[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6776-6777]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

  (Mr. MESSER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MESSER. What a week, Mr. Speaker. A Benghazi coverup, the IRS

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targeting conservative groups, and now the Department of Justice found 
spying on the Associated Press. The scandals from this administration 
are coming so fast that the American people can barely keep up, and 
this pattern of arrogance, lies, and outright lawlessness should be 
disturbing to every American.
  Mr. Speaker, the American people demand the truth, and this Congress 
is duty bound to make sure they get it. Congress must act now and 
investigate each of these scandals.
  Some may call it political, but there is nothing political about 
keeping the oath of every Member of this Chamber to protect and defend 
the United States Constitution. And there is nothing political about 
working to ensure that none of these scandals gets swept under the rug.

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