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Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) exploded at House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) during a hearing about the IRS' inappropriate targeting of organizations seeking tax exempt status, specifically criticizing Issa for releasing relevant evidence to Fox News without also providing it to the committee.
During Issa's recent appearance on Fox News Sunday, the network aired selectively quoted emails from ex-IRS official Lois Lerner, claiming they revealed evidence of "political targeting" by the IRS which may have extended as far as the White House. Media Matters has obtained the emails, which instead show Lerner specifically instructing colleagues to not focus on political activity while scrutinizing tax-exempt organizations.
Issa adjourned the March 5 House Oversight Committee hearing after Lerner testified that she would plead the Fifth and not answer the committee's questions. Cummings responded that he still had a statement and a question, which he proceeded to offer even while his microphone was cut off and Issa left the room. In his remarks Cummings accused Issa of providing Fox News with details of the investigation which were not provided to the committee (emphasis added):
video at link:
http://mediamatters.org/embed/static/clips/2014/03/05/34342/cspan-20140305-houseos
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/03/05/the-fox-news-segment-that-enraged-congressman-c/198345
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]Aspire to inspire.[/center][/font][hr]
spanone
(135,781 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)But 'stepping out' on the Senate? That sounds like going too far even for a dysfunctional body like the Senate. Openly denigrating Cruz is possible now. Will Issa be the next apple to fall?
Anyone know if anything like this has occurred before?
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Aspire to inspire.[/center][/font][hr]
loudsue
(14,087 posts)This guy needs to be censured. We need to start screaming about this to our elected officials. I'm outraged!
kristopher
(29,798 posts)Look for Lawrence O'Donnell's segment on it last night.
He said he doesn't know of it having happened before.
Not 1 damn thing will happen to him, the only thing that will happen is if and when the Democrats take back the house, then he will no longer be head of that committee, but trust me he will NOT be sanctioned. Boehner is too much of a wimp, and a "company" man. This whole congress lacks integrity.
Phlem
(6,323 posts)-p
Scuba
(53,475 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)IggleDoer
(1,186 posts)He can only "skirt the truth" in a House committee meeting.
santamargarita
(3,170 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)should open their eyes and realize he is making THEM look bad by their support of him.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Then again folks, what do you expect from a known CRIMINAL!? How did we end up with so many law breakers, writing the laws of the land?
penndragon69
(788 posts)is the only committee that ISSA feels
legally obligated to, who cares about that committee
in Washington that he's paid to chair.
Berlum
(7,044 posts)Don't need no steenkin car thief Republicons messing with America.