Dec. 1998 US Congress Impeachment of President Bill Clinton Representative John Lewis: Today is a very sad day…This morning when I got up I wanted to cry, but the tears would not come. Before we cast this one little vote, we all should ask the question: is this good for America – if it’s good for the American people – if it’s good for this institution? When I was growing up in rural Alabama during the 40s and the 50s as a young child, near a shotgun house where my aunt live, one afternoon an unbelievable storm occurred. The wind start blowing, the rain fell on the tintop roof of this house. Lightning start flashing. RAP RAP The thunder start rolling. And my aunt ask us all to come into this house and to hold hands. RAP RAP And we held hands. And as the wind continued to blow, we would walk RAP to that corner of the house RAP that was trying to lift RAP and another corner RAP that was trying to lift, RAP and we would walk there. RAP We never left the house. RAP The wind may blow. RAP The thunder may roll. RAP The lightning may flash. RAP But we must never leave the American house. RAP We must stay together as a family. RAP One house. RAP One family. RAP The American house. RAP The American family.
