mr. cummings, mr. connelly, mr. starr are correct when they say independent, how do we test that claim if you guys won't give us the documents? how do we test the claim of independence if you guys won't let us see the record? mr. rubin, you've had a subpoena congress issued in august of 2013 saying we want every single document, or as the chairman's made clear, all documents relating to the arb investigation. we want to know, when are you going to comply? >> sir, as -- >> when are you going to put those top people that mr. roscum referenced, when are you going to put those top people on a subpoena that's been issued a year and a half ago to get us the documents so we can test the claim that this arb was actually independent? >> sir, as i just mentioned with mr. cummings, the top two priorities that were communicated to us for the immediate term were these interviews and these other documents -- >> here's what we've got to get past. wait, wait, wait. this is what we've got to get past, this priority line you keep usi

mr. cummings, mr. connelly mr. starr correct when they say independent, how do we test that claim if you guys won't give us the documents? how do we test the claim of independence if you guys won't let us see the record? mr. ruben you've had a subpoena congress issued in august of 2013 saying we want every single document, or as the chairman's made clear all documents relating to the arb investigation, we want to know, when are you going to comply? >> sir, as -- >> when are you going to put those top people that mr. roscum when are you going to put those top people on a subpoena that's been issued a year and a half ago to get us the documents so we can test the claim that this arb was actually independent? >> sir, as i just mentioned with mr. cummings the top two priorities that were communicated to us for the immediate term were these interviews and these other documents. >> here's what we've got to get past. wait, wait wait. this is what we've got to get past, this priority line you keep using. the subpoena was a

mr. cummings and mr. smith have noted, democrats have been excluded from discussions the chairman and his staff have had with material witnesses. the chairman has refused to convene an organizational meeting or establish rules about the concerns about the increasingly partisan direction the committee has taken. yesterday, the chairman told us we could only have a vote on committee rules if we agreed to vote on his rules. even though we think that they're patently unfair. i don't know what kind of logic that is that you can have a vote so long as the it's a vote for what i want. the chairman might have the right to do these things, but that doesn't make his actions fair or nonpartisan. witnesses have been interrogated without any of our members present. we've been denied opportunities to counter fanciful claims and left in the dark as to what answers chairman goudy is searching for. to suit the narrative of their ongoing conspiracy theorys. when convenient, they've left out key witness testimonies outlandi

mr. cummings. you and i just referenced hillary clinton. clearly mr. cummings has been having conversations with her about whether or not to come before the select committee. i promise you i wasn't any of those conversations. in a perfect world we would interview all sources and all witnesses together. i would love to do that. but when somebody comes up to you and says i will only talk to you. i will not give my name. i don't want to be a witness about i do want you to know what i have to hear, my choice is to either say well, i'm not interested in what you have or my choice is to violate their confidentiality and their security. you as a journalist protect people's confidentiality. so as a prosecutor, i protected confidential sources. what you have to decide is whether or not you are ever going to use that source. what i would not do is use information given to me that had not been cross-examined. but i'm not going to stop someone from talking to me simply because mr. cummings isn't around. >> is the administration stonewalling or 100% cooperative, tra

mr. cummings talk about us being too slow. you've seen all the impediments that have been put in our way, whether it was clearances or priorities or documents we can't get our hands on. they claim that they want to get mr. cummings says, i want to make sure we complete a fact-finding investigation. he hasn't asked for a single fact, not one. it must be the case that he believes every fact has been determined, that every relevant line of inquiry has been completed, that there is not a single witness left in the universe to be interviewed. the minority complains they've been shut out. they haven't asked for a single thing that they have not been granted by an incredibly gracious chairman gowdy with respect to a witness that they wanted to call before this witness or a document they sought from any group within the executive branch. the hypocrisy to come today and say we are both moving too slow and asking for too much is something the american people will get to judge as we move forward. but i can assure you that everyone on thi

mr. cummings raised that gives us a concern. why was this committee formed in the first place? now, one of the things that i really want to make clear from mr. gowdy is he's never going to get every single question answered, and he's never going to get every single document. i've been a legislator for 24 years, prosecutor. i have not yet encountered the event in human history where every question gets answered. it's frustrating, it's irritating because part of it is if you interview all six of those witnesses you get six different stories and then you can't figure out how to reconcile them. we are not going to get every single question answered and to lay that promise out to the families involved the people whose lives were destroyed by this, that somehow we're going to answer every question when no other investigative committee in the history of the world has ever been able to answer every question i think is unfair. that's not what we're doing. we have nine separate investigations that have been done. so withhat the democrats are concerned about on this committee is whether or

mr. cummings changed his mind. in december he was not saying that. i welcome his change of heart.xamine any witness credibly unless i have emails cables and documents. i can't bring a witness multiple times back and forth before any tribunal, i think the most expedient thing to do is bring her once and for me to bring her once, i need all of the documents that i would question her, ask her questions about in front of me. so as soon as the state department complies with our requests for documents then we would be thrilled to have her come before the committee. really in their hand. martha: you said that the state department is giving you more of a hard time than the doj in terms of turning stuff over. in these 15,000 documents in the latest dump, what you need is not this there, are you saying that? >> 15,000 is great but it is 15,000 out of how many? what i don't know is have they given us half the documents? have they given us a fourth of the documents? what i know they have not given us all of the documents. there are several category which they have not fully complied martha, h

mr. cummings. mr. cummings: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the repubfowc standsonnaonnd indivibl wh bed sceorll. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. poe: mr. speaker, the president addresses the union tonight. promising more government, more spending, and more taxes. obviously the president did not read the november memo from america, the majority of the union rejected the president's policies in the election of persistent big government. king george iii and the british imposed the stamp act 250 years ago this year. the colonists decried the new tax. higher taxes and more confiscation of property and wealth is not a sound solution. after all taxes are already too high. aft

mr. cummings, will come voluntarily but they're coming whether it is voluntarily or not.heir benefit i would argue for you to come voluntarily. >> reporter: we just received new information from our producer chad pergram on capitol hill that the committee received 15,000 thank you pages of documents. significantly these pages of documents have never been released to congress in the past. republicans will see this as more evidence that they need to pursue the benghazi select committee and we'll see what the democrats have to say in response martha. martha: interesting. we'll see what is in there. catherine, thank you very much. >> reporter: you're welcome. bill: the coast guard watch this recording video of a pilot ditching his single-engine plane in the ocean after running out of fuel. it happened 250 miles off the coast of maui. he flew from california to hawaii. that was the plan. you can see the plane's propeller stop and pilot deploys special parachute made for the plane. the parachute slows the plane down so it hits water on its belly, perfect, instead of crashing no

mr. cummings. >> madam speaker i ask unanimous consent to insert my statement into the record that the house should vote for bigger paychecks and better infrastructure instead of attacking women's access to health care. >> without ejection. >> i am pleased to yield for purposes of unanimous consent request, the gentlelady from texas, ms. jackson lee. >> i want to insert my statement into the record that the houseboat for bigger paychecks instead of attacking women's access to health care. >> now madam speaker, i am pleased to yield to the ranking democrat on the judiciary committee, mr. conyers. three minutes. >> the gentleman from michigan is recognized for three minutes. >> thank you madam speaker. i advise in strong opposition to h.r. 7 the so-called no taxpayer funding for abortion act. today, on the 42nd anniversary of roe v. wade, the majority is launching yet another attack on women's health and constitutionally protected right to choose whether to carry a pregnancy to erm. -- to erm. most importantly, this bill will make it ritually impossible for a woman to obtain abortion services,

mr. cummings: i ask unanimous consent to insert my statement in the record that the house should vote for bigger paychecks and better infrastructure instead of attacking women's access to health care. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. degette: i'm now pleased to yield for purposes of a unanimous consent request the gentlelady from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. jacksoneei thank the gentlelady. i ask unanimous consent to insert my statement in the record that the house should vote for bigger paychecks and better infrastructure instead of attacking women's access to health care. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. degette: now, madam speaker, i'm pleased to yield to the ranking democrat on the judiciary committee mr. conyers, three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman fromicgan is gnedorhe minutes. mr. conyers: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in strong opposition to h.r. 7 the so-called no taxpayer funding for abortion act. today on the 4 nd anniversary -- 42nd anniversary of roe vs. wade, the majorit

mr. cummings: i ask unanimous consent to insert my statement in the record that the house should vote for bigger paychecks and better infrastructure instead of attacking women's access to health care. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. degette: i'm now pleased to yield for purposes of a unanimous consent request the gentlelady from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. jacksoneei thank the gentlelady. i ask unanimous consent to insert my statement in the record that the house should vote for bigger paychecks and better infrastructure instead of attacking women's access to health care. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. degette: now, madam speaker, i'm pleased to yield to the ranking democrat on the judiciary committee mr. conyers, three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman fromicgan is gnedorhe minutes. mr. conyers: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in strong opposition to h.r. 7 the so-called no taxpayer funding for abortion act. today on the 4 nd anniversary -- 42nd anniversary of roe vs. wade, the majorit

. >> let's watch the best of elijah cummings right now. >> mr. like this. you just cannot do this. this is, we're better than that as a country, we're better than that as a committee. i have asked for a few minutes to ask -- >> wow! >> he cut his mic. >> for best political theater, i went with the fan, went with the debate charlie crist and the fan. the cool thing was that rick scott will to explain something that no one in the history of tv debates had to explain before. hey, why didn't you come out on the stage when the debate began? let's listen. >> we figured out if he was going to show up. he said he wasn't going to come to the debate. so why come out until he's ready? >> and florida reelected that guy. i mean -- my former state, go figure. florida. >> the thing about politics is it is very predictable. everybody behaves in a very conservative range of possibility. when something like that hams, something surprising you can't take your eyes off it. crystal? best political theater. >> i have to go with the hog castration ad. >> we all remembe