[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 17, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H3351-H3352]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       ADHERE TO THE RULE OF LAW

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, it is my task this morning to encourage 
my colleagues to adhere to the rule of law.
  In keeping with that, my colleagues on the Judiciary Committee--Mr. 
Nadler, the ranking member, myself, and Mr. Cohen--introduced H.R. 
5476, the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act, to protect 
the work of Special Counsel Mueller and to allow his work to proceed.
  In the recent days, Mr. Mueller's prosecutors found information that 
generated questions about criminal activity. No prosecutor can ignore 
that kind of evidence. He referred it first to the Deputy Attorney 
General, Mr. Rosenstein, to approve his potential referral of that 
information, and he did approve it. It was referred to the Southern 
District of New York.

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  We now come to find out that the President's attorney has been 
investigated for a long period of time. We found out a surprise: one of 
his clients was Sean Hannity, who was already being investigated.
  This is an insurance that the President will not fire the special 
counsel and allow his work to continue. That is an Article I 
responsibility, a constitutional responsibility, and I encourage my 
colleagues to join us to provide that insurance.

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