Mark Souder: “And we are committed to getting to the bottom of this, regardless of the smears that are done on our committee or the…”

“And we are committed to getting to the bottom of this, regardless of the smears that are done on our committee or the chairman, because we must for the preservation of American democracy. Mr. Speaker, I include for the Record the following: Federal Document Clearing House--Testimony June 13, 1956--House of Representatives, Government Reform, National Security, International Affairs and Criminal Justice white house communications agency mismanagement Opening Remarks of Chairman Bill Zeliff. Oversight Hearing on White House Communications Agency. Good morning. Four weeks ago we began oversight hearings of the White House Communications Agency, or WHCA. As most of you know, this subcommittee initiated a thorough investigation of WHCA's operations two years ago. We met three times with the White House to try to get the White House to agree that GAO could do this investigation. For reasons that remain unclear, even now, the White House objected and prevented GAO from investigating. We then sought an IG's investigation and, after overcoming further objections, we got the IG into the White House. The result is the first comprehensive audit of WHCA in 55 years. A clear picture is emerging and it has four distinct components: the utter lack of internal controls at WHCA, the problem of WHCA mission creep, the absence of accountability, and the disturbing pattern of White House obstructionism.”