I rise again to sound the alarm about the train wreck that is ObamaCare. Yesterday, we learned that the world renowned Cleveland Clinic will cut 5 percent to 6 percent of its $6 billion budget and cut jobs to prepare for ObamaCare. The…

Under Secretary Kennedy made this statement at the House Foreign Affairs Committee meeting today: The Department has demonstrated an unprecedented degree of cooperation and engagement with the Congress on these issues, especially following…

It is apparent that the information that came out regarding the talking points did not comport with the President's narrative.

If that happens again and it does not fit with the President's narrative, they will be left to be killed.

You are in an important position. I am sure you are busy.

This administration, and your Department in particular, are stonewalling.

Well, in the interest of national security, you're in a dilemma. You've taken an oath and you do have a confidentiality requirement. However, I would also say there is a compelling reason for you to provide information to the American…

I would ask, Mr. King, we were told that there wasn't adequate time, that reinforcements and help were too far away. How did the administration know how long this was going to take, how long this attack was going to go on for? Because when…

Again, I suggest that the administration has a trust and confidence issue not only with this Congress but with the American people, and that is one of the reasons. You can't send somebody out at the top levels of government to provide…

Again, we want to know who changed the talking points. I don't want to indict her if she was given the talking points. But at the level she was operating, she either should have known or corroborated the talking points. And so, to a…

Well, I certainly haven't seen anything that I have confidence in. There's been numerous ones put together, mostly by the side that wants to investigate, that's trying to piece it together based on open-source information.

Absolutely. A mortar is what we call an indirect fire method weapon. You don't necessarily have to see the target. You lob the round into the target. So it requires coordination and known points of where the mortar is located versus where…

I would like to pose a question to you based on what you've seen regarding Syria and Benghazi and Libya, the classified briefings and your travels. This administration reported to us that Syria had used chemical weapons 11 times…

Well, you are absolutely right, Mr. King. As you already stated, the American people deserve to know. Scarcely 6 weeks ago, I talked to some of the families of the fallen who have not, since that fateful day nearly--well, it's a year ago…

Well, there's been some conflicting reports between, again, open source, between the rebels, and then he went to the hospital and was picked up by some of the folks from Tripoli; but then he wasn't there, and they--there's nothing…

Absolutely. You must know that it takes multiple, what we call, registration rounds and so on and so forth to bracket a target, multiple iterations of firing the tube or the mortar to hit the target. I'm talking half a dozen, a dozen…

Well, a mortar is what we call an area weapon, so you're not going to shoot a mortar into a window. But what they fire on, they sometimes shoot long, they shoot over, or they shoot short. So they bracket it. They adjust the tube back and…

There's no doubt in America's mind, the world's mind. Libyan intelligence knew it within 24 hours. And we have the fact that our Ambassador, which--by the way, I must say that it besmirches her credibility, the President's credibility, the…

Since the Ambassador himself and his deputy both reported it was a real-time, coordinated attack, not a spontaneous demonstration, I'm very certain in my heart and my mind that the administration knew what was happening.

He may be. I'm not sure. He may be out of jail. But I know he was held accountable at some point, and he literally did go to jail. And I would say it's arguable that he had absolutely anything to do with this or anything else.

Like I said, you don't just bring heavy weapons like RPGs and things of this sort to a spontaneous eruption and demonstration. Like I said, it requires resourcing, ammunition. This thing went on for hours and hours with heavy weapons. You…

We've seen no evidence. We've been given no evidence. We have asked the questions directly and been denied.

Thank you for yielding, and I want to begin by thanking our colleague from Virginia (Mr. Wolf) for his leadership with House Resolution 36. It should not have to come to a select and special committee to investigate this, but it's very…

I remember the morning of September 11, 2001, like it was just yesterday. The horror affected everyone in different ways, and each of us remember where we were and whom we were with on that fateful day. I remember trying to get home from…

I must tell you that every single one of you with all due candor, your testimony is breathtaking in concern for me.