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ELIJAH CUMMINGS AND LET ME PLAY
FOR YOU EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
>> I CAN SEE NO POINT IN GOING
FURTHER.
I HAVE NO
LERNER WILL COOPERATE.
>> CHAIRMAN, I HAVE A STATEMENT.
I HAVE A PROCEDURAL QUESTION,
MR. CHAIRMAN.
MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU CANNOT RUN A
COMMITTEE LIKE THIS.
YOU JUST CANNOT DO THIS.
THIS IS, WE'RE BETTER THAN THAT
AS A COUNTRY.
WE'RE BETTER THAN THAT AS A
COMMITTEE.
I HAVE ASKED FOR A FEW MINUTES
TO ASK.
>> I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION.
WHAT ARE WE HIDING?
WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL?
MAY I ASK MY COUNTRY?
MAY I STATE MY STATEMENT?
>> THE GENTLEMAN MAY ASK HIS
QUESTION.
>> IF YOU WILL SIT DOWN AND
ALLOW ME TO ASK A QUESTION, I AM
A MEMBER OF THE CONGRESS OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
I AM TIRED OF THIS!
>> JOINING ME NOW THE MAN AT THE
CENTER OF THE EXCHANGE.
CONGRESSMAN, GOOD TO HAVE YOU
WITH US.
>> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU, ERIN.
>> SHOULD HE LOSE LEADERSHIP
BECAUSE OF THAT?
>> THAT IS GOING TO BE UP TO THE
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD
LOOK AT THE TAPE THAT YOU JUST
SHOWED AND SEE THAT THAT IS NO
WAY TO RUN A COMMITTEE.
BUT I LEAVE THAT UP TO THEM.
THAT THEY'LL MAKE THAT DECISION.
BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT SPEAKER
BOEHNER SAID TODAY THAT HE
THOUGHT THAT CHAIRMAN ISSA WAS
ACTING APPROPRIATELY AND I WAS
SHOCKED TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE,
CLEARLY, YOU CANNOT HAVE A
SITUATION WHERE THE MINORITY IS
SILENCED SO THAT AND PREVENT IT
FROM SPEAKING ONE SYLLABLE.
THAT'S WHAT ISSA WAS TRYING TO
DO.
PREVENTING THE MINORITY FROM
SPEAKING ONE SYLLABLE AT A
HEARING.
IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
IT'S NOT THE AMERICAN WAY AND
NOT THE DEMOCRATIC WAY.
>> LET ME JUST PLAY FOR OUR
VIEWERS WHAT SPEAKER BOEHNER
SAID TODAY TO DEFEND CONGRESSMAN
ISSA.
HERE HE IS.
>> FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, I
THINK MR. ISSA WAS WITHIN HIS
RIGHTS TO ADJOURN THE HEARING
W
WHEN HE DID.
>> DO YOU APPROVE THE WAY HE'S
ACTING AND ARE YOU PREPREPARED
TO SAY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
REPLACE HIM?
>> THAT'S PRETTY DECLARATIVE.
>> YEAH.
I MEAN, AGAIN, THAT'S UP TO
THEM.
BUT I GOT TO TELL YOU, I'M
HOPING THAT SPEAKER BOEHNER
WILL, AGAIN, LOOK AT WHAT
HAPPENED AND I CANNOT IMAGINE A
DEMOCRAT CHAIRMAN CUTTING OFF
THE MIKE OF A REPUBLICAN.
I CANNOT IMAGINE IT.
AND I WOULD NEVER DO IT.
I THINK THAT I RESPECT MY
COLLEAGUES, ALL OF US
REPRESENTING OVER 700,000
PEOPLE.
I RESPECT THEIR VOICES AND I
WANT TO HEAR THEIR VOICES.
I WILL FIGHT TO HEAR THEIR
VOICES.
>> NOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK CAUSED
CONGRESSMAN ISSA TO DO THIS?
HE WAS FRUSTRATED BECAUSE LORIS
LERNER WAS TAKING THE FIFTH AND
NOT SAYING ANYTHING.
THAT'S WHY HE SAID HE DID WHAT
HE DID.
BUT WHY IS THE CONGRESSIONAL
BLACK CAUCUS CALLING FOR HIM TO
STEP DOWN?
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE SUPPORTING
THAT AND BEING CAREFUL WITH YOUR
WORDS, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT, GO AHEAD --
>> ERIN, LET'S BE CLEAR.
IT'S QUESTIONABLE, NOBODY SEEMS
TO KNOW WHAT CHAIRMAN ISSA
WANTS.
IT SEEMS AS IF THERE'S AN EFFORT
TO DRAW THIS THING OUT TO THE
2014 ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER.
AND, SO, COME ON.
HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN INFORMATION
YESTERDAY AND HE REFUSED TO GET
IT.
AND SHUT ME OFF.
SHUTCOMPLETELY.
THE REASON WHY HE SHUT ME OFF IS