In a side arbucarticle that the Washington Post report on the fiscal cliff this morning. Heres an article from Washington Times now this is from politico. A situation that was in the paper couple weeks ago. Looks li finally, before we go to phone calls, this article from the daily caller again, that is reported in the daily caller. We begin with a call from diane in julian, california, on our democratic line. Caller good morning, peter. My prediction came true, reelecting a president. Women against violence acts, being held up by the house. John boehner and the Republican House majority leader eric cantor. I tweeted last night quiet late saying the republicans are going to gang up on john boehner. There is an article in the New York Times showing they feel he is dragging his feet and waiting until january 3. I also understand that the chairman of the government oversight and Reform Committee darrell issa, which is from our district here, is holding up the vote on the women against viol
Ofner contempt congress. Then eric holder to appoint a special counsel to investigate the irs targeting. And second transistors cable show in los angeles hosted by the National Shaw communications association. Later, a discussion about Climate Change knowing the release of a white house report assessing the impact across the United States. Tonight, marco rubio in new hampshire. He was the keynote speaker at annualkingham county freedom counters dinner. You much that it it 00 p. M. Eastern. It 8 00 p. M. Eastern. This week, the house of voted mostly along hard lines. For refusing to cooperate. Year, she invoked her fifth amendment right not to testify at a hearing before the House Oversight committee. After she delivered an Opening Statement in which he denied any wrongdoing during her time as director. This debate is a little more than one hour. Mr. Issa i yield myself two minutes. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. 2013, on march 29, the congress started an investiga
Ms. Lerner impeded official investigations. She risked exposing and may actually have exposed confidential taxpayer information in the process. Day after day, action after action ms. Lerner exposed herself as a servant to her political philosophy rather than a servant to the American People. This, mr. Speaker, is why the house has taken the extraordinary action of referring ms. Lerner to the department of justice for criminal prosecution. And why we will request a special council to investigate this case. Not only has the president asserted that there is, quote, not even a smidgen of corruption at the i. R. S. , but leaks from the department of justice have indicated that no one will be prosecuted. Thats not surprising, as a top donor to the president s campaign is playing a key role in their investigation. Potentially compromising any semblance of independence and justice. An independent, nonpartisan, special prosecutor is needed to ensure a fair investigation that all americans can t
And she also professed her innocence. Pure and simple. 30 independent legal experts have said the proceedings were constitutionally deficient to bring a contempt proceeding. They were constitutionally deficient because the chair did not overrule ms. Lerners fifth amendment assertion and order her to answer the question. And as long as that deficiency is there, there is no reason to move forward with this effort today. But lets move on to the bigger picture. Every single 501c4 that was in the queue before the i. R. S. Could have selfcertified. They didnt even need to be in that queue. So whether or not there was a list of progressive organizations and conservative organizations that they were through omehow get the thousands of applications they had, they could have moved aside and selfcertified. There have been 39 witnesses before this committee, there have been 530 pages of documents. There is no smoking gun. But the other side is locked and loaded, theyre just shooting blanks. I yiel
He referred to the issue of her making statements to the Justice Department. With that, i yield to the distinguished gentlelady, a member of our committee, ms. Speer for two minutes. The speaker pro tempore the entlelady is recognized. Ms. Speier i thank the gentleman for his leadership and to say a few minutes here on the floor. Im not here to defend lois lerner today but i am here to defend the constitution and every americans right to assert the fifth amendment so as not to incriminate themselves. And every Single Member of this body should be as committed to doing the same thing. Im also here to defend the integrity of the committee and the rules of that committee. Lois lerner pled the fifth amendment before our committee. And she also professed her innocence. Pure and simple. 30 independent legal experts have said the proceedings were constitutionally deficient to bring a contempt proceeding. They were constitutionally deficient because the chair did not overrule ms. Lerners fifth