Zoe Lofgren: “I am known here in the House as someone who is not a ranter and a raver, if I can use that phrase. I like to work…”

“I am known here in the House as someone who is not a ranter and a raver, if I can use that phrase. I like to work whenever possible in a bipartisan manner to find common ground and to achieve real progress for the American people. I think all of us were sent here to do this and to make a difference in that way. But I find myself unable to remain silent any longer about the Sanchez race. You know, I am mindful that the investigation that has been going on has now consumed more time than the entire campaign and election did from filing to election date, and I think there is something wrong when an investigation that produces nothing continues throughout what looks to be a plan to consume the entire term of the person's office. Now if there was any evidence of behavior that would affect the outcome, perhaps we could be more patient with this, but as the Washington Post has pointed out and as a matter of longstanding law as well as precedents of this House, the burden of proof is on the plaintiff in this case, and there is no credible evidence that has been brought forward that would lead any objective observer to the conclusion that the outcome of this election will be changed in any way through additional investigations.”