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Trey Gowdy

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Trey Gowdy is a former U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district, serving from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Gowdy gained national prominence as the chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, where he led investigations into the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya. His tenure in Congress was marked by a focus on issues such as government oversight and national security. Prior to his congressional career, Gowdy served as a federal prosecutor and was known for his legal expertise and assertive questioning style during hearings.

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Jun 3, 2013

So if there are published reports that you solicited funds from health care companies those would be inaccurate?

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Jun 3, 2013

So if health care officials say they felt pressured to make donations to Enroll America your response would be what, that they are just too easily pressured or that they misunderstood the conversation?

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Jun 3, 2013

Who were the other phone calls to, Madam Secretary? You said you made other phone calls.

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Jun 3, 2013

I'm very concerned that at a time when there is general agreement that we need to grow the physician workforce because of the aging of the baby boomers, the Administration is actually proposing cutting Medicare's support for teaching…

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Jun 3, 2013

You testified--conceded that you made at least two solicitations of donations to Enroll America.

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Jun 3, 2013

Would you be willing to make that legal opinion available to the committee?

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May 21, 2013

What guarantee would you suggest we include so we don't have this debate 3 years from now, 6 years from now, for purely political expediency?

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May 21, 2013

My constituents in South Carolina want a real remedy and not a political remedy.

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May 7, 2013

This would be a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate it.

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May 7, 2013

We're going to find out what happened.

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May 7, 2013

To the families of the victims, it has been 8 months. And I know that there are those who have said that's a long time ago.

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May 7, 2013

So Ambassador Rice directly contradicts the evidence on the ground in Libya.

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May 7, 2013

It always matters whether or not you can trust your government.

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May 7, 2013

You made a compelling case today for why it is important to tell other countries the truth.

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May 7, 2013

You used the word immeasurable, that what she said was immeasurable in its damage.

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May 7, 2013

I would love the opportunity to do just that.

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May 7, 2013

Trust me when I tell you crime scenes do not get better with time.

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May 7, 2013

I was stunned. My jaw dropped. And I was embarrassed.

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May 7, 2013

The reality is it was a direct result of what she said that the Bureau did not get to Benghazi in a timely fashion.

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Apr 24, 2013

I also thank you for your leadership on this issue.

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Apr 15, 2013

I am sorry for the Department of Justice that they put politics ahead of the law.

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Apr 15, 2013

I suspect that South Carolina's percentage of African-American Members of Congress may have been the highest in the country in 2011.

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Mar 18, 2013

Some of those detainees released were Level 1 offenders, which means they were aggravated felons.

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Mar 18, 2013

If that is true, it necessarily follows that some of those 'worst of the worst' were recently released.

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Mar 18, 2013

It makes no sense that we would require ICE to maintain a minimum average daily population.

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