selection of opening statements delivered by committee members including barbara jordan, william cohen, trent lott, a committee chairman peter rodino. first a conversation with william tell him. he was a young republican member of the committee in 1974. he gives a behind the scenes account. >> you were a freshman representative from maine. a member of the house judiciary committee. after a month of meetings in the articles of and infusion and were about to be introduced. what was happening? gathering.ans were i assume the democrats were doing the same thing. there was very little discussion among the members. i did not have a discussion until the night before we actually went public. it was the day before. i met with tom railsback. he invited a number of people to drop by for coffee and it was at that meeting that i first saw what group might be willing, or inclined to vote against impeachment, who might come that morning. i met jim mann and talked to him for the first time. walter flowers and talked to him for the first time. and caldwell butler and we met at that point and said is there anything

and i'm not making that much relative to trent lott as a u.s. senator, but if i become an expert on homeland security, there's a cash cow after i leave office. >> host: and trent lott, the former majority leader who's now a well-compensated lobbyist in washington, and most people probably don't know that. >> guest: yeah. >> host: their former senator, the word "former congressman" almost means lobbyist today. the other thing you touch on in many chapters is the individual mandate that forces people to buy health insurance. why does that deserve so many mentions? >> guest: you know, i think it's a particularly offensive -- to me, it's one of the most offensive aspects of obamacare, because it forces young, healthy, less wealthy people to buy something that they don't want and they don't need. they're not offered very low cost catastrophic plans, they're forced to buy something with a lot more bells and whistles, a lot of services they couldn't possibly need as young people. and the reason that works that way is because that's the only way that th

someday and i am not makin i'm t much relative to trent lott as a u.s. senator but if i become an expert on homeland security there is a cash cow after i leave office. >> host: most people probably don't know that the former congressman almost means lobbyist. the other thing you touch on in the individual chapters is the mandate, that aspect that forces people to buy health insurance. why does that deserve so many mentions? >> guest: it is to be on me onef the most offensive aspects of obamacare because it forces young healthy less wealthy people to buy something they don't want or need. they are not offered very low-cost catastrophic plans. they are forced to buy something for lots more bells and whistles into services they couldn't possibly need as young people and the reason it works that way is because that's the only way that the health insurance industry is able to take on all of these other demands that the government healthcare has. so it is a reverse robin hood situation to give to the wealthy and the less wealthy and they take a cut and if it d

itself forces them to conform into that and once they get here they realize that hey i could become trent lottomeday and i'm not making that much relative outlawed as a u.s. senator but if i become an expert on homeland security this cash cow. >> host: travelodge the former majority leader and most people probably don't know that. their former senator, the words former congressman almost means lobbyists. get the thing you touch on is the aspect of the health care law that forces people to buy health care insurance health care insurance. why does that deserve so many mentions? >> guest: to me as one of the most offensive aspects of obamacare because it forces young healthy less wealthy people to buy something they don't want and they don't need. they are not offering very low cost catastrophic ones. they are forced to buy servers as they possibly need. the reason it works that way is because that's the only way that the health insurance industry is able to take on all of these other demands that government health care has so it's a reverse robin hood situation where we are taking from the poor

selection of opening statements delivered by committee members including barbara jordan, william cohen, trent lott a committee chairman peter rodino. first a conversation with william tell him. he was a young republican member of the committee in 1974. he gives a behind the scenes account. >> you were a freshman representati f

former senate leaders tom daschle and trent lot have said the -- trent lott have said hat the senate has gone into a polarized mess. this shouldn't come to much of a surprise to us because yet again this year the senate failed to even pass a budget. i was just elected this past year. prior to that i was in the alabama state senate and the state of alabama, as in most states, our legislature is required to pass a budget and appropriations bills every year on time and they have to be balanced. and so every year the alabama legislature passes budgets on time and they're balanced. and the united states congress can't do that, the greatest debating body ever known to the world, the united states senate can't do that? i can't imagine what the people in my district would think if they saw the inaction coming from the united states senate. but they see the results of it and it troubles them greatly. we have seen this song and dance before, and most of us now know how it's going to end. at some point, sooner rather than later, the house will be forced to consider a continuing resolution to pr

he given it to trent lott a man who will vote with the president. he votes with the president against the article. they gave it to him. he looks at it and said oh my god, it's over. he say, i will change my vote. when article one comes before the entire house, i will vote for the impeachment of the president. the most dramatic switch though, comes from charles wiggins. he represents richard nixon's old congressional district. charles wiggins represents the president birthplace in california. he is perhaps the most eloquent, the smartest defender of president nixon in judiciary committee. wiggins himself will go before the cameras in a few days once he reads the smoking gun transcript to say he changedis mind. sadly and there are tears forming, i have to agree that the president must leave office. wiggins was devastated by the evidence presented in the smoking gun conversation because it proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that richard nixon had participated in a cover-up. we should understand that it only takes one article of impeachment to impeach a

and in regards to the republican smaller government, smaller government means you leave like trent lottleft, and he became a lobbyist. why do we have so many more lobbyists now than before? another question, why do we have so many doctors in the republican party that are in congress? and then you hear about a shortage of doctors. i know why. because they are only at the office in washington three days a week. i know two legislators that are doctors, and we have practices here, but nobody checks on that, and it's so easy to become elected as a representative because you say, you know, i'm going to go in washington, i'm going to close that up, you're not going to have to pay high health bills and things of that nature, and that's just a fallacy. it's double dipping. and what is your club for growth position on gerrymandering? thank you. thank you, c-span. we love you. guest: thank you. so three things. she said she wanted to correct me about how republicans aren't for small government. i kind of agree with her. i mean, the frustrating thing for us is that a lot of republicans don't do wha

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