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FINDING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER JR. IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. ON THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 14th, 2010, IN A CANYON WEST OF RIO RICO, ARIZONA, U.S....
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Issa, Darrell - U.S. Representative, [R] California
CHAIRMAN. I JUST WANT TO FIRST OF ALL
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GO BACK FOR ONE MOMENT, AND THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU READ FROM JUNE 20th, 2012, THE ONE THAT YOU AND I JUST GOT FROM THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL, I DO BELIEVE...
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Cummings, Elijah - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland
THE PRESS CONFERENCE THAT OCCURRED AFTER OUR MEETING WAS EQUALLY USABLE
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AND INTENDED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAD A DEAL AND A STAY IF IT WAS APPROPRIATE, AND I HAD PREPARED A WRITTEN STATEMENT SAYING THAT WE WOULD BE STAYING TODAY'S...
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Issa, Darrell - U.S. Representative, [R] California
SAY THAT. I TRUST THAT THAT'S WHAT THE SITUATION WAS. I SIMPLY WAS GIVING MY OPINION OF THE WAY IT WAS SET UP. THAT'S ALL. >> I THANK THE GENTLEMAN....
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YEARS, I WANT TO
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Burton, Danny "Dan" Lee - U.S. Representative, [R] Indiana
COMPLIMENT OUR CHAIRMAN ON BEING SO PATIENT. IF ANYBODY LOOKS AT THE RECORD AND SEES HOW LONG DARRELL ISSA HAS DEALT WITH THIS ISSUE AND HOW HE'S HANDLED...
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I AM ASTOUNDED THAT TODAY
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Maloney, Carolyn - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
WE ARE SITTING HERE WEIGHING WHETHER TO HOLD THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, THE HIGHEST RANKING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN OUR COUNTRY,...
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Issa, Darrell - U.S. Representative, [R] California
ORDERED. >> AND I MUST SAY, MR. CHAIRMAN, I AM OFFENDED OFFENDED PERSONALLY BY YOUR CALLING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL A LIAR, AND IT IS EXTREMELY DISRESPECTFUL,...
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UPHOLDING THE RESPONSIBILITY
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Mica, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
OF THIS INVESTIGATIVE ARM OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO HOLD THE HIGHEST RANKING PROSECUTORIAL OFFICIAL IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED STATES...
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A QUESTION. >> THAT
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes - Congressional Delegate, [D] District of Columbia
WAS UNDERTAKEN WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS. IN LIGHT OF THE STATEMENT YOU MADE, WE ARE DOWN AS I UNDERSTAND IT TO INTERNAL DELIBERATE DOCUMENTS WHICH MAY...
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PRIVILEGE AT THE
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HOUSE. EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE HAS TO HAVE SPECIFICITY AS TO WHAT IS BEING ASSERTED OVER WHAT DOCUMENTS AND NORMALLY AS YOU KNOW A PRIVILEGE LOG GOES WITH...
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DOCUMENTS, BUT UNTIL WE EVALUATE DOCUMENTS THAT TELL US THAT WE CAN BRING A CLOSE EITHER TO CONTEMPT OR TO THE ENTIRE INVESTIGATION, WE CAN'T ASSUME...
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THE DOCUMENTS, IF THE CHAIRMAN WOULD CONSIDER AFTER RECEIVING THE DOCUMENTS CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS, WOULDN'T THAT HAVE BEEN THE WAY TO...
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THEM BOTH THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY, AND THEN REENTER NEGOTIATIONS AS APPROPRIATE, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, I BELIEVE THAT IN LIGHT...
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FACT OCCURRED IS AN ORDER RATHER THAN PROCEEDING TO CONTEMPT VOTE. >> WOULD THE GENERAL LADY YIELD? >> YES, SIR. >> CHAIRMAN GIVE ME -- SINCE YOU...
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ALL RIGHT. I SAID THIS
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BEFORE. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DID NOT ASK FOR THE ENDING OF THE INVESTIGATION. WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO DO AND HE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF THE LITTLE 20 MINUTES...
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Cummings, Elijah - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes - Congressional Delegate, [D] District of Columbia
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. >> IF THE GENERAL LADY WOULD FURTHER YIELD. >> YES. >> I TRUST THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS HEARING MY INTERPRETATION. IF THEY...
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Issa, Darrell - U.S. Representative, [R] California
WELCOME TO. AGAIN -- >> OF COURSE IF A CONTEMPT IS VOTED ALREADY, THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE ENDED THAT POSSIBILITY, AND SINCE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS...
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BACK TO
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Cummings, Elijah - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland
SOMETHING YOU SAID. IN THE DOCUMENT SENT FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE THIS MORNING AND NOW PART OF THE RECORD, I WANT TO READ THE LAST FEW...
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THIS COMMITTEE HAS A DUTY, OBLIGATION, AND A RIGHT TO INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER TO ITS FULLEST EFFECT. I WOULD HARKEN BACK TO THE WORDS OF PRESIDENT OBAMA...
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THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DELAYED ACTION AND WITHHELD
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INFORMATION FROM CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRIES, END QUOTE. LATER AGAIN A LAERT FROM 31 DEMOCRATS TO THE PRESIDENT JUNE 3rd OF 2011. QUOTE, WHILE THE DEPARTMENT...
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FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, MR. TOWNS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. I AM TROUBLED OVER HOW WE'RE GOING ABOUT THIS. AS A FORMER CHAIRMAN...
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Towns, Edolphus - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
COMMITTEE, I AM DEEPLY DISTURBED THAT THIS COMMITTEE IS CONTINUING TO PURSUE THE UNPRECEDENTED COURSE OF HOLDING THE SITTING ATTORNEY GENERAL IN CONTEMPT...
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THESE DISCUSSIONS SHOULD MOVE FORWARD IN THE SPIRIT OF GETTING SOME TYPE OF CONCLUSION AND THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED AND SOLUTIONS MOVING FORWARD,...
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Maloney, Carolyn - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
INFORMED ME THIS COMMITTEE DID VOTE ON
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THE HOLDING
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Issa, Darrell - U.S. Representative, [R] California
JANET RENO IN CONTEMPT. IN THAT CASE IT WAS FOR THE ACTIONS OF JANET RENO. IN THIS CASE WE'RE ONLY LOOKING FOR THE DOCUMENTS AND I MIGHT SAY TO MY...
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OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AGAINST JANET RENO. >> I
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Maloney, Carolyn - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
THANK THE GENERAL LADY. WHO ELSE SEEKS RECOGNITION? THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA, MR. MACK IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THIS IS A SAD DAY...
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NUMBER OF TIMES HERE ON COMMITTEE. WE HAVE GUNS THAT WENT TO MEXICO. AT THE SAME TIME YOU HAD THE MEXICAN OFFICIALS SO CONCERNED ABOUT ALL OF THE WEAPONS...
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Mack, Connie IV - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
HEARING, IT IS CLEAR THAT THERE ARE THOSE THAT DO NOT WANT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS AND GET THE ANSWERS, THAT PEOPLE WOULD RATHER USE LEGAL EASE...
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SENIOR LEVEL OF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PEOPLE WERE NOT INVOLVED, I ASKED HIM, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO COME SIT WITH US, ALLOW MR. GOWDY AND I TO COME...
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Chaffetz, Jason - U.S. Representative, [R] Utah
OHIO, KUCINICH IS RECOGNIZED. >> AT THE RISK OF STATING THE OBVIOUS, THE ASSERTION
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OF EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE HAS TAKEN THIS PROCEEDING INTO
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Kucinich, Dennis - U.S. Representative, [D] Ohio
A WHOLE NEW REALM, AND WHILE CONGRESS HAS THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT AND THIS COMMITTEE TO WHOM THAT RIGHT IS DELEGATED TO REQUIRE THE PRODUCTION OF...
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Issa, Darrell - U.S. Representative, [R] California
SUBPOENA. >> NO, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU ONCE THE PRESIDENT ASSERTED EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE AS HE HAS, ARE YOU PREPARED TO CHALLENGE THAT IN COURT OR ARE...
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Walberg, Tim - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan
DELIBERATE EFFORTS YOU MADE INCLUDING ALL THE HEARINGS, THE LETTER WRITING, OUR BIPARTISAN TRIP TO MEXICO CITY WHERE WE MET WITH MEXICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT...
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REFLECTS THAT THE
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Maloney, Carolyn - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
ATTORNEY GENERAL AND HIS OFFER LAST NIGHT WAS AN EFFORT TO FULLY SATISFY THE COMMITTEE'S LAST OUTSTANDING INFORMATION REQUEST AND NOT TO END THE INVESTIGATION...
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Issa, Darrell - U.S. Representative, [R] California
HE SAID. IF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WANTS TO GIVE US IN WRITING SOMETHING, I WILL AGREE TO PUT IT IN THE RECORD AS SOON AS IT ARRIVES. >> RECLAIMING MY...
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UNNECESSARY THAT IT MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. WE MADE A PROMISE TO THE TERRY FAMILY WE WOULD IDENTIFY WHAT WENT WRONG ANDEN SURE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN....
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Tierney, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Massachusetts
ADDITIONAL 30 SECONDS. WOULD
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Issa, Darrell - U.S. Representative, [R] California
THE GENTLEMAN YIELD. PURSUANT TO THE STATEMENT THAT YOU REFERRED TO ABOUT ATTORNEY GENERAL MICHAEL McCASY, IT HAS NOW BEEN RETRACTED FROM THE TESTIMONY...
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PURSUANT TO THE
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Lankford, James - U.S. Representative, [R] Oklahoma
SUBPOENA ISSUED HIM BY THIS COMMITTEE. WE PROMISED WE WOULD GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS MATTER FOR BRIAN TERRY'S FAMILY AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND MAKE...
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ABOUT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES. WE TAKE OUR DUTIES SERIOUSLY WHICH WE SHOULD. WHEN THAT PASSION INCREASES TO FERVOR, HOWEVER, OUR INTERESTS IN OVERSEEING...
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Clay, William Lacy Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] Missouri
MINUTES. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMITTEE FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO
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Buerkle, Ann Marie - U.S. Representative, [R] New York
REALLY DO DUE DILIGENCE AND TO GET US TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE ENSURING THAT OFFICIALS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE TACTICS USED IN THIS...
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Connolly, Gerald "Gerry" E. - U.S. Representative, [D] Virginia
MOMENT FOR THIS COMMITTEE AND FOR THE CONGRESS. SOME MIGHT BE FORGIVEN FOR DESCRIBING THE PROCEEDINGS TODAY AS AKIN TO A KANGAROO COURT. ARE THE ELEMENTS...
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Meehan, Patrick L. - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
FROM VIRGINIA, I ASSURE YOU THERE'S NOTHING KANGAROO ABOUT THE DEATH OF A BORDER AGENT. THIS IS A VERY SAD DAY, AND I TAKE THIS RESPONSIBILITY VERY,...
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TO OFFER OUR CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY AND TO ALL OF HIS COLLEAGUES IN UNIFORM WHO PROTECT OUR BORDERS IN ALL OF OUR AGENCIES AND THAT REALLY WAS...
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Lynch, Stephen F. - U.S. Representative, [D] Massachusetts
THE
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Issa, Darrell - U.S. Representative, [R] California
FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL MUKASEY HAVING ACTUALLY BEEN BRIEFED. THAT'S NO LONGER ACCURATELY ASSERTED. >> WILL THE GENTLEMAN YIELD? >> I'LL YIELD. >> YOU...
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APPLEBAUM, THE ACTING ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL AND WHAT WAS APPARENTLY RETRACTED WAS THE ASSERTION THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MUKASEY HAD BEEN BRIEFED...
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Tierney, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Massachusetts
THE EARLIER PROGRAM WAS ALSO INVOLVING GUN WALKING. SO I STAND BY MY STATEMENT. HE WAS INFORMED ABOUT THE EARLIER PROGRAM. IT HAPPENED DURING THE BUSH
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ADMINISTRATION. IT HAPPENED UNDER MICHAEL MUKASEY, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO ASK HIM ABOUT WHAT WENT ON AT THAT POINT AND WE DON'T WANT TO BRING BACK KEN...
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Lynch, Stephen F. - U.S. Representative, [D] Massachusetts
RECOGNITION. THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR 30 SECONDS. I THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE CONDUCTED 24 INTERVIEWS INCLUDING TWO DAYS WITH THE FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY...
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Issa, Darrell - U.S. Representative, [R] California
AND TWO DAYS WITH KEN NELSON. THOSE INTERVIEWS ARE EXHAUSTIVE. BOTH THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WERE REPRESENTED THERE, SO ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE INTERVIEWED...
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Jordan, James "Jim" D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Ohio
YOU DON'T GET THE FACT. HOW CAN YOU REACH A CONCLUSION WHEN YOU CAN'T GET THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO MAKE A CONCLUSION OR MAKE A DECISION? THAT'S WHAT...
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5 IT IS NOT JUST SPECIFIC TO FAST AND FURIOUS. FOR INSTANCE, IT SAYS ON NUMBER 4 ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRING OR RELATING TO INSTANCESES RYE PRIOR TO...
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Chaffetz, Jason - U.S. Representative, [R] Utah
MR. QUIGLEY IS RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO KNOW AND IT'S FAIR TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS, BUT IT IS...
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Quigley, Michael "Mike" - U.S. Representative, [D] Illinois
QUESTION MOTIVATIONS WHEN WE'RE DOING SOMETHING OF HISTORICAL PRECEDENCE LIKE THIS. YOU ARE CURIOUS, BUT YOUR CURIOSITY SEEMS TO END AT THE BEGINNING...
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Gosar, Paul - U.S. Representative, [R] Arizona
RATIONALE, JUSTIFICATIONS AGAINST THIS CITATION DISTASTEFUL AND UTTERLY DISDAINFUL TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY AND MORE PARTICULARLY THOSE OF ARIZONA....
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STRIKING OF
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Issa, Darrell - U.S. Representative, [R] California
THE LAST WORD. WITH THAT, DOES ANYONE SEEK RECOGNITION RECOGNITION? THE GENTLEMAN FROM ILLINOIS SEEKS RECOGNITION. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN....
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WHERE THERE IS RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE HEART THAT THERE IS BEAUTY IN THE CHARACTER. I'VE ALSO BEEN LED TO BELIEVE THAT THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES THE...
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Davis, Danny - U.S. Representative, [D] Illinois
RIDICULOUS RECOGNITION? THE GENTLEMAN FROM TENNESSEE. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US HERE TODAY AND FOR YOUR DILIGENCE IN ...
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TRULY REGRET THAT THIS HAS GOTTEN TO THIS POINT, BUT THE ACTIONS OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS LEFT US WITH NO OTHER CHOICE. THIS IS FAR FROM POLITICAL...
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Desjarlais, Scott Eugene - U.S. Representative, [R] Tennessee
FOR FIVE MINUTES. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. A COUPLE OF THINGS TO BEGIN WITH. NUMBER ONE, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OR ANY OTHER SUBJECT OF
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THE SUBPOENA CANNOT DEMAND TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN EXCHANGE FOR A LEGITIMATE REQUEST FROM THE COMMITY. SO I THINK THAT MANY -- ALL OF US PROBABLY...
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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE NOTED THAT ALL HE'S REFERRING TO
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Cummings, Elijah - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland
IS TRYING TO HAVE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO RESOLVE THE SUBPOENA AND CONTEMPT ISSUE ONLY. I YIELD BACK. >> I WOULD RESPECT THE CHAIRMAN FOR STANDING UP...
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SECOND, I AGREE WITH THE CHAIRMAN THAT WE DO OWE IT TO THE TERRY
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Welch, Peter - U.S. Representative, [D] Vermont
FAMILY TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS, BUT THE THIRD POINT, THIS IS THE CHALLENGE THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE IN CONGRESS. EVERYTHING THAT WE DO WHEN IT ENDS UP...
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PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, A LARGE AMOUNT OF THOSE 7600 DOCUMENTS ARE ABOUT WIDE RECEIVER. SO THIS ADMINISTRATION AND THIS ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS ATTORNEY...
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Issa, Darrell - U.S. Representative, [R] California
AND YOU ADJUSTED THE SUBPOENA AFTER FRIDAY AND THE THINGS HE COULDN'T GIVE US WAS WITHDRAWN AND THEN I THINK IT IS REASONABLE IF THERE'S GOING TO BE...
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FOR SAFEGUARDING THE FUNDAMENTAL FOUND DAGDZ OF THIS REPUBLIC WHICH WAS RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW. THE DEPARTMENT HAS SYMBOLIZED MR. CHAIRMAN BY...
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VERMONT STARTED. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
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PUBLIC PERCEPTION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO HERE TODAY. WE'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THIS DISCUSSION FOR THE LAST ALMOST TWO HOURS A SERIOUS DISPUTE...
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Yarmuth, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Kentucky
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Issa, Darrell - U.S. Representative, [R] California
KENNETH AND OTHERS ARE INCLUDE SENSITIVE INFORMATION. EVERY ONE OF THOSE DOCUMENTS IS AVAILABLE TO YOU. YOU MAY SELECTIVELY USE IT AS YOU SEE FIT. THERE...
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes - Congressional Delegate, [D] District of Columbia
WANT SINCE IT WAS SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO COMMUNICATION WITH THE PRESIDENT UNDER REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATIONS. THE EXECUTIVE HAS OFTEN...
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Ross, Dennis - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
AMERICAN PEOPLE CRAVE. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES AND EVERYONE HAS ROR ERRORS. ACOUNTABILITY IS ONE OF THE KEY CORNER STONES OF...
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CLEAR. BRING THEM ALL. BRING EVERYBODY BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ABOUT GUN WALKING, BRING THE INFORMATION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE...
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Gowdy, Trey - U.S. Representative, [R] South Carolina
BACK. DOES ANYONE ELSE SEEK RECOGNITION? >> MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU. I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR YET
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ANOTHER SHOW OF GOTCHA POLITICS. I WOULD ASSOCIATE MY COMMENTS WITH MR. GAUDY BECAUSE I, TOO, AM DEEPLY CONCERNED WITH GUN WALKING AND THE FACT THAT...
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Speier, Karen Lorraine "Jackie" Jacqueline - U.S. Representative, [D] California
SURE THAT THIS NEVER EVER HAPPENS AGAIN, DON'T YOU
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WANT TO SEE THE DOCUMENTS? >> TO YOUR COMMENT WE HAVE RECEIVED 7,000 DOCUMENTS. WE HAVE THE AG MORE THAN WILLING TO NEGOTIATE WITH
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US FOR THE DOUMS, FRANKLY, THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL ACTIVITIES OF ATF AND HOW IT GOT STARTED AND HOW IT OPERATES. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT...
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IS THE PROCESS, THE INTERNAL PROCESS OF HOW A DECISION WAS MADE, RECALL THAT LETTER AND SAY NO, WE WERE WRONG, FINE. THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE...
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SEEN THE DOCUMENTS? >> THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE ARE REQUESTING ARE THE DOCUMENTS THAT RELATE TO A LETTER THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY THE LEGISLATIVE
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AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT THAT WAS SENT AND WAS ERRONEOUS. >> IF THE GENTLE WOMAN WOULD YIELD. >> I AM NOT YIELDING ANY LONGER....
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MEMBER. >> I THANK
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THE JEPTGENTLE LADY FOR YIELDING. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
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YESTERDAY AGREED TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTS. THOSE DOCUMENTS WOULD GO THE ALLEGATIONS THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME RETALIATION AGAINST THE WHISTLE BLOWERS....
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WITH THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE AS WELL AS
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THE SENATE COMMITTEE YESTERDAY AND HIS TEAM THAT HE PLACED VERY SPECIFIC CONDITIONS ON THIS COMMITTEE AND THIS CHAIRMAN. REGARDING INFORMATION AND...
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Guinta, Frank C. - U.S. Representative, [R] New Hampshire
SEEK RECOGNITION? >> WE ACTUALLY COME TO THE STATE WITH SOME REGRET. WE HAVE HAD A
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YEAR AND A HALF
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Labrador, Raul R. - U.S. Representative, [R] Idaho
OF HEARINGS OF REQUESTS FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION AND WE HAVE HAD THAT HAS BEEN ENVEL LOPPING THE PROCEEDING. I WANT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT HAPPENED....
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OF THE ISLE ONE OF THE REASONS I AM ON THIS COMMITTEE IS I AM PASSIONATE. I AM ON THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE...
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Farenthold, Blake Randolph - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
GOVERNMENT, ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION, IT'S NOT THE CRIME THAT GETS YOU SO MUCH, IT'S THE COVER UP. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE WILLING...
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Kelly, Mike - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
I GIVE MORE COMPLIMENTS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THEIR PATIENCE. WE HAVE BEEN GOING AT THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THE QUESTION THAT COMES...
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HOWEVER, I KNOW A QUORUM IS NOT PRESENT. THEREFORE I ANNOUNCE A RECESS. THE RECESS WILL CONCLUDE AND WE WILL RECONVENE WITH THE VOTES. TEN MINUTES...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.