"When a person with supreme power, or his representatives, begin to lie, they obviously want people who say the truth to shut up," Mr. Voinovich noted.
A flight attendant has accused Representative Gary A. Condit of asking her to lie in connection with the investigation into the disappearance of a Washington intern, but Mr. Condit today denied making such a request.
"Congressional oversight depends on truthful testimony – witnesses cannot be allowed to lie to Congress," wrote representatives James Sensenbrenner, Darrell Issa, Trent Franks, Raul Labrador, Ted Poe, Trey Gowdy and Blake Farenthold, citing "Director Clapper's willful lie under oath".
Mr. Powell was speaking at a news conference flanked by Jordanian officials and by Robert B. Zoellick, the United States trade representative, who came here to lay out Washington's proposals for a Middle East free trade area linked to the United States over the next 10 years.
Waxman and Whitehouse also observed that the energetic actions of Canadian officials, the Alberta government, and oil industry representatives give lie to the argument that Keystone XL isn't necessary for tar sands expansion. .
Cowell was joined by a representative of the Tunisian government to lay wreaths around a spot where improvised memorials have continued to grow.
The deanery synods of a diocese choose lay representatives to the General Synod – the church governing body – by formal election using the single transferable vote.
People elect representatives to make laws, which lies at the heart of our legislative branch of government.
Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, should call a constitutional convention, including lay and clerical representatives, to delineate a national policy on sexual abuse.
