[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6954]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       CONGRESSIONAL BLAME GAMES

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, this almost seems like the ``Curious 
Case of Benjamin Button,'' a movie that went backwards, particularly 
when tomorrow, for the umpteenth time, we'll be debating the repeal of 
the Affordable Care Act, when over 10 States in the United States, 
including Texas, have uninsureds up to 28 percent.
  What are we thinking?
  It's a curious state when, in the Judiciary Committee, someone can 
come in and offer an audio as testimony that the person who is on there 
happens to be someone who worked in the Department of Justice with no 
affirmation of who it is, and then expect the Attorney General to 
answer questions. And in the instance of who it was supposed to be, Mr. 
Perez, who has been cited by the OIG as restoring integrity to the 
voting rights section, or in fact blaming the administration for the 
Associated Press incident when we're talking about trying to protect 
the Nation from a terrible attack as it relates to terrorism. And 
everyone knows that we're unified in protecting the First Amendment 
rights and shielding reporters. We're not looking for reporters; we're 
looking for those who leaked something dangerous enough to undermine 
the security of the United States of America.
  This is a curious place. It's nothing but a blame game without 
revealing any truth whatsoever.

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