Recommending that the House Find Lois G. Lerner in Contempt of Congress

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Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I think all of us agree that one of the responsibilities of our committee is to investigate and try to make sure that the laws are carried out the way we intended and to try and make sure that the money is being spent the way we intended for it to be spent.

It seems to me that we have spent $14 million, up to this point, investigating this one issue; and while I think the investigations are designed to tell us something we don't know, we have not learned anything new. We have not learned of any kind of conspiracy. We have not learned of any kind of underhandedness.

The only thing that we know is that we have said to a United States citizen that you cannot invoke the Fifth and say: I have a right not to answer questions if I think it is going to damage me.

I would much rather see us spend the $14 million creating jobs, providing educational opportunities for those who need it, doing something that will change the direction and the flavor of the economics of our country, rather than wasting $14 million more on continuous investigations. I vote ``no.''

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