On the recordMarch 19, 2018
So many of us, when we go home, get the question of what is going on in Washington and why this behavior continues. I think it is important for the American people to know that we have the responsibility of oversight. And I believe, as a senior member on the Judiciary Committee, that we need to address the question of the firing of Andrew McCabe. We understand there may be a report, the IG report. I don't challenge it, but it has not been rendered or made public. The precipitous and heinous, unfair firing, in the manner that it was done--I think that our Nation is better than that. I believe it is important for the Judiciary Committee to hold hearings. And we should also hold hearings on the Cambridge situation. As a member of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee for Homeland Security, Judiciary should hold and find out why the private information of millions of Americans through Facebook has been utilized to skew the election of 2016. No, I am not complaining, Mr. Speaker, about the results. What I am saying: The American people are owed a fair and just election, and the responsible people are the Members of the United States Congress to determine how their private information has been skewed and used and is still being used without their permission. It is time for us to exercise our oversight, Mr. Speaker. Let's do it now. ____________________
