Boehner
to Establish Select Committee on Benghazi
WASHINGTON,
DC – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) is announcing today that he
intends for the House to vote to create a new select committee to
investigate the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack in Benghazi,
Libya, that killed four Americans. He released the following
statement:
“Americans
learned this week that the Obama Administration is so intent on
obstructing the truth about Benghazi that it is even willing to defy
subpoenas issued by the standing committees of the People's House.
These revelations compel the House to take every possible action to
ensure the American people have the truth about the terrorist attack
on our consulate that killed four of our countrymen. In light of
these new developments, the House will vote to establish a new select
committee to investigate the attack, provide the necessary
accountability, and ensure justice is finally served.
“The
administration's withholding of documents – emails showing greater
White House involvement in misleading the American people – is a
flagrant violation of trust and undermines the basic principles of
oversight upon which our system of government is built. And it
forces us to ask the question, what else about Benghazi is the Obama
administration still hiding from the American people?
“The
House committees that have been investigating this attack have done
extraordinary work, using their subpoena power, holding dozens of
hearings, and conducting hundreds of interviews. Without this work
we would not know much that we do today. But it’s clear that
questions remain, and the administration still does not respect the
authority of Congress to provide proper oversight. This
dismissiveness and evasion requires us to elevate the investigation
to a new level. I intend for this select committee to have robust
authority, and I will expect it to work quickly to get answers for
the American people and the families of the victims.
“Four
Americans died at the hands of terrorists nearly 20 months ago, and
we are still missing answers, accountability, and justice. It’s
time that change.”
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