ms. mccarthy that there were no c.i.a. employees at e.p.a. while it appears ms. mccarthy believed the matter was closed when beal announced his retirement, in may 2011, she learned in march 2012 that beal had not retired and in fact collected full pay plus the legal retention bonus of $42,768. ms. mccarthy took no action against beal for nearly a year after this. finally, cansling the illegal bonus in february 2013. and instead of firing beal, ms. mccarthy allowed him to row tire two months later with full benefits. it's now clear that beal also led one of e.p.a.'s most significant rule makings prior to that the 199 97 national air quality standards for ozone and plart matter. this effort codified e.p.a.'s tick of using fine par emission.e agency's still the agency refuses to provide the data underpinning these costly regulations. collectively beal and his best friend robert brener's work on the standard introduced a series of dubious actions at that the agency has continued to follow and comprised my committee staff has referred to as e.p.a.'s playbook as detaile

mccarthy can finally relax. >> this is a great town. >> amazing. look at how pretty that is. the skyline. >> it's like manhattan on a lake. [ phone ringing ] >> hello. lee? >> how's it going msow are you? >> i'm fine but i could be better. >> from his point of view -- >> i heard you were gone and i was concerned. >> i'm not in chicago. i'm trying to turn around myself to some positiveness. >> lee fled the city because he's broke and his life may have been in danger. he is staying with a family member on a farm outside of chicago. >> i left chicago because a lot of people were taking names. >> facebook, we talk to -- i know everything but i know enough to know that's a good idea that you are not staying in chicago. we have to think of what is the long-term plan for your life and who you want to be as a man. >> i don't have a plan. >> what do you think of maybe in january, what do you think of going away to college or trade school? >> i wouldn't mind going away. >> give me your word we will meet up some point next week. i want to keep real. i don't want you to go to your funeral. [ girl ] there are man-eating sharks in every ocean... but we still swim. every second, somewhere

ms. hogue said this, "i have never engaged in espionage or sabotage. i am not so engaged. i will not so engage in the future. i am not a spy nor saboteur." like chairman issa, senator mccarthy argued that she waived her fifth amendment rights stating, when a witness said she never engaged in espionage, then she waived the fifth amendment, not nearly as to that question, but to the entire field of espionage. like chairman issa is doing today, senator mccarthy held the witness in contempt, and a court rejected the senator's legal theory. the court held that defendant did not waive her privilege under the fifth amendment and that she was entitled to an acquittal on all counts. if today's vote were weighing about these see the constitutional questions, we would have a held at least one hearing of experts on all sides of the debate. we do not take this lightly, and i know you do not either, mr. chairman. i made this request more than nine months ago, last june, but the 0committee has never held a single hearing with a single expert on these issues. as of today a total of 31 independent experts have now come forward to identify fatal flaws in these proceedings. it includes the no