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New York Democratic Rep. Nydia Velazquez admitted she did not know what Operation Fast and Furious was at a Congressional Hispanic Caucus event on Tuesday.
When The Daily Caller asked Velazquez if she thinks Fast and Furious was a scandal that rises to the level of a call for Attorney General Eric Holder’s resignation, she shrugged at first. Then, TheDC asked if she even knew what Fast and Furious was.
“No, no,” Velazquez replied.
Ultimately, Velazquez said she doesn’t support calling for Holder’s resignation because it’s only Republicans who are demanding he step down.
Velazquez’ fellow New York Democrat, Rep. Jose Enrique Serrano, also admitted to TheDC that he was unaware of Fast and Furious when approached for questions about the scandal.
For Velazquez’s and Serrano’s reference, Fast and Furious was a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives program overseen by the Justice Department. The operation facilitated the sale of thousands of weapons to Mexican drug cartels via straw purchasers. Straw purchasers are people who can legally purchase guns in the United States with the intention of illegally trafficking them into Mexico.
At least 300 people in Mexico were killed with Fast and Furious weapons, as was U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry.
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Speechless.
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http://dailycaller.com/2011/12/16/dem-congressman-we-didnt-know-what-the-hell-was-going-on-when-we-passed-obama-stimulus-video
WTF is wrong with you people in Cali? Are you all this stupid!
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THread #3 on fast and furious where you talk to yourself....
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THread #3 on fast and furious where you talk to yourself....
Thread #2 where you cry like a bitch about it.
Shouldn't you be out pistol-whipping a jay walking suspect right now?
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Thread #2 where you cry like a bitch about it.
Shouldn't you be out pistol-whipping a jay walking suspect right now?
your momma
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your momma
Hey you are in texas right? Are you running guns to the cartels or laundering the drug $$$$ for obama?
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Hey you are in texas right? Are you running guns to the cartels or laundering the drug $$$$ for obama?
Neither.. but if I were, I'd call you to defend me and you'd get me off..
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If you wanna learn how this happens... read google the following:
"rational ignorance" + "public choice"
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Ethics committee needs more time to investigate Rep. Waters
By Paul Conner Published: 5:23 PM 12/16/2011
In this Oct. 28, 2009 file photo, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. A House investigative panel has charged California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters with violating ethics rules. Waters, a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, would face a trial in the fall unless she negotiates a settlement. The specific charges against Waters were not made public in the announcement Monday from the House ethics committee. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
Six months was not long enough to get to the bottom of the ethics charges facing California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters.
The House Ethics Committee voted Friday to extend the contract of the outside counsel who is investigating possible ethics violations by Waters.
William R. Martin’s contract has been extended to July 31, 2012, and he has been granted $50,000 to $500,000 more in expenditures for research and investigation.
“The Committee’s goal has been and remains to resolve this matter as expeditiously as possible,” committee chairman Rep. Jo Bonner and ranking member Rep. Linda T. Sanchez wrote in a statement, “But due to unavoidable delays, additional time is needed for outside counsel to complete his initial review and report his findings and conclusions to the full Committee, which will then determine whether the matter should proceed.”
In 2010 Waters was accused of helping a bank — where her husband owns shares — acquire bailout money. She has denied the allegations. The investigation has not exactly gone smoothly. The inquiry was delayed in Nov. 2010, and Politico reported on conflict within the ethics panel, which has hurt its perception of fairness.
Since July 2011, when Martin was first retained, he has examined “tens of thousands of pages of documents, interviewed numerous witnesses, and conducted extensive legal research” regarding due process. He has also spent $300,000 in the process, according to the committee.
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