John Conyers: “several hours ago, the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight gave a vote of no confidence to the campaign…”

“several hours ago, the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight gave a vote of no confidence to the campaign finance investigation being headed by my friend, the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton). The committee declined to immunize four witnesses and haul them before his committee. As a past chairman of that committee, I can tell you that what the committee did today was the only course of action they could take. My Democratic colleagues were not asking for much. They simply wanted procedures for subpoenas that would give them a chance to object and force a committee vote before such subpoenas could be issued. They were willing to negotiate, but Chairman Burton was not. I am sorry to say this, but Chairman Burton's recent actions have discredited the Committee on House Oversight of the Congress, which is supposed to set the example for fair investigative procedure. Never in my tenure as chairman of that committee, not once, did the minority complain that a major investigation was unfair or conducted without their full involvement.”