REP TREY GOWDY ON ERIC HOLDER CONTEMPT VOTE: "THIS IS A SAD DAY MR. SPEAKER" -POWERFUL SPEECH (VIDEO)

This was a very powerful speech by Rep Gowdy.~"Trey Gowdy consistently delivers every single time he gets the mic. And this speech is both passionate and epic as he defends once again the need for this contempt vote. Best speech of the day:


Operation Fast And Furious

HOW THEY VOTED

Bipartisan Resolution Passes 255-67, Including 17 Democrats

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a resolution holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress over his refusal to produce Operation Fast and Furious documents subpoenaed last October.

 The vote on H.Res. 711, making a finding of contempt, was approved by a vote of 255 to 67.

 Seventeen Democrats crossed party lines to join the majority in the finding of contempt against Attorney General Eric Holder.

The House is also scheduled to vote later today on H.Res. 706, authorizing civil action in courts to compel production of subpoenaed documents.

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa issued this statement following passage:

“My message to my colleagues and others who have fought for answers: We are still fighting for the truth and accountability – for the family of murdered Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, for whistleblowers who have faced retaliation, and for countless victims of Operation Fast and Furious in Mexico. Unless President Obama relents to this bipartisan call for transparency and an end to the cover-up, our fight will move to the courts where we will prevail in getting the documents that the Justice Department and President Obama’s flawed assertion of executive privilege have denied the American people.”
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House Cuts Holder Justice Dept Salaries for Fast & Furious Stonewalling

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In response to more than a year of Justice Department stonewalling Congress and the American people on Operation Fast and Furious, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed by voice vote an amendment cutting Justice Department salaries until they fully answer questions on the failed gunwalking program. Oversight Committee member Rep. Trey Gowdy (SC-4) sponsored the amendment, which cuts $1,000,000 from the Justice Department's General Administration fund and is part of the FY 2013 DoJ Appropriation.

Last week, Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa circulated a briefing paper and draft contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General Eric Holder for refusing to cooperate with the investigation of deadly Operation Fast and Furious.

“Congress has been patient – indeed too patient in my judgment – with the Department of Justice and its failure to comply with the lawful request for the production of documents,” said Rep. Gowdy.

Click here for a summary of Gowdy's amendment.
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