TJ Cox: “I want to begin by saying exactly the same kinds of things about my colleagues who have brought us to this point, the…”

“I want to begin by saying exactly the same kinds of things about my colleagues who have brought us to this point, the threshold of investigating in exactly the right way a very serious matter. In particular, the ranking member on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Dicks), with whom it has been my pleasure to work for the last several days in a very serious and urgent way; and, as well, the minority leader of the House, who made this his priority, exactly as did the Speaker of the House. As a consequence, I can thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Frost), who has conducted the debate on the minority side today, for his recommendation of an 'aye' vote. And I can thank my colleagues for what I believe is the collective and considered wisdom of the House in proceeding in this way. Much of what we will undertake, much of what we will look at in this Select Committee will be secret information, and we will keep it to ourselves. Much of the reason that we are here, frankly, rests upon classified information.”