attractive and now very globally recognized source of oil for the world into the future. oil doesn't mean the end of oil oil is essentially referred.

the sandman's eldorado. us and is a very interesting story because it has been there for ages that resource is so large today it represents the amount that can be recovered both economically as well as technically so with the right technology one hundred seventy three or one hundred sixty nine just counting the oil sands a billion barrels so that hundred sixty nine billion barrels makes it the third largest resource of oil anywhere in the world third.

sandman. >> mr. chairman, i don't propose to take up to five minutes. would hope that we can wind this thing up as quickly as and as gracefully as possible. there's nothing that i can do, that's going to change the outcome of the vote. ut i would like to use these closing moments of long and what historicle refer to as exchange to capsule where we i nd in my judgment and what think we should be thinking about. now at the outset, i don't think the most nigh evidence person in the world. i believe that he had to be a reat man or we wouldn't have voted for him to be president of this country. the president i'm fond of and i the good fortune to know as everybody in the room did was republican, it was lyndon johnson. i thought it was a horrible baker talks bobby that some people thought well lbj. we ought to impeach that was wrong and i hope started it didn't. everybody feels this way. i think the country would feel this way, they would like to believe the president is a good man. and to do otherwi

it is obviously not cocaine, but it is what is left of o a -- of aka sandman. what was your question? >> i don't even know. i blame the tourists. you know why i blame the tourists? they look at this like an experience in new york. if they come -- if they come -- okay. tourists, if they come here -- what is with you? >> all of a sudden i have nothing to say. you. >> it is like -- >> it is like magic. >> tourists don't mind being felt up especially if you are male. but they are saying you won't believe -- they say you won't believe what happened to me in new york. a guy dressed like spider-man grabbed my butt. >> well when i was 12 my mother had me pose with a naked cowboy. and that was the first mascot there was in time square and of these other ones in costumes. but i had that story to tell. it was great. >> and exactly. you were with a naked man in time square and you were 12. >> they are allowed to be topless in new york city. and they are not even dressing up. they have a nebulous show dpirl thing. >> the character is topless. it is one of the most popular c