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Dan Kildee: Yes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the resolution. The text of resolution is as follows: PRIVILEGED…

On the recordMarch 13, 2014
Yes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the resolution. The text of resolution is as follows: PRIVILEGED RESOLUTION AGAINST THE OFFENSIVE ACTIONS OF CHAIRMAN DARRELL E. ISSA Whereas on March 5, 2014, during a hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Committee Chairman Darrell E. Issa gave a statement and then posed ten questions to former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner, who stated that she was invoking her Fifth Amendment right not to testify; Whereas the committee's ranking member, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, clearly sought recognition to take his turn for questions under committee and House rules; Whereas, Chairman Issa then unilaterally adjourned the hearing and refused to allow him to make any statement or ask any questions; Whereas Ranking Member Cummings protested immediately, stating: ``Mr. Chairman, you cannot run a committee like this. You just cannot do this. This is, we are better than that as a country, we are better than that as a committee.'' Whereas, Chairman Issa then returned and allowed Ranking Member Cummings to begin his statement, but when it became clear that Chairman Issa did not want to hear what Ranking Member Cummings was saying, turned off Ranking Member Cummings' microphone, ordered Republican staff to ``close it down,'' and repeatedly signaled to end the hearing with his hand across his neck; Whereas Ranking Member Cummings objected again, stating: ``You cannot have a one-sided investigation.…
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Dan Kildee
Democratic · Michigan
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Mar 13, 2014

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