mr. burton votes no. >> mr. mckenry. >> votes no. >> mr. mchenry votes no. >> anyone else seek recognition. >> votes aye. >> mr. murphy votes aye. >> the clerk will report. on that vote, mr. chairman, there are 14 ayes, 23 nos. >> the amendment is not agreed to. we now call the roll on the lynch amendment. mr. i. no. >> mr. mica votes no. mr. plats votes no. mr. turner. mr. turner votes no. mr. mchenry votes no. mr. jordan votes no. mr. chaffetz. >> no. mr. chaffetz votes no. mr. mack votes no. mr. wahlberg. mr. wahlberg votes no. mr. langford votes no. mr. move votes no. mr. gozar. mr. labrador votes no. mr. meehan. mr. walsh. no. mr. gowdy votes no. mr. ross votes no. mr. ginta votes no. mr. thentholds votes no. mr. kelly votes no. mr. cummings. >> yes. >> mr. cummings votes aye. >> mr. towns. >> mr. towns votes aye. miss la moaneny votes aye. miss norton votes aye. mr. kucinich votes aye. mr. attorneyeny votes aye. mr. clay votes aye. mr. lynch. mr. clay votes aye. mr. lynch votes aye. mr. connelly votes aye. mr. quigley votes aye. mr. d

mr. burton and i have been on this committee a long time. there are reasons to exert executive privilege and try to stop the investigation of this committee into the department of justice bringing about one of the worst diskorjmentes on the history of the department of justice is indeed an injustice to the congress, to the american people, and this important investigative arm of the house of representatives. this is a very sad day for the united states of america when the president would engage himself at the last minute and try to exert executive privilege, when the attorney general who again, you know, our job is to find out what went wrong. maybe he is innocent. maybe people are innocent in this. there is no reason in the world or under the law or under the proceedings of congress and our constitution and the way this government is set up that this committee is not entitled to this information in this investigation to again maintain the integrity of this important office. maybe i am idealistic. i didn't think this could go on in a departm

mr. burton, five minutes. >> first of all, let me just say after having been chairman of this committee for six years i want to complement our chairman on being so patient. i mean, if anybody looks at the record and sees how long darryl issa has dealt with this issue and how he's handled it, i think you would say he's been more than patient and so i think that needs to be in the record. the second thing i'd like to say is that there's no question in anybody's mind that's been involved in this investigation that the attorney general has been stonewalling this committee. the chairman has contacted him and his associates numerous times and without result, and when the chairman met with him in the last 24 hours and discussed this, was there no information forthcoming that would have been able to set aside this contempt hearing today. the second thing i'd like to say is that the president's assertion of executive privilege creates even more questions. one of the big issues that we've been dealing with is who knew about fast and furious? when did they know about it and how high up did it go? and

mr. burton of indiana. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. burton: there's been a lot of hyperbole and a lot repetition but a lot of things that have been said haven't been factual. brian terry was murdered. hundreds of people have been murdered in mexico with guns that went across the border. the justice department said i februaryf 2011, they had no knowledge about this. 10 months later, they admitted they lied. now, they said they didn't know and then they said they said they did. i don't know what you call that but to me it's a lie. then chairman issa tried again and again to get information so we could get to the bottom of this like the 32 democrats wanted and they refused. he sent subpoenas. they refused. they hid behind is being an ongoing investigation and they couldn't give those dumonts. -- documents. we got a fraction of the documents that should have been given to us. but they wouldn't do that. issa met with the attorney general's people to try to come to some conclusion, some kind of resolution of this. so we wouldn't have to move

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mr. burton the fact that they supported the sheriff in the campaign and that bias somehow motivated their reporting of this incident. chairperson hur: i tend to agree that and that it ised a miss missable to combat bias. -- that it is admissible to combat bias. any objection to that? ok. paragraph six? >> we object on relevance grounds as to its entirety. in addition we don't believe there is foundation or the last sentence and we believe that the last -- or -- excuse me -- the third sentence, we don't think there is foundation -- strike that. we also think that the last three, four, five, mr. kopp can you just say the line number? >> yes. >> is that easier? >> yes. >> we think that line 17 through 23 are speculative. again, more prejudicial than probative. >> mr. keith? >> we think that this does not offer -- well, this is offered to show the relationship between ms. lopez and ms. madison that is really relevant to why ms. madison chose to make the report and the kind of advice that she was giving to ms. lopez later. for that purpose, it is relevant. i mean, i think there is a lot of det

mr. burton votes aye. mr. cummings. >> no. >> mr. cummings votes know. mr. towns. >> no. >> mr.ns votes know. >> 23 ayes, 17 nos. >> the ayes have it. and a contempt report is ordered reported to the house. >> cenk: shocking. it turns out in committee controlled by republicans, the ayes have it: it's not a done deal. it goes to the full house and we'll see if they take that to the next level. that very rarely happens but you very rarely have a congress filled with republicans like this. let's go to joe williams, correspondent for politico. it's great to have you on. it's been awhile. >> yeah, i appreciate it. thanks a lot for the invite. >> cenk: absolutely. let's start with the white house first. they did the executive privilege in the morning. does that mean that they knew the contempt was coming and they didn't have a deal and they wanted to get out ahead of it. >> it's obviously between holders, holders people and isa and isa's people they weren't going to cut a deal. every was looking for a way out except isa. and it seemed as though this was the preordained or pre-destined

mr. burton votes no. mr. mchenry votes no. >> does anyone else seek recognition? aye.. murhpphy votes >> the clerk will report. vote, 14thtate ayes and 23 nos. >> that vote is not agree -- that amendment is not agreed to. we know claall a vote on the lynch amendment. >> [calling roll vote] >> the clerk will report. >> on the vote, 15 ayes, 23 nos. >> the moment is not agreed to. the question occurs on the amendment offered by the lady from new york, in which the nos prevailed by a voice and a recorded vote was ordered. the clerk will calle the roll. >> [calling roll vote] >> that vote, 16 ay commites, 23 no's. >> the amendment is not agreed to. it will now proceed to the amendment previously passed by voice vote on which it recorded vote was asked for and delay. the clerk will call the roll on the gaudy amendment. >> [calling roll vote] >> ms. norton? >> it is really a good amendment -- [laughter] >> no. >> mr. towns votes no. ms. norton? you're no. mr. kucinich votes no. [continuing roll call vote] >> the clerk will report. >> on the vote, there are 23 ayes, 17 no's. >

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mr. burton and i have been in on this committee long time. there are reasons to exert executive privilege and tried to stop the investigation of this committee and to the department of justice, bringing about one of the worst is indeed an injustice to the congress, to the american people, and this important investigative arm of the house of representatives. this is a very sad day for the united states of america when the president would engage himself at the last minute and try to exert executive privilege when the attorney general -- our job is to find out what went wrong. maybe he is innocent. maybe people are innocent in this but there is no reason in the world were on verbal law or under the proceedings of congress and our constitution and the way this government is set up that this committee is not entitled to this information in this investigation to maintain the integrity of this important office. i don't know, maybe i am idealistic. i did not think this could go on in a department of justice in the united states of america in this day

mr. burton of indiana. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. burton: there's been a lot of hyperbole and a lot of repetition but a lot of things that have been said haven't been factual. brian terry was murdered. hundreds of people have been murdered in mexico with guns that went across the border. the justice department said in february of 2011, they had no knowledge about this. 10 months later, they admitted they lied. now, they said they didn't know and then they said they said they did. i don't know what you call that but to me it's a lie. then chairman issa tried again and again to get information so we could get to the bottom of this like the 32 democrats wanted and they refused. he sent subpoenas. they refused. they hid behind this being an ongoing investigation and they couldn't give those dumonts. -- documents. we got a fraction of the documents that should have been given to us. but they wouldn't do that. issa met with the attorney general's people to try to come to some conclusion, some kind of resolution of this. so we wouldn't have

mr. burton of indiana. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. burton: there's been a lot of hyperbole and a lot of repetition but a lot of thin that have been said haven't been factual. brian terry was murdered. hundreds of people have been murdered in mexico with guns that went across the border. the justice department said in february of 2011, they had no knowledge about this. 10 months later, they admitted they lied. now, they said they didn't know and then they said they said they did. i don't know what you call that but to me it's a lie. then chairman issa tried again and again to get information so we could get to the bottom of this like the 32 democrats wanted and they refused. he sent subpoenas. they refused. they hid behind this being an ongoing investigation and they couldn't give those dumonts. -- documents. we got a fraction of the documents that should have been given to us. but they wouldn't do that. issa met with the attorney general's people to try to come to some conclusion, some kind of resolution of this. so we uldn't have to m

mr. burton of indiana was already against the n.e.a. and he said it's wrong for this reason and that reason and the other reason. he said, all the money goes to new york and los angeles. and i got up and i said, you know, mr. burton, i'm shocked to discover that new york city with 8.5 million people don't get a penny of the wheat subsidy. the fact is we don't grow wheat in new york and the fact is money should be distributed -- and i am not opposed to the wheat subsidy. it may be i am not an expert on the farm program but it may mean that farm states need it and it may be that some states need other things. we should tax it where we can tax it efficiently and equitablely. and the two may not have the same relationship with each other. if you start this principle that you have to get at least back as much as you put in on this thing, in this case transportation, why not on everything else? and then you'd say, well, it's very unfair that a given state sends more to washington than it gets back at all. well, some states do. new york does.

mr. burton. for five minutes. >> well, first of all, let me just say after having been chairman of this committee for six years, i want to compliment our chairman on being so patient. i mean, if anybody looks at the record and sees how long darrell issa has dealt with this issue and how he's handled it, i think it would say that he has been more than patient. and so i think that needs to be in the record. the second thing i'd like to say is that there's no question in anybody's mind that's been involved in this investigation that the attorney general has been stonewalling this committee. the chairman has contacted him and his associates numerous times and without result. and when the chairman met with him the -- in the last 24 hours and discussed this, there was no information forthcoming that would have been able to set aside this contempt hearing today. the second thing i'd like to say is that the president's assertion of executive privilege creates even more questions. one of the big issues th

mr. burton. five minutes. >> well, first of all, let me just say, after having been chairman of this committee for sixees, i want to compliment our chairman on being so patient. i mean, if anybody looks at the record and sees how long darrell issa has dealt with this issue and how he's handled it, i think they would say that he has been more than patient. so i think that needs to be in the record. the second thing i'd like to say is that there's no question in anybody's mind that's been involved in this investigation that the attorney general has been stonewalling this committee. thchairman has contacted him and his associates numerous times, and without result. and when the chairman met with him in the last 24 hours and discussed this, there was no information forthcoming that would have been able to set aside this contempt hearing today. the second thing i'd like to say is that the president's assertion of executive privilege creates even more questions. one of the big issues that we've been de

mr. burton: pursuant to clause 7 of rule 22, i present a privilege red port. the clerk: conference we report to acompmy -- accompany h.r. 4348 a bill to provide highway safety, highway carrier safety and transit pending enactment of a multiyear law re-authorizing such programs and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the order is printed. gentleman from georgia may proceed. mr. graves: thank you, mr. speaker. as we were just wrapping this spirited discussion here, earlier, mr. bishop you heard the progressives celebrating this decision today and so what were they celebrating? what the federal government can tax you if you do something but today's celebration was the fact that the federal government can tax you when you don't do something. i appreciate you joining us tonight to give your thoughts from the great state of utah. i appreciate the gentleman -- mr. bishop: i appreciate the gentleman for yielding me a few moments here. truly this is a unique day. i'm happy to join my colleagues in talking about this particular issue. the old cliche is simply,

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