CONGRESSMAN LIEU STATEMENT ON “EMERGENCY” OVERSIGHT HEARING ON FBI ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement regarding House Republicans’ decision to hold an “emergency” hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee regarding the FBI investigation of Secretary Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email server. FBI Director James Comey has been called to testify at the hearing, which was noticed to members of the Committee as “Oversight of the State Department” with less than 24-hours advance notice. This is only the second time during the 114th Congress that the Committee has chosen not to follow the House Rule XI requirement that at least seven days’ notice be given for hearings.
“Remember when Vice Presidential candidate Admiral Stockdale stated on national television, “Who am I? Why am I here?” That’s exactly how tomorrow’s hastily-convened hearing will feel. We on the Oversight Committee are politicians, not federal prosecutors or FBI agents. Why are we wasting taxpayer resources to second guess the professional judgment of a man of high integrity, FBI Director Comey, based on evidence none of us have even reviewed? This is ridiculous.”
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