[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10251]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          IN OPPOSITION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CONTEMPT VOTE

  (Ms. FUDGE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FUDGE. Mr. Chairman, today I rise to speak in opposition to the 
House resolution to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of 
Congress.
  With total disregard of the fact that the Attorney General and the 
Department of Justice have cooperated with each inquiry from the House 
Oversight and Government Reform Committee during the last 15 months, 
Chairman Issa decided to pursue this extreme and unprecedented action.
  To take action on this resolution is a gross misuse of this Chamber's 
time and energy, given that the information requested by Chairman Issa 
will shed no light on the person or persons responsible for the death 
of Agent Brian Terry, and that is where our time and energy should be 
focused.
  Instead of wasting the time of the committee, the Department of 
Justice, and the American people with political distractions, the House 
should be addressing the issues important to the welfare of this 
country and its people, and that is jobs.

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