Xavier Becerra: “The President's conduct in this matter was deeply disappointing to Americans. All of us have traveled down that path.…”

“The President's conduct in this matter was deeply disappointing to Americans. All of us have traveled down that path. There is no question of that. This House will proceed with an inquiry. That road we have also begun to travel. There is no question of that. But how we travel down that road is still subject to intense questioning. The majority would take us down this road that would offer no end in sight, that omits the rules of the road for its conduct, in essence open-ended, without conclusion. After more than 4 years, $50 million in taxpayer funds, we should give the American people a clear, defined and transparent process. It is not if we will proceed, it is how we will proceed. Today is the 8th of October. We are now 8 days into the new fiscal year without a budget. Tomorrow, the 9th of October, at midnight, we will have to shut down this government unless this Congress passes a budget. And yet for the American people we offer nothing, no clear, defined, transparent process. They deserve more. Let us go to our destination and get there with Godspeed. We have work to do for seniors, for children and for working Americans. We must do it in a transparent, balanced and fair way.”