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| Eleanor Holmes Norton: You don't have a right to know everything gov't does | ||
| 2014-07-27 | ||
[Breitbart] Friday at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) told her Republican colleagues trying to get to the bottom of a potential violation of federal election law by the Obama administration that they "don't have a right to know everything in a separation-of-powers government, my friend."
Norton was addressing the Obama administration defying Chairman Darrell Issa's (R-CA) subpoena of David Simas, the director of the Office of Political Strategy and Outreach, to appear before Congress. Issa has accused Obama's former labor secretary, Hilda Solis, of breaking the law with a voicemail seeking political donations for the president's re-election.
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| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 I'm feeling generous, Rambler. There are employees that you just want to get gone, and if two weeks severance does it? Worth the relatively paltry expense. |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2014-07-27 18:47 |
| #8 Sgt. Mom, people who are fired for cause shouldn't get a severance check. Maybe waged and vacation owed, but that's it. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2014-07-27 18:30 |
| #7 As a matter of fact, you stupid scrut, if it isn't to do with national security - we do have a right to know it. Get this, Eleanor - you and your ilk work for us. We do not work for you. Our taxes pay your salary, we essentially hire you to do a job. We, Eleanor. We, the people. Under any other circumstance of employment, you'd be emptying out the contents of your desk into a cardboard carton, surrendering your employee badge and being escorted to the door by security, with a check for severance pay in your sweaty little hand. |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2014-07-27 18:06 |
| #6 A recorded call with a private contractor in 2010 of Congresswoman Norton soliciting campaign contributions in return for favorable project awards: This is, uh, Eleanor Norton, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. Uh, I noticed that you have given to, uh, other colleagues on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. I am a, um, senior member, a 20-year veteran and am chair of the Sub-committee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. I'm handling the largest economic development project in the United States now, the Homeland Security compound of three buildings being built on the, uh, old St. Elizabeth's hospital site in the District of Columbia along with, uh, 15 other, uh, sites here for, that are part of the stimulus. I was, frankly, uh, uh, surprised to see that we don't have a record, so far as I can tell, of your having given to me despite my, uh, long and deep, uh, work. In fact, it's been my major work, uh, on the committee and sub-committee. It's been essentially in your sector. I am, I'm simply candidly calling to ask for a contribution. As the senior member of the, um, committee and a sub-committee chair, we have [chuckles] obligations to raise, uh, funds. And, I think it must have been me who hasn't, frankly, uh, done my homework to ask for a contribution earlier. So I'm trying to make up for it by asking for one now, when we particularly, uh, need, uh, contributions, particularly those of us who have the seniority and chairmanships and are in a position to raise the funds. I'm asking you to give to Citizens for Eleanor Holmes Norton, PO Box 70626, DC, 20024. I'll send you a follow-up note with appreciation for having heard me out. Thanks again. |
| Posted by: Ebbinelet Omusoling8390 2014-07-27 14:00 |
| #5 then you, the government don't have the authority to expropriate my money to fund your preposterous secret crap |
| Posted by: Cesare 2014-07-27 10:14 |
| #4 But of course Government has a right to know everything *you* do dear No you dumb cow (Mooo!) the people have a right to know what government is doing - particulary when it comes to elections and election law. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2014-07-27 10:09 |
| #3 Yep Eleanor, and doctors can take the same attitude about what you need to know about your health (cause it's only for your own good, no need to scare you - see:death panels). /sarc off |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-07-27 09:59 |
| #2 Ditto that OS. This woman is dumb as a box of rocks. Must be that Lincoln's Gettysburg address did not have much meaning for her or at least the part where it says government of the people, by the people, for the people. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-07-27 07:13 |
| #1 2 words for Eleanor: Fuck You. Last time someone got that attitude, we had a revolution. Seems to forget Congress is supposed to govern, not rule. I am a citizen, not a subject -- seems she thinks the nation is like her plantation slaves/cattle she keeps in line and in ignorance for the Dem party vote farming. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-07-27 02:08 |