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    Florida Congressman John Mica on scandal

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GSA employee and Jeff neatly with silent.

And on the advice of counsel I respectfully decline to answer based upon my Fifth Amendment constitutional privilege.

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In the hot -- And I know you thought he would -- it and seen it all until now former Nevada democratic congressman.

-- Dina Titus Chiming in on the GSA hearings with this quote.

President Obama acted swiftly to punish those responsible for this blatant misuse of tax dollars however these hearings on nothing more that an attack on Las Vegas.

Washington Republicans should stop using a Los Vegas as a punching bag to score cheap political points.

They should start working on putting Americans back to walk and -- so.

Is this about the taxpayer up Horry -- was -- action Las Vegas.

We -- to the office.

And today's hearings transportation and infrastructure chairman John Mica so -- you grandstanding.

At the expense of Las Vegas.

I'm just standing here in the rotunda then I'm shocked to hear.

That response if this was in my own backyard and I have Disney and C world and -- universal all in my backyard and they did this in my bag carried I'd be just as outraged this is an abuse of taxpayer.

-- dollars that's almost unmatched.

Well are you scoring political points and by that I mean -- you trying to link President Obama as a big government spending guy.

And -- big government spending that golf -- this scandal in Las Vegas are you doing that.

Yes.

So you are scoring political points as a data -- -- was at least half are.

Best now I'm not an ad scoring political points but if I.

I am labeling him as a big spender -- -- -- -- in this is the White House knew.

It's up some months afterwards.

About what was taking place at the presidents Clinton expresses outrage you're.

Or you know talk about this until just a couple weeks ago so they've known for months and months about what was going on.

And he could have stepped in.

And clean house but -- did they drag this out it's out like they tried to sweep it under the carpet.

And actually one of our performers.

Committee staffers this greed.

This is -- she had disclose the whole thing and she hammered away so.

She's a hero as a whistle blower and -- GSA.

Employee and I'm proud of her.

You know throughout this and -- you say you've had a smile in his place I think you know that you've got hold of a pretty good political issue and you'll running without.

Well -- that's -- and all I try to keep a light side.

It out and that this is a dark the issue.

Because it did it's an -- horrible and abuse of taxpayer.

-- and we've -- -- -- -- you know us.

That's gone Kitna and the wood -- here because we've been trying to get this information for over a year mr.

Denham and I.

And almost every hearing in sum -- hopefully drag these people into freezing cold empty federal buildings.

Where they're wasting billions of taxpayer dollars and millions.

And and we could we haven't been able to get the details of the information -- get them from stop sitting on federal assets that there -- in charge.

-- last one.

Real fast do you have any proof that it's not just -- it that is not just this one conference this one agency do you think this is widespread -- you.

And we we are also throughout last week.

The end -- conference today we talked about -- -- -- we talked about that.

South South Pacific Atlanta.

This is going on from place to place all right.

Congressman John Monica we thank you very much for joining us today so thank thank you good to be with the.

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