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Following are transcripts from the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment hearings.

Days Seven: December 12, 1998

Debate on Article IV

Votes and Censure Debate

Days Six: December 11, 1998

Opening Statements By Members of the Judiciary Committee (Continued)

• Bob Barr (R-Ga.)
• Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tex.)
• Wiliam Jenkins (R-Tenn.)
• Robert Wexler (D-Fla.)
• Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.)
• Thomas Barrett (D-Wis.)
• Edward Pease (R-Ind.)
• Christopher Cannon (R-Utah)
• James Rogan (R-Calif.)
• Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
• Mary Bono (R-Calif.)
• Henry Hyde (R-Ill.)

Debate and Vote on Article I

Debate and Vote on Article II

Debate and Vote on Article III

Day Five: December 10, 1998

Morning Motions

Summation by Abbe Lowell, Chief Democratic Investigator

Afternoon Motions

Summation by David Schippers, Republican Chief Investigative Counsel

Chairman Hyde Proposes Amendments

Opening Statements By Members of the Judiciary Committee

• James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) • John Conyers (D-Mich.) • Bill McCollum (R-Fla.) • Barney Frank (D-Mass.) • George Gekas (R-Pa.) • Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) • Howard Coble (R-N.C.) • Howard Berman (D-Calif.) • Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) • Rick Boucher (D-Va.) • Elton Gallegly (R-Calif.) • Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) • Charles Canady (R-Fla.)

• Bobby Scott (D-Va.) • Bob Inglis (R-S.C.) • Melvin Watt (D-N.C.) • Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) • Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) • Steve Buyer (R-Ind.) • Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) • Ed Bryant (R-Tenn.) • Marty Meehan (D-Mass.) • Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) • William Delahunt (D-Mass.) • Steve Rothman (D-N.J.)

Day Four: December 9, 1998

Chairman Hyde and the Schedule

Fourth Defense Panel: Prosecutorial Standards

Statement by White House Counsel Charles F.C. Ruff

Questions for White House Counsel Ruff

Day Three: December 8, 1998

Opening Statements

Chairman Hyde and Ranking Minority Member Conyers

White House Special Counsel Gregory Craig

Panels of Defense Witnesses

First Panel: History and the Constitution

Second Panel: Abuse of Power

Third Panel: How to Evaluate the Evidence

Day Two: December 1, 1998

Morning Session: Two Perjurers

Business Session: More Subpoenas

Afternoon Session: Nine Experts

Day One: November 19, 1998

Opening Statements

Committee Chairman Henry Hyde, and Committee Motions

Ranking Democrat John Conyers

Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr

Questions from the Democratic Counsel

Abbe Lowell Questions Starr

Questions From the Members of the Judiciary Committee

• James F. Sensenbrenner • John Conyers • Bill McCollum • Barney Frank • George Gekas • Charles Schumer • Howard Coble • Howard Berman • Lamar Smith • Rick Boucher • Elton Gallegly • Jerry Nadler • Charles Canady • Bobby Scott • Bob Inglis • Zoe Lofgren • Steve Buyer

• Sheila Jackson Lee • Ed Bryant • Maxine Waters • Steve Chabot • Marty Meehan • Bob Barr • William Delahunt • Wiliam Jenkins • Robert Wexler • Asa Hutchinson • Steven Rothman • Edward Pease • Thomas Barrett • Christopher Cannon • Howard Berman (2nd time) • Lindsey Graham • Mary Bono

Questions from the President's Lawyer

David Kendall Questions Starr

Questions from the Republican Counsel

David Schippers Questions Starr

• House Judiciary Committee Profiles
• Video from the Hearings
• Photo Gallery
• Impeachment Guide
• Possible Grounds for Impeachment
• Starr Report
• Full Coverage: Clinton Accused