House Approves Subpoenas for Rice and the RNC
Writing by Marq on Wednesday, 25 of April , 2007 at 1:05 pm
Powered by Gregarious (42)
Oh the shit is about to hit the fan, the subpoenas are in the mail.
From RawStory
Technorati Tags: chairman, house committee on oversight and government reform, mail, oversight, rawstory, subpoenasIn a meeting considering the issuing of a series of subpoenas from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Wednesday, the chairman said he had hit a 'brick wall' in dealings with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
"We have hit a brick wall with the Secretary of State," said Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA). "She will not propose a date to testify, she will not agree to testify, and she insists that our Committee be satisfied with partial information that was previously submitted to other committees."
Waxman's remark came in a fractious hearing on issuing three subpoenas. One sought Rice's testimony on May 15 concerning the intelligence used to justify the invasion of Iraq. The other two concerned the deletion of e-mails on accounts supplied the Republican National Committee and used by White House employees, as well as RNC documents concerning the use of the General Services Administration to assist Republican political efforts.
All three subpoenas were agreed to by the Committee. Waxman attempted to show that his willingness to have a hearing with votes was a new direction for the Oversight Committee.
"Under the rules of this Committee, the Chairman has the power to issue subpoenas without debate or votes in the Committee. That is what Dan Burton used to do. In fact, that is what he did over 1,000 times," he said. "But I am taking a different approach today. I believe the entire Committee should have a chance to participate in the subpoenas we will consider today."
Share This
Category: Iraq, Traitors in the White House, Republican Culture of Corruption, Republican Corruption
- Add this post to
- Del.icio.us -
- Meneame -
- Digg
No comments yet.
