Posted on 05/09/2014 9:39:55 AM PDT by smoothsailing
The office of the speaker of the House released this list of members chosen for the Benghazi Select Committee:
WASHINGTON, DC – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) today named the seven Republican members of the Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi. The Select Committee also provides for five Democratic members, and those names will be released when provided by the House Minority Leader. Boehner issued the following statement:
“This investigation is about getting answers for the families of the victims and for the American people. These members have each demonstrated a commitment to this goal, and I have confidence that they will lead a serious, fact-based inquiry. As I have expressed to each of them, I expect this committee to carry out an investigation worthy of the American lives lost in Benghazi. I also urge my Democratic colleagues to treat this tragedy with the proper respect and appoint members so that we can finally, on a bipartisan basis, get answers, provide accountability, and help deliver justice. It is critical that this committee do its work in a focused, timely manner, so that the House can continue to make the economy and job creation its priorities.”
The Republican members of the Select Committee will be:
- Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN)
- Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Chairman
- Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH)
- Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS)
- Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL)
- Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL)
- Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA)
Meanwhile back at the ranch, CNN,NBC PBS etc, setting up new sets to cover the hearings
Cummings has to be the absolute bottom of the barrel
he is such a very dishonest man
The question remains: “Will anything of substance, will true and lasting justice be served, come out of this?”
Folks, everybody's favorite conservative can't be on the committee! Maybe Louie declined for some good reason, maybe your guy had some vulnerability because of some real or imagined conflict of interest....or whatever!
Boehner did the announcing....but you can bet Trey did the pickin'....and I trust his judgement, yes indeedy!
Therefore, rejoice,ye faithful, that a terrific panel of guys and gals was chosen....and now let's move on.
This whole enchilada is only going to get better!
Leni
I'm cautiously hopeful.
No quotes from Boehner or Gowdy on the importance of this to Congressional oversight and protecting Americans from future government negligence.
Liberal bias?
-PJ
As I posted before, Clinton wagged the dog by bombing an aspirin factory . . . under the present regime, I don’t believe that there is an American city that is immune.
We may be seeing the F.E.M.A. camps sooner than later . . .
and yet, this is the right thing to do . . . go down biting and scratching the enemy.
Of course!
Beck who?
Cummings reminds me of John Glenn.
Glenn also dishonored himself way back on the Thompson hearings
Looks like “I got fat on my lifetime gubmit job” Elijah could bite you bad as moochelle.
Chaffetz and Gohmert may be working behind the scene with planning and organizing the evidence. They may also be brought in to question specific witnesses.
They may asked to function as chief of staff and legal advisors to the Republican side. Those roles may be as important as those of the GOP members, aside from Gowdy.
Susan Brooks has a 80% ACU rating. By their standards she’s a reliable conservative vote.
No doubt that every ‘Rat appointee will be a member of the so-called ‘Progressive Caucus’. Bet on it.
It’s spelled: Ratched.
Nurse Ratched, just an FYI...
Who are the dems? Pelosi picks right? I don’t want resident Hillary goblin Carolyn Maloney on there. She will shill hard to keep Clinton out of prison.
That’s a pretty solid group
The Republican members of the Select Committee with most recent (2013) ACU Rating:
ACU Rating 80% Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN)
ACU Rating 100% Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Chairman
ACU Rating 100% Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH)
ACU Rating 100% Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS)
ACU Rating 64% Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL)
ACU Rating 76% Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL)
ACU Rating 76% Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA)
ACU Committee Avg. 85.1
I agree, Boehner did a good job on the selections.
It’s for sure that Pelosi and Elijah are not happy about it. Life is hard and they deserve all the hard they can get. ;-)
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