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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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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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Mar 18, 2013

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

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Mar 13, 2013

Family is fundamental unit of society. Family is where we go to multiply joy, mitigate grief and share all the emotions in between.

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Mar 4, 2013

It is vital that we keep those jobs here so our fellow citizens can experience the most basic of all family values, which is a job.

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Mar 4, 2013

Nearly half of America's top up and coming venture capital backed companies were started by immigrants.

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Mar 4, 2013

The American dream is in large part inextricably intertwined with our economic competitiveness.

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Feb 28, 2013

Liz Chesterman was an honors graduate from Hollins University in Virginia. Then she got her Ph.D. in molecular biology. Then she became a patent agent with the largest law firm in South Carolina. And she still wasn't done. At night, she…

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Feb 26, 2013

I really don't understand not respecting this Committee enough to send someone.

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Feb 13, 2013

GAO Responses to Questions for the Record

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Feb 13, 2013

I'm asked from time to time, which is tough for a lawyer to understand the science, and so can you help me understand how we got to this crisis and what an acceptable remedy would be for it?

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Feb 12, 2013

this is a constitutional issue. And we will continue to stand up for the Constitution.

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