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Your memo is trumping a Congressional statute. You don't have the discretion on whether to follow the law or not.

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Trey Gowdy
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: August 22
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You know, in the oath that brand-new citizens take, it contains six different references to 'the law.' If it's good enough for us to ask brand-new citizens to affirm their devotion to the law, is it too much to ask that the president do the same?
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If a president can change some laws, can he change ALL laws? Can he change election laws? Can he change discrimination laws? Are there any laws, under your theory, that he actually HAS to enforce?
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Well, I certainly hope the Democrats participate. I continue to think that some things transcend politics like the murder of four of our fellow citizens and whether or not you trust government. That is not a red or blue issue. That is an American issue. As for whether or not they boycott, I hope they don't.
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I don't have an issue with whether - from a legal standpoint, with whether or not government can impose the ultimate punishment on people. We do it in capital cases. Police officers shoot fleeing felons.
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I don't like bonuses for public services employees who do great jobs, like prosecutors or judges.
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I am not surprised that the president of the United States called this a phony scandal. I'm not surprised Secretary Clinton asked, What difference does it make? I'm not even surprised that Jay Carney said Benghazi happened a long time ago. I'm just surprised at how many people bought it.
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My daughter took Latin for three years she still cant speak it.
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I'm going to help the committee regardless of any position I have. I will volunteer to be a summer intern.
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It's really beneath the office of a member of Congress to say something that outrageous. The fact that she was once the Speaker is mind-numbing, honestly... mind-numbingly stupid.
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I can tell you this. It is not going to be evenly constituted and when she was Speaker Pelosi, she certainly showed no interests in having an equal number of Republicans and Democrats.
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I would love the chance to ask follow-up questions of Susan Rice because David Gregory apparently did not avail himself of that opportunity. Greta, I just listened to the clip - I get tougher questions in the Bojangles drive-through than he asked her.
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It always matters, whether or not you can trust your government.
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What is our recourse, Mr. Speaker? What is our remedy?
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Congress is supposed to provide oversight, the voters are supposed to provide oversight. And you [the media] were supposed to provide oversight. That's why you have special liberties and that's why you have special protections.
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Facts are neither Republican nor Democrat.
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Even someone as lowly as an assistant U.S. attorney has to undergo a background check, and you're asked a series of very invasive questions, and you're expected to tell the truth and they're under penalty of perjury. And you're asked those questions so you can't be blackmailed or extorted.
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I taught the Constitution for ten years, I believe in the Constitution.
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The notion that the First Amendment has no limitations whatsoever is balderdash.
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I’m unelectable in the District of Columbia.
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If you can turn off certain categories of law, do you not also have the power to turn off all categories of law?
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