[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12526]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    PHONEY SCANDALS--``I THINK NOT''

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, the President says the country is 
being distracted by phoney scandals. A more accurate statement would be 
the President is using phoney distractions to cover up the 
administration's scandals. Here are two of them:
  Fast and Furious. The ATF, with Justice Department knowledge, 
smuggles 2,000 automatic weapons to Mexican drug cartels. Americans are 
killed. Two hundred Mexican nationals killed, including two police 
chiefs and even a beauty queen. No one is held accountable. Nobody goes 
to jail. Lower-level operatives blamed. Eric ``Withholder'' held in 
contempt for withholding evidence from Congress. The administration 
wants us to forget their fiasco.
  Benghazi, Libya. Four Americans killed by terrorists. The United 
States refuses to send help during the firefight. Four Americans left 
behind. No killer is ever captured. The administration misleads the 
American public and blames the attack on a video, not the terrorists. 
No one goes to jail. No accountability. Lower-level operatives blamed. 
The administration wants us to forget their fiasco.
  Are these distractions and phoney scandals the President is talking 
about? Well, tell that to the families of the murdered Americans and 
Mexican nationals. A Navy SEAL put it best: ``Phoney scandals don't 
come home in body bags.''
  So, Mr. Speaker, the next time you visit with the President, tell him 
these ``distractions''--these ``phoney scandals''--are not going away. 
The American people are going to get the truth, whether the President 
likes it or not.
  And that's just the way it is.

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