Posted on 05/06/2013 5:49:03 PM PDT by don-o
Statement from Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee
Washington, D.C. (May, 6, 2013)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement regarding recent allegations relating to Benghazi:
“I believe Congress should conduct investigations—particularly those involving our national security—in a bipartisan and responsible manner, and that whistleblowers must have the ability to come forward to Congress and be protected from retaliation when they report waste, fraud, or abuse. I also believe Members of Congress have an obligation to actually investigate claims before coming to conclusions and making public accusations.
Unfortunately, House Republicans have taken the opposite approach. They issued a partisan report with reckless and false accusations against the former Secretary of State, they have completely concealed Mr. Thompson from Democratic Committee Members, and they have failed to make even basic inquiries to the Intelligence Community, the Defense Department, or the State Department to vet specific allegations. Instead, they have leaked snippets of interview transcripts to national media outlets in a selective and distorted manner to drum up publicity for their hearing.
This is investigation by press release and does a disservice to our common goal of ensuring that our diplomatic corps serving overseas has the best protection possible to do its critical work.”
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ping
Deny, obfuscate, make counter accusations.
They are true to form.
Elijah has a single digit I.Q. He’s clueless.
Cry me a river.
You’re being kind.
This is the guy who defended Holder’s honesty during the Fast & Furious hearings.
Amish and rat demagogues stick together.
Leaks is all we get from this
Admin. Then they have to own up to the truth!
Does it take Woodward to get to the truthOh my God some one broke into the DNC and found damaging evidence! Shades of grey!
is he the guy who was worried about too many of our assets going to Guam because he thought it would tip over?
Sometimes you just got to do what you got to do to get things done.
Sorry no that was Hank Johnson.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjG958lZ1KI
These people run our government.
He doth protest too much.
No...Cummings is the one with the humongous hands and bigger mouth.
These folks really hate when their tactics are used against them. What has this clown ever said about the incessant stream of lies coming from Obama, Holder, Clinton and the entire executive branch? Where is his demand for a “bipartisan and responsible” investigation of Fast Furious? We got your number Cummings and it ain’t purty.
That’s why I made a keyword - butthurt
“Elijah has a single digit I.Q. He’s clueless”
I would modify that statement insofar as to clarify: “Elijah has a LOWER single digit I.Q.”
nope...that was “ya don’t have to call me” Johnson
..nope, someone gave him a clue, and he lost it
A turnip has a higher IQ than Cummings
He has double digit IQ that’s in the C- range.
Another example of why we need to GTFO of Merryland.
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