Attorney General Eric Holder faced a gauntlet of tough questions from Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee as part of the ongoing probe into the Fast & Furious operation that allowed guns to walk into the hands of Mexican drug cartels and resulted in hundreds of murders in Mexico plus the killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. Committee Democrats largely defended Holder and accused the Republicans of playing election year with a tragic story. Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar is a member of the committee. He rips Democrats for trying to cover for the attorney general when Holder either knew about the program or was derelict in not knowing about it. Gosar tells us what may included in the thousands of documents that Holder is refusing to turn over to Congress, why this botched operation endangers the safety of his constituents and where the investigation goes from here.
Archives for February 2, 2012
The Next Obamacare Mandate?
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted to repeal the CLASS program. It’s a long-term care provision within the Obama health plan that the administration shelved last year for being financially unsustainable. Yet Obama and most Democrats still oppose its repeal. Louisiana Rep. Charles Boustany sponsored the repeal that now heads to the Senate. He tells us why he believes repeal of CLASS is essential and what arguments Democrats are offering for keeping the program. Boustany explains why it’s dangerous not to repeal CLASS and he reacts to predictions from Senate Republicans that the repeal is not likely to pass on their side of Capitol Hill. Boustany also explains why the program would leave the nation much deeper in debt.
Three Martini Lunch 2/2/12
Greg Corombos of Radio America and Jim Geraghty of National Review are encouraged at all the statistics pointing to a very tough re-election effort for President Obama. They also slam Attorney General Eric Holder for invoking executive privilege in denying Congress more documents on the Fast & Furious debacle. And they mock the circus surrounding Donald Trump’s presidential endorsement.