[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15549]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         THE BENGHAZI COMMITTEE

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I have a great deal of respect for this 
institution that I have had the privilege of serving. As a member of 
the Judiciary Committee, I am very grateful for the extent of our 
jurisdiction that embraces the Constitution, and I believe justice is 
important.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in great consternation, concern, and condemnation 
of the statement made by the Republican leadership that the Benghazi 
Committee is not for factfinding, it is not for recognizing the tragic 
loss of four Americans, but it is really to insult and degrade a public 
servant who happens to be a Presidential candidate. How tragic that we 
would engage in such tomfoolery. In spite of the Constitution and the 
Madison Papers, it talks about doing justice.
  As a member of the Judiciary Committee, I was engaged in impeachment 
proceedings, the investigation of Waco, investigation of antitrust 
issues, held a trial for a judge who acted improperly, a Federal judge. 
That is the factfinding role of this Nation.
  While we are fooling around with a committee that is there to do 
nothing but deal with political aggrandizing and we have not passed a 
Zadroga Act that helps our 9/11 first responders, I would only ask that 
we stop and end this committee because it is not doing justice as the 
United States calls us to do.
  Mr. Speaker, the Constitution gives us our guideposts. Why don't we 
follow it?

                          ____________________