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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (10803)	3/19/2005 6:50:47 PM
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House Republicans Stonewall Democrats' Inquiry on Gannongate Conyers and Slaughter Vow To Continue Pursuit Of Facts BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT Press Release Congressman John Conyers, Jr. Michigan, 14th District Ranking Member,U.S. House Judiciary Committee Dean, Congressional Black Caucus www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/ March 17, 2005 Washington, DC: Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee squelched a democratic request for information on the "Jeff Gannon" scandal. By a vote of 21-10, the Republican majority defeated the resolution that would have requested the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department turn over any documentation they have on how a person gets into the White House press corps, and how those rules were applied to phony reporter Jeff Gannon. "Just like other ethical lapses of the Bush Administration, this scandal has gotten a free pass from the Republican controlled Congress", Congressman John Conyers said on Thursday. "In the past 4 1/2 years, this Congress has not passed a single resolution of inquiry submitted by a Democrat, and the Attorney General has not appointed a single special counsel. This partisan jockeying to cover up the White House's poor judgment has to stop." "Once again, this ethically bankrupt Republican Congress has chosen to stick its collective head in the sand rather than take a stand for accountability and integrity. What are they hiding? Why won't Republican's answer these simple questions about Jeff Gannon and his access to the President? Clearly, it is because they are afraid of what we might find," said Congresswoman Louise Slaughter who was an original co-sponsor with Conyers of the resolution that requested information on Gannon. "While Chairman Sensenbrenner claimed that the Administration has already complied with the request, the fact is that all but one of our letters has gone unanswered, and the response we did receive was grossly incomplete. We still don't know who in the White House arranged for this man's unfettered access to the President and the White House press corps", Conyers said. Reps. Conyers and Slaughter plan to pursue their February 15, 2005 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request. The statutory deadline for an agency response passed Wednesday without any word from Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff or his FOIA office. Under federal law, Conyers and Slaughter have the right to submit an administrative appeal to Secretary Chertoff. If the Secretary still refuses, the Representatives say they will consider enforcing their FOIA request in federal court.