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Who's Who Updated January 14, 1999 Thirteen Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee have been appointed as "managers" who will serve as prosecutors in the trial. Every one of the House prosecutors has worked as a lawyer, but their experience varies widely. (Also see the Post stories: Trial's Managers Chart an Uncertain Course, Dec. 22, 1998, and Like-Minded Team of 13 to Present House's Case , Jan. 14, 1999.)
Hutchinson | Hyde | McCollum | Rogan | Sensenbrenner
Long before Monica Lewinsky became a household name, Barr introduced the first impeachment resolution against Clinton over alleged fund-raising irregularities and other matters. The conservative, who has co-authored an anti-Clinton book, introduced House Res. 304 in November 1997, a resolution directing the Judiciary Committee to investigate whether grounds existed to impeach Clinton. Some members of his own party criticized Barr for that, although the measure did garner 22 Republican cosponsors. Barr also is closely allied with the National Rifle Association and is vocal about gun ownership issues. • Opening Statements from December 11 Hearing • Questions Asked of Kenneth Starr on November 19 • Excerpts from October 5 Statement on Impeachment Inquiry • Direct Access: Interview with Rep. Bob Barr (April 10, 1998) • Congressional Guide Profile
Bryant has taken a tough stand against crime on the Judiciary Committee, although he is not a vocal member of the often boisterous panel. He generally votes with his party on committee matters. • Opening Statements from December 10 Hearing • Questions Asked of Kenneth Starr on November 19 • Congressional Guide Profile
Buyer, a reservist, was called to active service during Desert Storm as a legal adviser to a prisoner-of-war camp in the Persian Gulf. He now suffers from some of the same ailments as other soldiers returning from the Gulf, and has called for more investigation into the "Gulf War Syndrome." He also helped pass a law in a previous Congress permitting the Veterans Administration to compensate Gulf War veterans with disabilities from undiagnosed illnesses. • Opening Statements from December 10 Hearing • Questions Asked of Kenneth Starr on November 19 • Congressional Guide Profile
Sometimes coolly combative and staunchly conservative, Canady has railed against abortion rights except under certain circumstances and worked to pass a ban on so-called "partial-birth abortions" and prohibit people from taking pregnant minors across state lines to have an abortion without parental consent. • Opening Statements from December 10 Hearing • Questions Asked of Kenneth Starr on November 19 • Congressional Guide Profile
Cannon, a former Reagan administration official, was elected in 1996. He is a champion of the Internal Revenue Service reform effort. • Opening Statements from December 11 Hearing • Questions Asked of Kenneth Starr on November 19 • Congressional Guide Profile
Chabot has supported requiring jail inmates and people on probation to do public works projects. He occasionally departs from the party line on certain votes, such as the 1996 GOP budget plan, which he deemed too "liberal." • Opening Statements from December 10 Hearing • Questions Asked of Kenneth Starr on November 19 • Congressional Guide Profile
Chairman of the subcommittee that oversees administrative law issues, Gekas monitors authorizations for the Office of Independent Counsel. During the late 1980s, Gekas participated in impeachment proceedings against former federal judge Alcee Hastings, a Democrat who now represents Florida's 23rd Congressional District. (The House voted overwhelmingly to impeach Hastings and the Senate voted to remove him from office, but he never was convicted in court of the allegations that led to his ouster.) • Opening Statements from December 10 Hearing • Questions Asked of Kenneth Starr on November 19 • Excerpts from October 5 Statement on Impeachment Inquiry • Congressional Guide Profile
In his first two terms in office, Graham registered a nearly perfect voting record by American Conservative Union standards. He was one of the leaders of the failed coup attempt against former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in the summer of 1997. Graham assumed the Judiciary Committee seat of the late Rep. Steven Schiff (R-N.M.) in early 1998. • Opening Statements from December 11 Hearing • Questions Asked of Kenneth Starr on November 19 • Lindsey Graham, a Twang of Moderation (Washington Post, Oct. 7, 1998) • Excerpts from October 5 Statement on Impeachment Inquiry • Congressional Guide Profile
Hutchinson, a former federal prosecutor, prosecuted Clinton's brother, Roger, on drug charges. He ran for Congress after his brother – Sen. Tim Hutchinson (R) – left the House to run for the Senate in 1996. • Opening Statements from December 11 Hearing • Questions Asked of Kenneth Starr on November 19 • Congressional Guide Profile
An articulate Catholic conservative and longtime abortion foe, Hyde presided over the Judiciary Committee proceedings that led to President Clinton's impeachment. The September 1998 disclosure of Hyde's extramarital affair 30 years ago provoked an extraordinary display of acrimony; Republicans blamed the story on the White House, presidential aides complained they were being unfairly smeared. Hyde has amassed a conservative voting record; the Hyde amendment bars funding abortion services with federal money. He won reelection in November 1998 with 67 percent of the vote • Text of House Presentation to Senate • Hyde's Opening Statement to Full House • The Judiciary Chairman's Trying Times (Washington Post, Dec. 11, 1998) • Opening Statements from December 11 Hearing • Opening Statements from November 19 Hearing • Excerpts from October 8 Debate on Impeachment Inquiry • Excerpts from October 5 Statement on Impeachment Inquiry • Hyde Story Stirs Hostilities (Washington Post, Sept. 18, 1998) • Hyde: No Special Treatment for White House (Washington Post, Sept. 12, 1998) • Hyde's Unimpeachable Character (Washington Post, May 12, 1998) • Congressional Guide Profile
McCollum, chairman of the Crime Subcommittee, has steered the GOP's tough-on-criminals initiatives. He sponsored several anti-drug bills and a successful measure to ensure that crime victims and their families are not locked out of federal criminal trials. • Opening Statements from December 10 Hearing • Questions Asked of Kenneth Starr on November 19 • Excerpts from October 5 Statement on Impeachment Inquiry • Congressional Guide Profile
Rogan served as a Los Angeles county deputy district attorney and as a judge in the Glendale Judicial District. He was handpicked for the Judiciary Committee by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in the summer of 1998 to study possible impeachment proceedings. • Opening Statements from December 11 Hearing • Questions Asked of Kenneth Starr on November 19 • Excerpts from October 8 Debate on Impeachment Inquiry • Congressional Guide Profile
Sensenbrenner has focused on issues like the international space station and global warming on the House Science Committee, which he chairs. The 1998 Almanac of American Politics describes the Wisconsin native as a "stickler for rules and ethics" who "has insisted on impeachment action against federal judges convicted of crimes." Sensenbrenner won 91 percent of the vote in November. • Opening Statements from December 10 Hearing • Opening Statements from November 19 Hearing • Excerpts from October 8 Debate on Impeachment Inquiry • Congressional Guide Profile
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