Select Committee on Benghazi

Floor Speech

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Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Speaker, we always knew that Kevin McCarthy and the
Republican Caucus had gotten together to set up this Benghazi task
force in order to do a political stunt, but I never thought they would
admit it. I was shocked.

I mean, could you imagine me or any Member of this House setting up a
$4.5 million task force for the sole purpose of electioneering?
Everyone in that task force, every staffer, was essentially a campaign
staffer and, yet, paid for with government money to impact a
Presidential election.

This is a scandal, people. I cannot believe what I heard. We all knew
it was going on, but we couldn't prove it. Now it is documentary proof
in front of literally millions of Americans, bragged about and set out
as: Yeah. We did it, and it is an achievement we are proud of.

Now, if one Member were to use their Congressional office to
campaign, that would be an ethics complaint. What if a whole caucus
does it?

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