Steny Hoyer: “I believe and agree with the gentleman from California that he is going to be a strong supporter, and that he and the…”

“I believe and agree with the gentleman from California that he is going to be a strong supporter, and that he and the gentleman from New York [Mr. Serrano] are going to make a team that will stand up for honest debate and honest policies with respect to the administration of the House of Representatives, the people's House. But I wanted to follow the gentleman from California [Mr. Fazio] and I wanted to follow him with respect to this investigation that is going on with respect to one of our Members, an investigation that has now been going on for 8 months that is unprecedented. First of all, it is the first time in history, the first time in history, under the Federal Contested Election Act, where a Member has ever been allowed to have subpoena power to subpoena organizations like Catholic Charities and ask for all their financial records. It is the first time in history that we have not disposed of a Federal Contested Election Act case either because it was withdrawn or because in a preliminary fashion we decided there was not sufficient evidence to move forward.”