Slaughter Responds to Release of Benghazi Transcripts Showing No Evidence of Scandal or Conspiracy

Statement

Today, Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter, Ranking Member on the House Committee on Rules, joined her fellow Democrats in responding to the release of the transcripts of interviews with military officials who were in the chain of command during the attack in Benghazi nearly two years ago.

In a speech on the House Floor, Rep. Slaughter said, "The House Majority will spend more money investigating a nonexistent Benghazi scandal than helping the veterans get the care they need. That's right -- the committee investigating Benghazi has a much larger budget than the Veterans Affairs Committee. If that's not a political statement, I don't know what is. And I need to point out that just yesterday, transcripts from the Armed Services Committee about Benghazi proved that everything that could have been done was done. And I know that when I last did the rule on the floor, on the special Benghazi committee, I received a call from the mother of one of the Navy Seals that died, saying that she really wished the Congress would stop dragging their family back through that horror. They know what happened."

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