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Rep. Schiff Adds Insight Into The Origin Of The Paris Attacks (NPR Morning Edition)
Steve Inskeep talks to Rep. Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, about what is known concerning the Friday night attacks in Paris, which are blamed on … Continue Reading
November 16, 2015
Top Dem: Destroy ‘sanctuary’ for ISIS overseas (The Hill)
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) admitted Monday that eliminating the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) requires re-capturing its physical territories. "Ultimately, it is going to require us to eliminate that sanctuary in Iraq and Syria," he told host Steve Inskeep on NPR's "Morning Edition." "As long as that sanctuary exists for ISIS, they will continue to attack us," said Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. "The longer they hold ground the longer we're at … Continue Reading
November 14, 2015
Paris Terror Attacks May Prompt More Aggressive U.S. Strategy on ISIS (New York Times)
WASHINGTON - When the Islamic Statestormed onto the scene in Syria and Iraq, it seemed focused on seizing territory in its own neighborhood. But in the last two weeks, the so-called soldiers of the caliphate appear to have demonstrated a chilling reach, with terrorist attacks against Russia, in Lebanon and now in France. The seemingly synchronized assaults that turned Paris into a war zone on Friday came just days after a bombing targeted a Shiite district of Beirut controlled by Iran's ally, … Continue Reading
October 23, 2015
The Benghazi committee stumbles into irrelevance (Washington Post)
The House Select Committee on Blumenthal, as some are now calling it, came to order at 10 a.m. Lawmakers didn't finish questioning Hillary Clinton until 11 hours later - just after the Democratic presidential candidate succumbed to a coughing fit. In that period of time, the name of Sidney Blumenthal was invoked more than 75 times, and scores of questions were asked about the longtime Clinton friend. By lunchtime, Blumenthal had been invoked 49 times - exactly the number of mentions of … Continue Reading
October 23, 2015
California Democrat Still Questions Motive Behind Benghazi Investigation (National Public Radio)
Rep. Adam Schiff reacts to Hillary Clinton's testimony before a House committee investigating the deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi, Libya in 2012. RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: It was a marathon. Hillary Clinton testified for 11 hours about the attacks that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, in Benghazi, Libya. Republicans accused Clinton of putting politics before the truth and misleading the public about what prompted the … Continue Reading
October 22, 2015
A Hearing, and a House, as Divided as the Country Watching It (New York Times)
WASHINGTON - There were accusations by Republicans of a State Department cover-up. There were critiques by Democrats that the other side had spread conspiracy theories about the 2012 attack on the United States Mission in Benghazi, Libya, for political gain. And in the middle of it, there was Hillary Rodham Clinton, looking at her notes. "I can pause while you're reading your notes from your staff," Representative Peter Roskam, Republican of Illinois, said as he questioned Mrs. Clinton … Continue Reading
October 22, 2015
Gowdy and Cummings Go Ballistic During Benghazi Hearing (The Daily Beast)
During the third hour of the Benghazi hearing today, the committee's Republican Chairman Trey Gowdy and Democratic leader Rep. Elijah Cummings got into a heated exchange over the release of the entirety of former Clinton adviser Sidney Blumenthal's emails and private testimony. "Why is it you only want Blumenthal's transcript released?" Gowdy yelled at Cummings. "I'd like all of them released," Cummings screamed back, continuing the Democrats' criticism of selectivity on the part of the … Continue Reading
October 22, 2015
Benghazi committee hearings give California lawmakers a rare chance to shine (Los Angeles Times)
While all eyes were on Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday as she testified before the House Benghazi committee, two California Democrats played a prominent supporting role during the proceedings. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Whittier) used their time during more than eight hours of testimony to accuse the commitee's Republican leadership of going after Clinton for political motivations - an issue that has earned national headlines for weeks. "The reality is that … Continue Reading
October 22, 2015
Benghazi hearing ends after extraordinary 11-hour grilling of Clinton (Los Angeles Times)
Republicans grilled former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton through nearly 11 hours Thursday in a long-awaited hearing of the House Benghazi committee that produced little if any new information, but ample partisan argument. The hearing provided an extraordinary spectacle, starting in the morning and stretching well into the night, far longer than such sessions typically last even with multiple witnesses. Through the lengthy session, Clinton maintained a relentlessly calm and … Continue Reading
October 22, 2015
Clinton: 'I've lost more sleep than all of you put together' over Benghazi (Los Angeles Times)
You might call it a softball from Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank). After the California congressman issued a scathing assessment of a committee he said has proven to be a "partisan exercise," Schiff turned to ask Clinton a friendly question on the stated purpose of the inquiry into the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. "I know the ambassador was a friend of yours, and I wonder if you would like to comment on what it's like to be the … Continue Reading
October 22, 2015
Hillary Clinton Confronts Republican Critics at Benghazi Hearing (New York Times)
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton confronted Republican critics on the House Benghazi committee on Thursday with a challenge to "reach for statesmanship" in their long-running inquiry into the 2012 attacks that killed four Americans. Testifying in the ornate and cavernous assembly room that is home to the House Ways and Means Committee, Mrs. Clinton hailed the memory of J. Christopher Stevens, the ambassador to Libya, and the three others who died at the American diplomatic mission in … Continue Reading
October 22, 2015
Hillary Clinton takes on the House Benghazi committee in political showdown (Los Angeles Times)
Hillary Rodham Clinton won't be campaigning Thursday, but her performance will be critical to her presidential run, as she spends the entire day sparring with a congressional panel that has proved one of the biggest threats to her White House bid. The House Select Committee on Benghazi will fire hour upon hour of questions at Clinton about her handling of the attacks in the Libyan city in September 2012, while she was secretary of State. The violence that killed Ambassador J. Christopher … Continue Reading
October 21, 2015
Benghazi Panel to Focus on Attack, Not Hillary Clinton Emails, Republicans Say (Wall Street Journal)
WASHINGTON-The House Committee on Benghazi will focus its long-awaited questioning of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on details of the 2012 attack on a Libyan diplomatic outpost, rather than on Mrs. Clinton's email arrangements, Republicans said this week. The panel's hand has been forced by recent suggestions, including by some Republicans, that the committee's motivations are chiefly political. That has shifted the dynamics of Thursday's high-profile hearing, with Republicans … Continue Reading
October 21, 2015
As Benghazi panel prepares to question Clinton, drama lies not in the answers (Washington Post)
From the start, investigations of the September 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that left four Americans dead, including the U.S. ambassador, have focused on three questions: Why was security insufficient at the Benghazi diplomatic compound? Why was there no timely U.S. military response? And why did the administration initially describe the attacks as a spontaneous protest, rather than a planned terrorist assault? As the House Select Committee on Benghazi prepares to question former … Continue Reading
October 20, 2015
Regulations needed to reduce excessive helicopter noise in L.A. County, activists say (Los Angeles Daily News)
Frustrated by years of largely unsuccessful efforts to get helicopter companies and pilots to voluntarily adopt noise-reduction policies, activists are now asking the FAA to enact mandatory regulations in their quest for quieter skies over Los Angeles County. Legislation was passed last year requiring "significant progress" to be made by the Federal Aviation Administration on the issue by the end of 2014 or a regulatory process would begin. That has not occurred, said members of the Los … Continue Reading
October 20, 2015
Democrats mull exit from Benghazi panel: House member (Reuters)
Democrats on a U.S. House of Representatives panel investigating the 2012 Benghazi attacks will discuss resigning from the committee after Hillary Clinton testifies before it this week, a Democratic panel member told Reuters on Tuesday. "That, I think, is going to be a matter of our discussion after the hearing this week: How much longer does it make sense for us to continue to participate?" Representative Adam Schiff said in an interview. Being part of the Republican-majority panel puts … Continue Reading
October 19, 2015
Gowdy’s pleas to keep Benghazi probe above politics have gone unheeded (Washington Post)
Upon being named chairman last year of the House investigation into the 2012 attacks on U.S. diplomats in Libya, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) said he would insist on keeping his probe above the fray. "There are certain things in our culture that have to transcend politics, and I don't mean to sound naive, but the murder of four fellow Americans and an attack on a facility that is emblematic of our country should transcend politics," Gowdy said on Fox News Channel the day after he was tapped to … Continue Reading
October 18, 2015
Democrat: Benghazi committee leaking damaging information on Clinton (The Hill)
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a member of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, says the panel has often leaked damaging information in order to derail former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. "The way that this committee has operated is by leak of damaging information with only one objective, and that is all the leaks have a common denominator, all of the leaks are designed to hurt Secretary Clinton," Schiff said on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday. Schiff … Continue Reading
September 30, 2015
McCarthy makes plain what Democrats have long suspected about the Benghazi committee (Los Angeles Times)
Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy has yet to win the speaker's gavel, but he is already stepping into a rhetorical minefield that shows the perils of the job. McCarthy, the no. 2 House Republican, who is favored to become the top leader in Congress after Speaker John A. Boehner steps down at the end of month, gave an interview Tuesday night to Fox News in which he seemed to concede a key Democratic talking point: that the GOP investigation into the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, is all about … Continue Reading
September 29, 2015
Rep. Schiff Announces La Cañada High School Named “National Blue Ribbon” School (Crescenta Valley Weekly)
Today, Rep. Schiff congratulated La Cañada High School for being recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School and released the following statement: "I want to congratulate the students, teachers, school board members and administrative staff on the occasion of La Cañada High School being named a Blue Ribbon school. Every year, the National Blue Ribbon award graces the entrances of schools that excel at producing the best students. It is a testament to the entire community, and … Continue Reading