Bill Pascrell: “and so it continues. This is a partisan, counterfeit commission if I have ever seen one proposed today, and I have two…”

“and so it continues. This is a partisan, counterfeit commission if I have ever seen one proposed today, and I have two simple questions: Will the administration escape accountability again? And the second question is this: Will the administration get away with another failure? Please note the word ``escape''. In fact, if you look in the Bible, the Old Testament, Leviticus, chapter 16, verse 8, we find the origin, the etymology of the word scapegoat, the goat that departs. In scripture, you had two goats. One was sacrificed for our sins; the other escaped, was let go. That is from the English word scapen, the Old English, a form of escape. So, Brownie, he was sacrificed, and yesterday all of his minions resigned, all of these people that were hired. We better have an objective review of what happened. We better have an objective view, or else we are never going to get to the truth. This is the most redactive, the most secretive administration in the history of the United States. It has nothing to do with political partisanship either. None whatsoever. We have seen it repeatedly. This is the administration that can show negligence, ineptitude, and dangerous arrogance without ever enduring the burden of even limited liability. Policy disasters abound, yet culpability is never encountered. {time} 1400 No one who has followed the workings of this body believes that a commission made up of apologists will ever hold the administration accountable for anything.…”