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Post by bot on May 22, 2016 16:51:19 GMT -5
Hoyer: I Join in Calling on Republicans to Disband the Select Committee on Benghazi
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in support of a letter sent to Chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi Trey Gowdy by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings and House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith calling for an end to the partisan committee:
“I commend Ranking Members Elijah Cummings and Adam Smith for continuing to hold Chairman Gowdy and Republicans on the Select Committee on Benghazi accountable for their unnecessary prolonging of a partisan investigation that has failed to turn up any evidence of wrongdoing by the White House or the Pentagon. Conspiracy theories ought not to be the basis for a Congressional investigation, and to continue making frivolous requests of the Pentagon puts an undue strain on our Armed Forces at a time when they ought to be singularly focused on defending our nation and keeping our troops safe. I join in calling on Republicans to disband this committee and finally to allow closure for the families of the fallen, who have been forced to relive their tragedy over and over again as a result of the committee’s attempts to remain newsworthy long after its work finished.”
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