Rep. Lacy Clay (D-MO)
Congressional Record: WHY CHENEY SHOULD BE IMPEACHED
HON. WM. LACY CLAY of Missouri, Thursday, May 3, 2007
Mr. CLAY. Madam Speaker, I am a proud cosponsor of H. Res. 333, the resolution to Impeach Vice President Dick Cheney. Four years after the start of this war, it is obvious that Mr. Cheney deliberately manipulated the intelligence process to deceive Congress and the American people. At the urging of my constituents in Missouri's 1st Congressional District, and from Americans across the country, I cosponsored Congressman Kucinich's resolution because there is ample evidence that Mr. Cheney systematically evaded the truth and used scare tactics to build support for this unjust war. Mr. Cheney's betrayal has resulted in a tragic, unnecessary war that has already cost the lives of over 3,300 brave Americans and has cost the taxpayers over $400 billion. The Vice President has taken the integrity out of his office and breeched the trust of the American people.
Madam Speaker, below is Richard Cohen's column from yesterday's Washington Post, headlined, "A Case Against Cheney.'' I agree with Mr. Cohen's conclusion, "the harping on weapons of mass destruction was an attempt to scare the American people into supporting a war that need not have been fought.'' I encourage my colleagues to read this column and make a conscious decision to hold Vice President Cheney accountable by cosponsoring H. Res. 333.
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