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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, 2018

Given the time, the resources, the independence to do his job and when you are innocent, if the allegations collude you with the Russians and there is no evidence of that and you're innocent of that, act like it.

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Feb 22, 2018

In Congress we just assume politics infects and invades everything.

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Feb 22, 2018

He is the best hope to produce a product that my fellow citizens can have confidence in. It will not come from Congress, let me assured you of that.

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Dec 12, 2017

I received a phone call over the weekend from Cory Booker, who is very interested in this bill.

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Dec 12, 2017

Let us assume your research is correct. Let us assume there is a reason you are a professor and I am not.

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Dec 12, 2017

What do you propose? What would work?

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Dec 12, 2017

I am not talking about people convicted of violent offenses. I am not talking about people being convicted of crimes against children.

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Nov 27, 2017

Now NIH needs, I think, to be a fair broker in all this so that the right compounds get the right money spent on them to develop them.

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Nov 14, 2017

We should not have to resort to compulsory process to gain access to documents or witnesses, but I want every agency that's paying attention to know that we will.

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Nov 13, 2017

my motivation is a love for that Department and a love for the concept of blind justice

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Nov 13, 2017

the Department of Justice should not be.

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