mr. jason weinstein. this is his testimony regarding an e-mail referred to by the gentleman from utah. the e-mail referred to the wide receiver and the testimony that i'm submitting indicates this statement. when i say it is a tricky case given the number of guns that have walked i'm talking exclusively about wide receiver. ask unanimous consent to submit this into the record. >> without objection, that will be made part of the record. mr. attorney general, thank you for your testimony. without objection, all members will have five legislative days to submit additional written questions to the attorney general and we hope he will be timely in his response. this hearing is adjourned. >> thank you. >>> earlier today, republican congressman darrell issa, who chairs the house oversight and government reform committee, announced that his committee would hold a vote next week on whether to find attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress for failing to turn over documents related to the fast and furious program. according to the associated press, the justice department says many of

mr. jason weinstein. his testimony regarding an e-mail referred to by the gentleman from utah. the e-mail referred to the wide receiver and the testimony that i am submitting indicates this statement but when i say it is a taking case, the number of guns that walk, i'm talking is closely about wide receiver. i ask unanimous consent. >> without objection the test and will be made part of the record. mr. attorney general, thank you again for testimony. we hope you will be timely in the response to this hearing is adjourned. >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] here on c-span2 will take you live now to the hearing this morning looking at the expiring tax provisions. on your screen the chairman of the subcommittee looking at the extending and expiring tax provisions to that's pat t. berry who is the chairman of the committee. some of those provisions include expiring tax credits for research and development college tuition. hingis got underway like you on c-span2. >> now in any future to examine these tax provisions. his leadership in setting forth a

writes a statute requiring certain individuals be responsible such as jason weinstein, lanny brewer and yourself -- >> regular order, mr. chairman. >> regular order, mr. chairman. >> the attorney general will be able to answer the question. >> he hasn't asked the question. >> i'm halfway through it if you quit interrupting. if in fact if the statute says they're responsible and if in fact they're not read -- >> regular order. >> -- how are the american people to understand -- >> regular order. >> -- who's responsible for what is contained in these -- >> the attorney general will be allowed to answer this question. >> be, in fact -- because anyone of ordinary reading, including the atf director, former director, nelson, anyone reading these, according to him, would have to be sick to their stomach because they'd be immediately aware -- >> do you have a question, mr. chairman? >> so who is responsible, mr. attorney general? >> all right. you really conflated a bunch of things. the responsibility -- >> you delivered so little -- >> regular order, now, mr. chairman, will he be allowed to answer the question now. >> the att

mr. chairman. general holder, both the criminal division head lanny brewer and his deputy jason weinstein had knowledge that they let guns walk and most all were recovered in mexico in connection to the fast and furious scandal. when they reviewed the letter that falsely denied the aftf knowingly allowed the sale of assault weapons to a straw purchaser who transported them to mexico, do you think it is a serious offense for an individual to mislead the congress? >> well, first, with regard to the question, i think you've got it a little off there. the two individuals you talk about, mr. weinstein, mr. brewer did not know about the tactics used in the fast and furious until the beginning of last year. >> but they did acknowledge, "atf let a bunch of guns walk." and "some were recovered in mexico." >> that was in connection with, i believe, with operation wide receiver. >> correct. correct. but they did not acknowledge that in their communication with the congress. so my question to you is do you think it's a serious offense for an individual to mislead the congress about what they know about what's goin

mr. chairman. general holder, both the criminal division head, lanny brewer, and his deputy, jason weinstein, had knowledge that the atf let a bunch of guns walk and some were recovered in mexico. all related to the fast and furious scandal. in a prior operation, when they reviewed the february 4th, 2011, letter that falsely denied that they knowingly allowed the sale of the weapons to a straw purchaser who transported them to mexico, do you think it's a serious offense for an individual to mislead the congress? >> first with regard to the question, i think you got it a little off there. the two individuals you talk about, mr. weinstein, mr. brewer, did not know about the tactics used in fast and furious until the beginning of last y r year. >> they did acknowledge, quote, atf let a bunch of guns walk, and quote, some were recovered in mexico, end quote. >> that was in connection i believe with operation wide receiver. >> correct. >> that occurred in the prior administration. >> correct. they did not acknowledge that in their communication with the congress. so my question to you, do you think it's a serio

mr. chairman. general holter, both the criminal division had only any brewer and his deputy, jason weinstein had knowledge that the atf let a bunch of guys walk and some were recovered in mexico, all related to the fast and furious scandal. in a prior operational and they refute the february 4, 2011 letter that falsely denied the af t. to a purchaser transported them to mexico. do you think it's a serious offense to an individual to mislead the congress? >> first of all, i think you have it a little off there. the two individuals to talk about mr. weinstein and mr. brewer did not know about fast and furious until the beginning of last year. >> a good knowledge that atf was a bunch of gun swap. and some were recovered in mexico, end quote. >> i was in connection with operation wide receiver. that occurred in the previous administration. >> correct. but they did not acknowledge that in their communication with the congress. so my question to you is do you think it's a serious offense for an individual to mislead the congress about what they know about what's going on in your department? >> to the contrary,