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I'm Congressman","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671#t=2.88,7.59"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671/transcript/65175/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John Conyers, and I thank you all for the","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671#t=7.59,11.04"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671/transcript/65175/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"invitation to offer my reflections for this","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671#t=11.04,15.51"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671/transcript/65175/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"retrospective on the Watergate scandal. As","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671#t=15.51,19.74"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671/transcript/65175/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Congressman Ed Mierzwinski papers, a dear friend","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671#t=19.74,24.24"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671/transcript/65175/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"of mine when he was on Judiciary Committee are","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671#t=24.24,27.6"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671/transcript/65175/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"donated to Iowa State University. I had the","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671#t=27.6,32.6"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671/transcript/65175/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"pleasure of serving on the House Judiciary","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671#t=32.61,35.01"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671/transcript/65175/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Committee with my former colleague, Mr. Mezvinsky,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671#t=35.01,39.84"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671/transcript/65175/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"in the 1970s. And I can think of no more no place","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671#t=39.84,44.84"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671/transcript/65175/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"more deserving than Iowa State to receive his","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671#t=45.24,50.1"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671/transcript/65175/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"congressional papers on this, the fortieth","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671#t=50.1,54.03"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671/transcript/65175/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"anniversary of Watergate. 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I'm Congressman John Conyers, and I thank you all for the invitation to offer my reflections for this retrospective on the Watergate scandal. As Congressman Ed Mierzwinski papers, a dear friend of mine when he was on Judiciary Committee are donated to Iowa State University. I had the pleasure of serving on the House Judiciary Committee with my former colleague, Mr. Mezvinsky, in the 1970s. And I can think of no more no place more deserving than Iowa State to receive his congressional papers on this, the fortieth anniversary of Watergate. Now, since I first arrived in Congress, I have seen nine presidents occupy the White House. But it's important to distinguish between political disagreements, of which there are many and true abuses of power. That line was clearly crossed in the consideration of the impeachment of former President Richard Nixon. The allegations against President Nixon's were numerous and serious from the outset, the House Judiciary Committee conducted its investigation of these claims. I must say, in a meticulous and bipartisan fashion, we hired experts, conducted months of research, held more than 57 public hearings on the topic. And piece by piece and working with our Senate colleagues, we built a pretty substantial case. The committee did not act on impeachment until we were certain that we had the evidence to substantiate the allegations that would have to be brought. That painstaking approach paid dividends. The committee worked diligently to uncover the facts of the Watergate break in and other abuses. Our emphasis on the facts earned credibility with the public, the media and even some of the Republicans in the House. In the end, it was the Republican leadership itself that in 1974 went to President Nixon and convinced him to resign. We worked hard to build consensus around the need to rein in the executive branch. In the years following President Nixon's resignation, Congress began to rehabilitate the federal government and restore the public's trust in our elected officials and some of our key reforms, including included the creation of the Office of Independent Special Counsel for Future Investigative Work, reform of campaign finance laws to limit the corrosive influence of money in politics, of which there's still far too much. By amending the federal Election Campaign Act to offer public financing for presidential elections and to create for the first time the Federal Election Commission to oversee and increase transparency in elections, convening the commission led by Senator Church Frank Church of Idaho, which uncovered longstanding wiretap abuses and led to new laws to protect the privacy of American citizens, including the creation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. In both the halls of Congress and the press rooms in the Beltway and beyond, accountability and oversight became the hallmarks of the post Watergate era. Yet I fear that the lessons we learned in the aftermath of Watergate are still being. Slowly forgotten, and the reforms that we enacted are somehow quietly eroded, eroding. Campaign finance laws are in tatters following a series of disastrous court decisions, most recently with the Supreme Court in Citizens United. Holding that the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting political and expenditures by corporations and following this decision, an activist Supreme Court decided in Shelby County vs. Holder to turn the clock back on civil rights by invalidating the heart of the Voting Rights Act. The law allowing for independent special counsel has lapsed and has yet not been renewed, and over time, the National Security Agency has continued to expand its authority without proper congressional oversight. As public revelations have recently brought to light about the National Security Agency's bulk collection of every phone number and call made by everyone in the United States. We became comfortable in the decades following Watergate, but we can still act on the lessons learned from that tumultuous time with a renewed sense of purpose. I believe Congress can again work to shore up the shortcomings in our democracy. We would be wise to remember that our democracy is stronger for having confronted true abuses of power when we found them, and we must continue to be reminded of the important lessons learned from the Watergate era.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2753/collection_resources/125438/file/231671#t=0.0,428.19333"}]}]}]}