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mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary. we're almost at the end of the first round of questions. i'll have an opportunity, then the chairman will, before we have a break, just to let you know where we are in the scheme of things. i am the to take a moment to -- i want to take a moment to think about where we are in this round, and where this began, with the chairman's statement. the chairman said at the outset of the hearing that the american people were entitled to the truth, the truth about what happened in benghazi, the truth about the security there, the truth about what happened after the attack. the implication of this of course is that the american premium don't know the truth, that this is the first version we have ever had. the reality is we've had eight visa investigations. we've gone through this endlessly. if we look at the documentary record, we have the arb report. we have the report of the armed services committee led by republican buck mckean which debunked the standdown order allegation. we have the report
mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary. we're almost at the end of the first round of questions. i'll have an opportunity, then the chairman will, before we have a break, just to let you know where we are in the scheme of things. i am the to take a moment to -- i want to take a moment to think about where we are in this round, and where this began, with the chairman's statement. the chairman said at the outset of the hearing that the american people were entitled to the...
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mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary, we're almost at the end of the first round of questions. i'll have an opportunity before we have a break just to let you know where we are in the scheme of things. so i want to take a moment to think about what we've covered in this first round. in particular, comment on where this began with the chairman's statement. the chairman said at the outset of the hearing that the american people are entitled to the truth. the truth about what happened in benghazi. the truth about the security there. the truth about what happened after the attack. the implication of this of course is that the american people don't know the truth. that this is the first investigation we've ever had. the reality is, we've had eight investigations. we've gone through this endlessly. and if you just look at the docume docume documentary record, we have the arb report. we have the report of the armed services committee led by republican buck mckeon which debunked the standdown order allegation. we
mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary, we're almost at the end of the first round of questions. i'll have an opportunity before we have a break just to let you know where we are in the scheme of things. so i want to take a moment to think about what we've covered in this first round. in particular, comment on where this began with the chairman's statement. the chairman said at the outset of the hearing that the american people are entitled to the truth. the truth about...
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mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary. we're almost at the end of the first round of questions. i'll have an opportunity, then the chairman will, before we have a break, just to let you know where we are in the scheme of things. i am the to take a moment to -- i want to take a moment to think about where we are in this round, and where this began, with the chairman's statement. the chairman said at the outset of the hearing that the american people were entitled to the truth, the truth about what happened in benghazi, the truth about the security there, the truth about what happened after the attack. the implication of this of course is that the american premium don't know the truth, that this is the first version we have ever had. the reality is we've had eight visa investigations. we've gone through this endlessly. if we look at the documentary record, we have the arb report. we have the report of the armed services committee led by republican buck mckean which debunked the standdown order allegation. we have the report
mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary. we're almost at the end of the first round of questions. i'll have an opportunity, then the chairman will, before we have a break, just to let you know where we are in the scheme of things. i am the to take a moment to -- i want to take a moment to think about where we are in this round, and where this began, with the chairman's statement. the chairman said at the outset of the hearing that the american people were entitled to the...
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mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary, we're almost at the end of the first round of questions. i will have an opportunity then, i think the chairman will before we have a break just to let you know where we are in the scheme of things. so i want to take a moment to think about what we've covered in this first round. in particular, comment on where this began with the chairman's statement. the chairman said, at the outset of hearing that the american people are entitled to the truth. the truth about what happened in benghazi. the truth about the security there. the truth about what happened after the attack. the implication of this of course is that the american people don't know the truth. that this is the first investigation we've ever had. the reality is we have had eight investigations. we've gone through this endlessly, and, if you just look at the documentary record, we have the arb report. we have the report of the armed services committee led by republican buck mckeon, which debunked the stand-down
mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary, we're almost at the end of the first round of questions. i will have an opportunity then, i think the chairman will before we have a break just to let you know where we are in the scheme of things. so i want to take a moment to think about what we've covered in this first round. in particular, comment on where this began with the chairman's statement. the chairman said, at the outset of hearing that the american people are entitled...
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mr. schiff can answer that for you.ll complete our task -- >> let me just follow up -- >> the reason there's no question is that we don't know what we're looking for. we can't put an end date on it because we don't know what this committee is supposed to look for. apart from damaging hillary clinton, it has no reason for existence. >> if the reason for existence is to find out did hillary clinton -- did hillary clinton make a grievous error in not following up security complaints, how could she tell the various investigating committees that that was below her, that it never reached her level? that could be a legitimate reason. but why, then, do you call sid blumenthal and houma abedin and all of these other personal aides and non-aides? why have you focused so much on e-mails and not on the central question of why was the security failure at that consulate? >> well, we have focused on the central failure. we have focused on the security issues, and you'll see lots of questions about that on thursday. let me speak to mr.
mr. schiff can answer that for you.ll complete our task -- >> let me just follow up -- >> the reason there's no question is that we don't know what we're looking for. we can't put an end date on it because we don't know what this committee is supposed to look for. apart from damaging hillary clinton, it has no reason for existence. >> if the reason for existence is to find out did hillary clinton -- did hillary clinton make a grievous error in not following up security...
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mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary, we are almost at the end of the first round of questions. i will have an opportunity then i think the chairman will before we have a break just to let you know where we are in the scheme of things. so i want to take a moment to think about what we've covered in this first round. in particular, comment on where this began with the chairman's statement. the chairman said at the outset of the hearing that the american people are entitled to the truth. the truth about what happened in benghazi, the truth about the security there, the truth about what happened after the attack. the implication of this of course is that the american people don't know the truth, that this is the first investigation we have ever had. the reality is we have had eight investigations. we have gone through this endlessly. and if you just look at the document, we have the a.r.b. report, we have the report of the armed services committee led by republican buck mckeen which debunked the stand-down o
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mr. schiff has suggested that maybe democrats might not stick with it. he floated the opportunity that democrats should pull out of the committee entirely which was some of the early speculation before this committee was named a lot of talk whether democrats should participate at all given me see this as a partisan witchhunt. ultimately they decided to stick with it because they figured it's better to have someone in the room but not in the room but there has been a lot of reluctance and skepticism among democrats that this would be a ferric investigation affair committee and to a person right now all of those democrats say the committee has been a partisan exercise and that's been there could position for last year and a half. >> host: julian hattem from the hill thanks for joining us and giving us background on the houston gauzy committee. you can read julian at the hill.com anice also on twitter @ jm had him. thanks for joining us. >> guest: thank you. >> former secretary of state hillary clinton is set to testify before the house select committee on
mr. schiff has suggested that maybe democrats might not stick with it. he floated the opportunity that democrats should pull out of the committee entirely which was some of the early speculation before this committee was named a lot of talk whether democrats should participate at all given me see this as a partisan witchhunt. ultimately they decided to stick with it because they figured it's better to have someone in the room but not in the room but there has been a lot of reluctance and...
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mr. schiff. >> aye. >> ms. sanchez. >> aye. >> miss duckworth. >> aye. >> the clerk will report. >> and mr. gowdy. >> no. >> mr. gowdy votes no. yea 5, nos 8. >> and the motion is not agreed to. madame secretary -- >> my apology, sir. it was 7. >> motion still not agreed to. even south carolina math can figure that out. madame secretary, before we broke, there was a question asked that i thought was a fair question, which is why was i talking about mr. blumenthal's e-mails. i do think that's a fair question. i think it's an equally it fair question to ask why you were reading mr. blumenthal's e-mails. i think both are fair. so i want to go to june of 2012 which is an interesting time period to look at. charlene lamb was an employee of the state department ande-mail, read it, but where she describes benghazi as a soft target, attacks on americans not staffed adequate thely, a very haunting e-mail to read. it was actually three months to the day when our four fellow citizens were killed. and that is on june 7, 201
mr. schiff. >> aye. >> ms. sanchez. >> aye. >> miss duckworth. >> aye. >> the clerk will report. >> and mr. gowdy. >> no. >> mr. gowdy votes no. yea 5, nos 8. >> and the motion is not agreed to. madame secretary -- >> my apology, sir. it was 7. >> motion still not agreed to. even south carolina math can figure that out. madame secretary, before we broke, there was a question asked that i thought was a fair question, which...
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mr. schiff, for instance, is the ranking member on the intelligence committee. ms. duckworth is running for senate, so this is another opportunity for her to boost her profile. she is taking on senator mark perk in illinois, hoping this will raise her and elevate her profile. mr. smith is the ranking member on the armed services committee. and so these are some serious names, some serious people who the democrats hoped would bring a serious front here. a lot of them have been relatively critical of the gop-led committee, especially mr. schiff has suggested that maybe democrats might not stick with it, that he's floated the opportunity that democrats should pull out of the committee entirely, which was some of the early speculation before this committee was made. there was a lot of talk about whether democrats should participate at all given that they see this as a largely partisan witch-hunt. they decided not to, to stick with it because they figured it's better to have someone in the room than not in the room. there has been a lot of skepticism this would be a fair
mr. schiff, for instance, is the ranking member on the intelligence committee. ms. duckworth is running for senate, so this is another opportunity for her to boost her profile. she is taking on senator mark perk in illinois, hoping this will raise her and elevate her profile. mr. smith is the ranking member on the armed services committee. and so these are some serious names, some serious people who the democrats hoped would bring a serious front here. a lot of them have been relatively...
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mr. schiff actually compared this committee to watergate in a ny times op-ed, but this is worse in some ways. secretary clinton tried to hide every one of her emails. she destroyed 30,000 of them. and now we have an fbi investigation of those very emails. what's taken us so very long is that the democrats on the committeeee and this administration have ayed hide the baba and have denied us records that the american people deserve and that our committee needs to complete our investigation. we would have been happy to move more quickly but we've been met with obstruction all along the way." republican presidential candidate and texas senator ted cruz was also on "meet the press." he spoke about the president's decision to keep troops in afghanistan.n. "cruz: it's a recognition that what the president h h been saying for years that alalaeda was dessimated, was never true. that it was polititil spin. the reality is we live in an incredibly dangerous world and sadly, the failures of the obama - clinton foreign pocy have made the dangers greater. todd: if you become president though are you going
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mr. schiff you said he had to be in the room with the speaker. he was originally against the formation of the committee but you don't have to guess. it was because the state department turned over information in a request that had not been turned over to the previous committee. he was concerned that and realized the state department and other government agencies may not have provided other committees they needed. so you don't need to speak late. one more administrative item. mr. westmoreland said there was a meeting between your counsel, ms. mills and state department regarding your e-mails. he said the meeting was in august. it was actually july. it was a little earlier and i want to make sure the record reflects that. i have a few more questions to ask and we saved them at the end of the day because you may not provide answers in an open setting. it's been a long day. i want to give you a heads up. it may be an open hearing is not the place which you'll be permitted to provide the answers because of the nature of the answers you'll provide. the
mr. schiff you said he had to be in the room with the speaker. he was originally against the formation of the committee but you don't have to guess. it was because the state department turned over information in a request that had not been turned over to the previous committee. he was concerned that and realized the state department and other government agencies may not have provided other committees they needed. so you don't need to speak late. one more administrative item. mr. westmoreland...
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mr. schiff, you also suggested that you had to be in the room with the speaker. you're right. he was against the original formation of this committee. but you don't have to guess as to why he formed it. he made it clear when he announced this committee. it was because the state department turned over information in a foia request that had not been turned over to the previous committees. he was concerned about that. he realized that the state department and other government agencies may well not have provided those other committees the information they needed to complete their task. so you don't need to speculate. one more administrative item. mr. westmoreland said there was a meeting between your counsel, ms. mills, and state department regarding your e-mails. he said the meeting was in august. it was actually in july. it was a little bit earlier. and i just want to make sure that the record reflected that. secretary clinton, i have a few questions to ask you. we've saved them for the end of the day because it may be that you can't provide answers to me to these questions in a
mr. schiff, you also suggested that you had to be in the room with the speaker. you're right. he was against the original formation of this committee. but you don't have to guess as to why he formed it. he made it clear when he announced this committee. it was because the state department turned over information in a foia request that had not been turned over to the previous committees. he was concerned about that. he realized that the state department and other government agencies may well not...
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mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary. we're almost at the end of the first round of questions. i'll have an opportunity, then the chairman will, before we have a break, just to let you know where we are in the scheme of things. i am the to take a moment to -- i want to take a moment to think about where we are in this round, and where this began, with the chairman's statement. the chairman said at the outset of the hearing that the american people were entitled to the truth, the truth about what happened in benghazi, the truth about the security there, the truth about what happened after the attack. the implication of this of course is that the american premium don't know the truth, that this is the first version we have ever had. the reality is we've had eight visa investigations. we've gone through this endlessly. if we look at the documentary record, we have the arb report. we have the report of the armed services committee led by republican buck mckean which debunked the standdown order allegation. we have the report
mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary. we're almost at the end of the first round of questions. i'll have an opportunity, then the chairman will, before we have a break, just to let you know where we are in the scheme of things. i am the to take a moment to -- i want to take a moment to think about where we are in this round, and where this began, with the chairman's statement. the chairman said at the outset of the hearing that the american people were entitled to the...
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mr. schiff. >> aye. >> ms. sanchez. >> aye. >> miss duckworth. >> aye. >> the clerk will report. >> and mr. gowdy. >> no. >> mr. gowdy votes no. yea 5, nos 8. >> and the motion is not agreed to. madame secretary -- >> my apology, sir. it was 7. >> motion still not agreed to. even south carolina math can figure that out. madame secretary, before we broke, there was a question asked that i thought was a fair question, which is why was i talking about mr. blumenthal's e-mails. i do think that's a fair question. i think it's an equally it fair question to ask why you were reading mr. blumenthal's e-mails. i think both are fair. so i want to go to june of 2012 which is an interesting time period to look at. charlene lamb was an employee of the state department ande-mail, read it, but where she describes benghazi as a soft target, attacks on americans not staffed adequate thely, a very haunting e-mail to read. it was actually three months to the day when our four fellow citizens were killed. and that is on june 7, 201
mr. schiff. >> aye. >> ms. sanchez. >> aye. >> miss duckworth. >> aye. >> the clerk will report. >> and mr. gowdy. >> no. >> mr. gowdy votes no. yea 5, nos 8. >> and the motion is not agreed to. madame secretary -- >> my apology, sir. it was 7. >> motion still not agreed to. even south carolina math can figure that out. madame secretary, before we broke, there was a question asked that i thought was a fair question, which...
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mr. schiff also suggested you had to be in the room with the speaker. he was originally against the formation of this committee, but you don't have to guess why he formed it. he made it clear when he announced this committee. it was because the state department turned over information in a request that hadn't been turned over to the previous committees. he was concerned about that. he realized the state department and other government agencies may not have provided those other committees the information they need to do complete their task. so you don't need to speculate. one more administrative item. mr. westmoreland said there was a meeting between your counsel, miss mills, and the state department. it was actually in july. it was a little bit earlier and i wanted to make sure the record reflected that. secretary clinton, i have a few questions to ask you. we saved them for the end of the day because it may be that you can't provide answers to me of these questions in an open setting. it's been a long day. i wanted to give you that heads up. these are
mr. schiff also suggested you had to be in the room with the speaker. he was originally against the formation of this committee, but you don't have to guess why he formed it. he made it clear when he announced this committee. it was because the state department turned over information in a request that hadn't been turned over to the previous committees. he was concerned about that. he realized the state department and other government agencies may not have provided those other committees the...
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mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman.adam secretary, we're now almost to the end of the second round of questions and i find it necessary to amend something i said after the first round, and that is i don't understand the core theory of this case. i thought i did, but after this round i honestly don't understand where my colleagues are coming from. i'm probably not as good a lawyer, undoubtedly not as good a prosecutor as our chairman. most of what we've gone over in this round, frankly, were questions that asked to you when you testified before the house the last time, when you testified before the senate. they were the subject of the arb report. but there were a few unique lines of questioning that i want to comment and ask you about. one of my colleagues spent his time asking about some of your interactions with your press people. i guess kri tecritiquing your o libya strategy and something he called the clinton doctrine. we've been assured this committee, contrary to what representative mccarthy said, is not about att
mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman.adam secretary, we're now almost to the end of the second round of questions and i find it necessary to amend something i said after the first round, and that is i don't understand the core theory of this case. i thought i did, but after this round i honestly don't understand where my colleagues are coming from. i'm probably not as good a lawyer, undoubtedly not as good a prosecutor as our chairman. most of what we've gone over in this round,...
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mr. schiff, because there is no prosecution. there's a very big difference between a prosecution where you already have reached a conclusion and you're just trying to prove it to people. this is an investigation. >> no one ever recommended closing the post in bengzy. >> no one recommended closing, but you had two ambassadors that made several, several requests, and here's basically what happened to their requests. they were torn up. >> all right. so after all of this, after all the stacks of e-mails and shredding of papers did anything new emerge and what effect might it all have on the 2016 race? let's get that from political correspondent dana bash. >> reporter: john and christine we are still standing after 11 hours from start to finish. that is how long this marathon hearing took, and so the big question at the end of the day is what new did we learn? well, the answer to that from the republican chairman himself was effectively not much, not much compared to other testimony that hillary clinton has given which is not exactly
mr. schiff, because there is no prosecution. there's a very big difference between a prosecution where you already have reached a conclusion and you're just trying to prove it to people. this is an investigation. >> no one ever recommended closing the post in bengzy. >> no one recommended closing, but you had two ambassadors that made several, several requests, and here's basically what happened to their requests. they were torn up. >> all right. so after all of this, after...
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mr. schiff has said there has been no new information.that we now know that secretary clinton talked to the egyptian prime minister and said we know it was not a film. it was a planned attack, you think that's new information. >> critically important hearing involving national security or a political prosecution of the democratic national democratic presidential frontrunner. depending who you talk to in the hallways. either way the tension is very real here, greta. you heard democrats dismissing the very existence of this committee. secretary clinton has been up there now for more than nine hours. they are in what they are calling round three. we expect a round four. so how long it will go, we don't know, but it's going to be long night. it wouldn't be surprising if she testified for more than 12 hours. greta? >> griff, thank you. >> and now, your twitter live vote. i want to know what you think. do you want to hear more directly from president obama and benghazi? tweet yes or no using #greta. and you will see your live results later "on
mr. schiff has said there has been no new information.that we now know that secretary clinton talked to the egyptian prime minister and said we know it was not a film. it was a planned attack, you think that's new information. >> critically important hearing involving national security or a political prosecution of the democratic national democratic presidential frontrunner. depending who you talk to in the hallways. either way the tension is very real here, greta. you heard democrats...
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mr. schiff's just dead wrong.ats on the committee haven't lifted a finger to help us get the answers about these four americans who were killed. we've been working at this. we've conducted dozens of interviews. we'll speak with former secretary clinton tomorrow. we'll continue our investigation after that. just two days ago, we received 1300 additional pages of documents. these are e-mails from the senior person on the ground who was then killed, ambassador stevens. this investigation continues, and i'm confident that the american people will see our hard work in getting answers about how it is the case that these four americans were killed and what america needs to do to reduce the risk that something like this could ever possibly happen again. >> now, congressman, on this investigation, you said sunday that it is worse in some ways than watergate. someone who knows something about watergate is carl bernstein, one of obviously the reporters who uncovered, exposed, the watergate scandal. he said this. about that c
mr. schiff's just dead wrong.ats on the committee haven't lifted a finger to help us get the answers about these four americans who were killed. we've been working at this. we've conducted dozens of interviews. we'll speak with former secretary clinton tomorrow. we'll continue our investigation after that. just two days ago, we received 1300 additional pages of documents. these are e-mails from the senior person on the ground who was then killed, ambassador stevens. this investigation...
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mr. schiff also suggested you had to be in the room with the speaker. he was originally against the formation of this committee, but you don't have to guess why he formed it. he made it clear when he announced this committee. it was because the state department turned over information in a request that hadn't been turned over to the previous committees. he was concerned about that. he realized the state department and other government agencies may not have provided those other committees the information they need to do complete their task. so you don't need to speculate. one more administrative item. mr. westmoreland said there was a meeting between your counsel, miss mills, and the state department. it was actually in july. it was a little bit earlier and i wanted to make sure the record reflected that. secretary clinton, i have a few questions to ask you. we saved them for the end of the day because it may be that you can't provide answers to me of these questions in an open setting. it's been a long day. i wanted to give you that heads up. these are
mr. schiff also suggested you had to be in the room with the speaker. he was originally against the formation of this committee, but you don't have to guess why he formed it. he made it clear when he announced this committee. it was because the state department turned over information in a request that hadn't been turned over to the previous committees. he was concerned about that. he realized the state department and other government agencies may not have provided those other committees the...
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mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman. may d madame secretary, we're now almost to the end of second round of questions and i admit something i said after the first round is i don't understand the core theory of this case. i thought i did, but after this round i honestly don't understand where my colleagues are coming from. i'm probably not as good a lawyer. undoubtedly not as good as a prosecutor as our chairman. most of what we've gone over in this round frankly were questions that were asked to you when you testified before the house the last time, before you testified before the senate, they were the subject of the arb report. but there were a few unique lines of questioning that i want to comment and ask you about. one of my colleagues spent his time asking about some of your interactions with your press people. i guess critiquing your overall libya strategy in something he called the clinton doctrine. we've been assured this committee contrary to what representative mccarthy said is not about attacking you. frankly i
mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman. may d madame secretary, we're now almost to the end of second round of questions and i admit something i said after the first round is i don't understand the core theory of this case. i thought i did, but after this round i honestly don't understand where my colleagues are coming from. i'm probably not as good a lawyer. undoubtedly not as good as a prosecutor as our chairman. most of what we've gone over in this round frankly were questions that...
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mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary, we're now almost to the end of the second round of questions and i find it necessary to amend something i said after the first round, and that is i don't understand the core theory of this case. i thought i did, but after this round i honestly don't understand where my colleagues are coming from. i'm probably not as good a lawyer, undoubtedly not as good a prosecutor as our chairman. most of what we've gone over in this round, frankly, were questions that asked to you when you testified before the house the last time, when you testified before the senate. they were the subject of the arb report. but there were a few unique lines of questioning that i want to comment and ask you about. one of my colleagues spent his time asking about some of your interactions with your press people. i guess kri tecritiquing your o libya strategy and something he called the clinton doctrine. we've been assured this committee, contrary to what representative mccarthy said, is not about a
mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary, we're now almost to the end of the second round of questions and i find it necessary to amend something i said after the first round, and that is i don't understand the core theory of this case. i thought i did, but after this round i honestly don't understand where my colleagues are coming from. i'm probably not as good a lawyer, undoubtedly not as good a prosecutor as our chairman. most of what we've gone over in this round,...
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mr. schiff? >> aye. >> ms. sanchez? >> aye. >> ms. duckworth? >> aye. >> ms. duckworth votes aye. >> the clerk will report. >> mr. gowdy? >> no. ayes, 5, noes, 8. the motion is not agreed to. >> madame secretary -- >> my apologies. >> motion still not agree. ed to. even south carolina math can figure that out. >> madame secretary, before we broke, there was a fair question why was i talking about mr. blumenthal's e-mails. that's a fair question. it's a fair question to ask why you were reading mr. blumenthal's e-mails. i think both are fair. i want to go to june of 2012, which is an interesting time period to look at. charlene lam sent an e-mail, which you may be familiar with. it's tab 56. i'm not going to read it. she described benghazi as a soft target, attacks on americans, not staffed adequately. it was a haunting e-mail to read. it was three months to the day when our four fellow citizens were killed. that's on june 7th, 2012. also on june 7th of 2012, your deputy chief of staff is e-mailing ambassador stevens asking the ambassador to look at a memo sydne
mr. schiff? >> aye. >> ms. sanchez? >> aye. >> ms. duckworth? >> aye. >> ms. duckworth votes aye. >> the clerk will report. >> mr. gowdy? >> no. ayes, 5, noes, 8. the motion is not agreed to. >> madame secretary -- >> my apologies. >> motion still not agree. ed to. even south carolina math can figure that out. >> madame secretary, before we broke, there was a fair question why was i talking about mr. blumenthal's...
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mr. schiff for instance the ranking member on the intelligence committee? >> ms. duckworth is running for senate. this is another opportunity for her to boost her profile. she's taking on senator mark kirk in illinois, hoping this will raise her and elevate her profile. mr. smith is the ranking member on the armed services committee. there are serious names and serious people who the democrats hope would bring a serious front here. and a lot of them have been relatively critical of the gop-led committee, especially mr. shift has suggested that maybe democrats might not stick with it, that he's floated the opportunity that democrats should pull out of the committee entirely, which was some of the early speculation before this committee was made, there was a lot of talk about whether democrats should participate at all given that they see this as a largely partisan witch hunt. ultimately they decided not to, they decided to stick with it that it's better to have someone if the room rather than not in the room. there's been a lot of skepticism that this would be a fa
mr. schiff for instance the ranking member on the intelligence committee? >> ms. duckworth is running for senate. this is another opportunity for her to boost her profile. she's taking on senator mark kirk in illinois, hoping this will raise her and elevate her profile. mr. smith is the ranking member on the armed services committee. there are serious names and serious people who the democrats hope would bring a serious front here. and a lot of them have been relatively critical of the...
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mr. schiff can answer that for you. >> let me follow up here. >> the reason there's no answer, we done there looking for. we can't put an end date on it because we don't know what this committee is supposed to look for, apart for damaging hillary clinton it has no reason for existence. >> adam shipp said apart from damaging hillary clinton, it has no reason for existence. congressman kevin mccarthy suggested something similar, congressman richard hannah suggested something similar. and the investigator let go from the committee, bradley podliska suggested something similar. how can americans believe the committee is stu still doing true investigative work and not just going after hillary clinton? >> we have interviewed over 57 witnesses, more than 40 of whom had never been interviewed by congressional committees before. 30 witnesses had never been interviewed by anybody before. including seven who were at the scene of the attack that had never been interviewed by anybody before. these are new facts. and that is what this committee has always been about. a very fact centric investigation. a
mr. schiff can answer that for you. >> let me follow up here. >> the reason there's no answer, we done there looking for. we can't put an end date on it because we don't know what this committee is supposed to look for, apart for damaging hillary clinton it has no reason for existence. >> adam shipp said apart from damaging hillary clinton, it has no reason for existence. congressman kevin mccarthy suggested something similar, congressman richard hannah suggested something...
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mr. schiff: mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate congressman steve israel and his beloved mets as they feeted the los angeles dodgers as week, and will i have no interest in extending my remarks. i lost a bet with congressman israel so now, steve, this song is for you. ♪ meet the mets meet the mets step right up and greet the mets bring your kiddies bring your wife guaranteed to have the time of your life because the mets are really socking the ball knocking those home runs over the wall east side he west side everyone's coming down to meet the mets -- mr. speaker, please tell me my time has expired. i don't want to give the impression i'm happy for the mets. thank god the mets are going to the world series and not the yankees. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >
mr. schiff: mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate congressman steve israel and his beloved mets as they feeted the los angeles dodgers as week, and will i have no interest in extending my remarks. i lost a bet with congressman israel so now, steve, this song is for you. ♪ meet the mets meet the mets step right up and greet the mets bring your kiddies bring your wife guaranteed to have the time of your life because the mets are really socking the ball knocking those home runs over the wall...
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mr. speaker, please tell me my time has expired. >> that makes my sports incredible. no applause but a few laughs as congressman adam schiffn his bet with his colleague steve israel from where else, new york. they aren't the only ones putting their pride on the line, continuing a year's long tradition, governors andrew cuomo of new york and jay nixon of missouri place aid friendly wager on the outcome of the world series. the losing governor will have to wear the winning team's jersey for a full day of work and also a goody basket at stake which include ribs from kansas city and bagels from queens, winner takes all. >>> now, listen to me here. the first rule of amtrak's quiet car is no talking in the quiet car. the second rule of the quiet car is no talking in the quiet car! so guess what happened when new jersey governor and gop presidential candidate chris christie got a little too loud in the quiet car. he got booted. and his campaign is now apologizing for it. one passenger told gawker christie was having "an intense phone conversation at the time." a spokesperson for christie issued an apology saying in part the gover
mr. speaker, please tell me my time has expired. >> that makes my sports incredible. no applause but a few laughs as congressman adam schiffn his bet with his colleague steve israel from where else, new york. they aren't the only ones putting their pride on the line, continuing a year's long tradition, governors andrew cuomo of new york and jay nixon of missouri place aid friendly wager on the outcome of the world series. the losing governor will have to wear the winning team's jersey for...
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mr. ryan: while i love the name ryan, pelosi. the clerk: pelosi. ryan of wisconsin. ryan of wisconsin. salmon, ryan. linda t. sanchez, pelosi. pelosi.sanchez, sanford, ryan. arbanes, pelosi. scalise, ryan. . schiff, pelosi. him him and spear, pelosi. stephani, ryan. stewart, ryan. stivers, ryan. ryan.an, swallow, pelosi. hawaii, pelosi. , pelosi.california thompson of california, pelosi. pelosi. pennsylvania, ryan. thornberry, ryan. t berry, ryan. ryan., , pelosi. york, losey. pelosi. ryan. , who.s turner, ryan. upton, ryan. holland, pelosi. vargas, pelosi. vc, pelosi. vila, pelosi. , pelosi. , wagner, ryan. wahlberg, ryan. , ryan.o walker, ryan. ski, ryan walters, ryan. pelosi. , pelosi. , pelosi. , pelosi. texas, webster, webster , webster of florida, -- welch of vermont, pelosi. when strip, ryan. westermann, ryan. ryan.oreland, whitfield, ryan. williams, ryan. , pelosi. florida carolina, ryan. , ryan. womack, ryan. all, ryan. , a losey. ryan. , webster. young of alaska, ryan. young the clerk: bishop of utah. >> utah, ryan. meeks. ryan of wisconsin. ryan of wisconsin. webster of florida. ebster of florida. the clerk: boehner. the speaker: ryan. the clerk: ryan. the speaker: if there are any me
mr. ryan: while i love the name ryan, pelosi. the clerk: pelosi. ryan of wisconsin. ryan of wisconsin. salmon, ryan. linda t. sanchez, pelosi. pelosi.sanchez, sanford, ryan. arbanes, pelosi. scalise, ryan. . schiff, pelosi. him him and spear, pelosi. stephani, ryan. stewart, ryan. stivers, ryan. ryan.an, swallow, pelosi. hawaii, pelosi. , pelosi.california thompson of california, pelosi. pelosi. pennsylvania, ryan. thornberry, ryan. t berry, ryan. ryan., , pelosi. york, losey. pelosi. ryan. ,...
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mr. ryan: while i love the name ryan, pelosi. the clerk: pelosi. ryan of wisconsin. ryan of wisconsin. salmon, ryan. linda t. sanchez, pelosi. pelosi.sanchez, sanford, ryan. arbanes, pelosi. scalise, ryan. . schiff, pelosi. schrader, pelosi. quikert -- schweikert, ryan. scott of virginia, pelosi. austin scott, ryan. david scott, pelosi. sensenbrenner, ryan. serrano, pelosi. essions, ryan. sewell of alabama, pelosi. sherman, pelosi. shimkus, ryan. simpson, ryan., john lewis. sires, pelosi. slaughter, pelosi. smith of movement, ryan. smith of nebraska, ryan. smith of new jersey, ryan. smith of texas, ryan. smith of washington, pelosi. peier, pelosi. stefanik, ryan. stewart, ryan. stivers, ryan. tutzman, ryan. swalwell of california, pelosi. takai of hawaii, pelosi. pelosi. california, pelosi. of california, thompson of mississippi, pelosi. hompson of pennsylvania, ryan. thornberry, ryan. tea beerry, -- tiberi, ryan. ipton, ryan. titus, pelosi. tonko of new york, pelosi. pelosi. trott, ryan. tsongas, pelosi. turner, ryan. upton, ryan. valadao, ryan. an hollen, pelosi. argas, pelosi. easey, pelosi. vela, pelosi. velazquez, pelosi. visclosky, pelosi. ryan. walberg, ryan. alden, ryan. walker, ryan. al
mr. ryan: while i love the name ryan, pelosi. the clerk: pelosi. ryan of wisconsin. ryan of wisconsin. salmon, ryan. linda t. sanchez, pelosi. pelosi.sanchez, sanford, ryan. arbanes, pelosi. scalise, ryan. . schiff, pelosi. schrader, pelosi. quikert -- schweikert, ryan. scott of virginia, pelosi. austin scott, ryan. david scott, pelosi. sensenbrenner, ryan. serrano, pelosi. essions, ryan. sewell of alabama, pelosi. sherman, pelosi. shimkus, ryan. simpson, ryan., john lewis. sires, pelosi....
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schiff and adam smith in particular were an embarrassment. you know, they were like are you kidding me? you know, the interesting thing was that you know, mrs go back to watergate for seaxd is. ookay. first of all, mrs. clinton was fired as a watergate lawyer but that's another story for another time. but when watergate was created, as far as the committee process, yeah, there was politics back and forth. but once they got in there, it was business at hand. it didn't matter if it was productive representative or democratic representative. they wanted to he no the truth. these folks don't want to know the truth. you know, they want to do everything they can to upstructure the truth. elijah cummings talked to me right after the first hearing in september of last year. okay? and he said to me that his mother told him to avoid situations where there was emotion, distortion, and confusion. well, i thought he was pretty emotional and rather distorted. >> i'm very sorry for your loss and we thank you very much for coming in this morning. >> hey for coverage, we are not done yet, folks. >> i am totally blind. and sometimes i struggle to sleep at ni
schiff and adam smith in particular were an embarrassment. you know, they were like are you kidding me? you know, the interesting thing was that you know, mrs go back to watergate for seaxd is. ookay. first of all, mrs. clinton was fired as a watergate lawyer but that's another story for another time. but when watergate was created, as far as the committee process, yeah, there was politics back and forth. but once they got in there, it was business at hand. it didn't matter if it was productive...
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mr. ryan: while i love the name ryan, pelosi. the clerk: pelosi. ryan of wisconsin. ryan of wisconsin. salmon, ryan. linda t. sanchez, pelosi. pelosi.sanchez, sanford, ryan. arbanes, pelosi. scalise, ryan. . schiff, pelosi. schrader, pelosi. quikert -- schweikert, ryan. scott of virginia, pelosi. austin scott, ryan. david scott, pelosi. sensenbrenner, ryan. serrano, pelosi. essions, ryan. sewell of alabama, pelosi. sherman, pelosi. shimkus, ryan. simpson, ryan., john lewis. sires, pelosi. slaughter, pelosi. smith of movement, ryan. smith of nebraska, ryan. smith of new jersey, ryan. smith of texas, ryan. smith of washington, pelosi. peier, pelosi. stefanik, ryan. stewart, ryan. stivers, ryan. tutzman, ryan. swalwell of california, pelosi. takai of hawaii, pelosi. pelosi. california, pelosi. of california, thompson of mississippi, pelosi. hompson of pennsylvania, ryan. thornberry, ryan. tea beerry, -- tiberi, ryan. ipton, ryan. titus, pelosi. tonko of new york, pelosi. pelosi. trott, ryan. tsongas, pelosi. turner, ryan. upton, ryan. valadao, ryan. an hollen, pelosi. argas, pelosi. easey, pelosi. vela, pelosi. velazquez, pelosi. visclosky, pelosi. ryan. walberg, ryan. alden, ryan. walker, ryan. al
mr. ryan: while i love the name ryan, pelosi. the clerk: pelosi. ryan of wisconsin. ryan of wisconsin. salmon, ryan. linda t. sanchez, pelosi. pelosi.sanchez, sanford, ryan. arbanes, pelosi. scalise, ryan. . schiff, pelosi. schrader, pelosi. quikert -- schweikert, ryan. scott of virginia, pelosi. austin scott, ryan. david scott, pelosi. sensenbrenner, ryan. serrano, pelosi. essions, ryan. sewell of alabama, pelosi. sherman, pelosi. shimkus, ryan. simpson, ryan., john lewis. sires, pelosi....