Peter Deutsch: “I would also say, though, that I believe this resolution clearly meets that standard, because what is going on right now…”

“I would also say, though, that I believe this resolution clearly meets that standard, because what is going on right now in the Committee on the Judiciary with the selective release of information is clearly a disservice on this House, and is clearly putting this House in disrepute, which is exactly what the rules of the House in terms of our privileged resolution are set up to deal with. I would say to the gentleman and to the Speaker that this resolution is clearly exactly why we have privileged resolutions in the House. What is happening right now in terms of the procedures of the Committee on the Judiciary, in terms of what has happened with the release of information, in the partisanship that has occurred within that committee, is absolutely putting this House into the type of situation, the type of disrespect that privileged resolutions are exactly in purpose for using. I would urge the Speaker to rule this in order, and I urge its adoption.”