Bob Wise: “I understand that everybody is racing to get out of here, but I have to think that this is going to be one of the most…”

“I understand that everybody is racing to get out of here, but I have to think that this is going to be one of the most fateful votes that we are going to cast today; I have a feeling that in years to come, there are many in this Chamber that are going to rue the day that this vote was cast. Mr. Speaker, I have been a Member of this body and the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight for 14 years. I am proud of that, and I am proud of the bipartisanship that has always characterized the investigations of that committee. However, with this resolution what happens is, as I understand it, all committees but one come back in 30 days and the Congress acts on their resolution again. There is only one that gets clear sailing, gets its amount, and that is the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. No one disagrees with the need of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, which is an investigative committee, to do the investigation that needs to be done, whether it be the White House, the DNC, or Congress. Well, no, we all agree that there needs to be an investigation; whom it covers is something else. I am sad for another reason, because when this resolution passes, Mr. Speaker, there is given to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight unbridled authority, authority that I have never seen, never seen exercised.…”