Nancy Pelosi: “This morning, with great solemnity and sadness, I’m announcing that the House will be establishing a select committee on…”

This extraordinary federal review which singles out California is based upon a thinly veiled and non-evidential argument.

We have to win,” she says. “We have to win big.

We must have strong transparency, robust accountability and tough enforcement for financial conduct in office because the American people deserve confidence that their elected leaders are serving the public interest — not their personal…

“Therefore, while this amendment is ill-conceived, I vote yes for the message that it sends.”