To: Wayners who wrote (651 ) 12/31/2012 12:15:11 PM From: joseffy 1 Recommendation Respond to of 749 Issa notes 113th Congress rules will keep Holder subpoenas from expiring Fast and Furious December 28, 2012 By: David Codrea examiner.com In a statement issued moments ago, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa “praised the inclusion of special provisions in the proposed 113th Congress rules package that will keep in place legal obligations on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and others at the Justice Department as a result of lawful subpoenas issued in the 112th Congress. “The inclusion of these provisions in the House rules will allow the civil suit, authorized by a bipartisan vote of the House in July 2012, which seeks federal courts to compel the production of relevant subpoenaed documents to continue,” the press release issued by Frederick R. Hill, Committee Director of Communications advised. “Without these provisions, the Justice Department could have argued that its obligation to produce subpoenaed documents expired with the previous Congress.” “These provisions in the 113th Congress rules package ensure that the civil suit authorized by the House of Representatives with the support of twenty-one Democratic representatives will move forward,” the release quoted Issa. “The Justice Department has still not met its legal obligations to turn over documents showing why it waited ten months to formally retract false denials of reckless tactics in Operation Fast and Furious a nd why it failed to appropriately respond to whistleblower allegations. “The new Congress will be steadfast in its commitment to getting the full truth about this reckless gunwalking effort that has been linked to murders on both sides of our border with Mexico,” Issa promised. That the obligation will be kept alive answers concerns some gun owners had expressed, anticipating the procedural technicalities this development has resolved. What remains to be seen is how much farther Issa and House Republicans can take their investigation in the face of Democrat opposition, and what the D.C. District Court will decide about the civil suit against Holder . The release and the proposed language for the rules package have not been posted to the Committee website at this writing. Check this link later today to look for the entire statement. UPDATE: It has now been posted .