McCollum Statement on Vote to Establish a Benghazi Select Committee

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN) released the following statement in advance of a vote Republican Speaker John Boehner’s proposal to establish a Select Committee on Benghazi:

“What happened in Benghazi on September 11, 2012 was a tragedy. Four Americans were murdered as they were serving their country.

“Congress has investigated this tragedy thoroughly. The facts have been reviewed by four congressional committees, which have released eight reports, interviewed dozens of witnesses, and reviewed more than 25,000 pages of documents.

“What is clear now is that House Republicans intend to use this select committee to politicize this tragedy. It is outrageous that the National Republican Congressional Committee is raising money for political purposes by exploiting the tragedy in Benghazi.”

“Millions of Americans are out of work, those who have work are struggling to make a living wage, and our nation’s system of immigration remains broken. I call on Speaker Boehner and his Republican colleagues to move forward on the pressing issues facing our country rather than continue to use a national tragedy for their own political games.”

Congresswoman Betty McCollum is a member of the House Appropriations Committee.

She is Democratic Co-Chair of the Congressional Native American Caucus