Political Quotes

“I want to thank the gentleman for yielding, and I rise in strong opposition to this resolution. Benghazi was a tragedy. We lost four brave Americans that night, and I extend my deepest sympathies to their families. In my opinion, we honor their memories best by bringing their killers to justice and by working in a bipartisan way to strengthen security for all U.S. personal overseas. As family members of Ambassador Stevens have stated, ``What Chris never would have accepted was the idea that his death would have been used for political purposes.'' {time} 1630 Unfortunately, that is what House Republicans have been doing for the last year and a half. On April 23, 2013, the Republican chairmen of five different House committees issued a highly partisan staff report with absolutely no consultation or input from a single Democratic Member of the Congress of the United States of America. Their report included a reckless accusation that Secretary Clinton personally authorized security reductions in Benghazi. Chairman Issa then went on national television and said, Secretary Clinton ``outright denied security, in her signature, in a cable.'' When we located the cable, however, we discovered that the Republican report distorted the facts. The cable had only a printed stamp of Secretary Clinton's name, the same stamp that appears on hundreds of thousands of cables sent from the State Department every year. This report was issued under the direction of the Speaker.…”