Fischer Decries Obama Administration's Misleading, Election-Year Statements

Statement

U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) released the following statement expressing her concern with the Obama Administration's alarming pattern of playing election-year politics at the expense of transparency and accountability:

"For over five years, Nebraskans have watched as the Obama Administration has placed a premium on protecting the president and his political allies facing tough re-elections rather than being forthcoming with the American people. Documents recently released under a court order confirmed what many had suspected all along: the White House was directly involved in instructing Susan Rice to blame the Benghazi terrorist attacks on an Internet video. The White House's repeated, misleading statements and subsequent decision to withhold the briefing documents from congressional investigators suggest greater concern with political cover for a president facing reelection than with transparency and accountability. Nebraskans demand the truth.

"We also learned this week that EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy may have misled senators in her January testimony, stating that the EPA submitted a controversial climate change regulation to the Federal Register "as soon as the proposal was released' in September. In fact, the rule was not submitted to the Federal Register until November 15, running the clock to protect vulnerable Democrats from having to cast an election-year vote on a proposal that will drive up energy costs for American families. This alarming pattern of election-year politics demonstrates either the height of incompetence or a wanton disregard for the truth. The American people deserve better, and I will work with my colleagues to hold this administration accountable."

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