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Hoyer Statement on Leader McCarthy's Comments on the Benghazi Select Committee
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to Majority Leader McCarthy's comments on the Select Committee on Benghazi:
“Majority Leader McCarthy’s comments Tuesday evening on the link between the creation of the Select Committee on Benghazi and partisan political attacks against former Secretary Clinton were both disturbing and revelatory. They confirm what everyone already knew: that House Republicans have intentionally politicized a national tragedy that cost four Americans, including one of our most senior diplomats, their lives.
“The Benghazi Committee is now one of the longest and least active Congressional investigations in history – operating for sixteen months and costing taxpayers $4.5 million, yet only three hearings have been held. It has duplicated the efforts of multiple other investigations, all of which found no wrongdoing. With the Majority Leader’s comments, it is now very clear that this Committee was set up with the express purpose of creating a forum for political attacks against the former Secretary and not for seeking the truth; if finding the truth had been its aim, the Committee would have shut down long ago, as it has found no evidence of wrongdoing.
"Now it is time to end this political charade and turn the lights out on the Benghazi Committee. To allow it to continue operating would be disrespectful to the families of the late Ambassador Stevens and the three other American personnel who lost their lives in service to our nation.”
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