Each one of us represents over 700,000 people, and all of us have value.

Don't make this a political football.

Hillary Clinton confidants were part of an operation to separate damaging documents before they were turned over.

the majority has manipulated facts and evidence to suit the narrative of their ongoing conspiracy theories.

the majority has systematically robbed Democratic members of meaningful participation in this investigation.

the chairman has refused to convene an organizational meeting or establish rules to address our concerns.

We are not going to get every single question answered.

Republicans had already investigated the Maxwell claim and only found evidence against it.

I agree with Mr. Gowdy. As Members of Congress, we are constantly bumping heads against one administration or another.

All of those facts add up to this being a partisan and political investigation.

It has always been my suspicion that the purpose of this is to focus on that bad incident as much as possible for partisan and political reasons.

I hope we get better than that.

Benghazi was an awful incident in our Nation's history.

When Congress queers the deal in foreign policy it is a big deal.

We must weigh this very carefully and we do have to ask the question what if we are wrong?

I think the problem here is not with the pace of the State Department's response.

This was a big part of the reason why many Democrats had a reservation about participating in the committee.

In fact, four Republicans voted against the rules package which reauthorized this committee.