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Jack, have you read the Constitution? Like ever? Are you at all familiar with Congress investigative power of inquiry and subpoena power? The House's has the power to investigate and with that power comes the subpoena. And we must protect that power so we can investigate anything and everything we want. Would you have subpoena'd Hunter Biden? And when he didn't show up for the subpoena would you have held him in contempt? Try using your brain. When the Benghazi special committee subpoenaed civilians and members of the Obama administration, even Secretary of State Hillary Clinton showed up to testify because she was subpoena'd to do so. I’ve made promises. I promised I would vote for what is right — not for what is politically expedient. On my first day in Washington, I swore an oath of office to the Constitution of the United States, and it is and always will be the foundation for every vote I take. Congress has powers, and they are an important check on the other branches of government. When Republicans were in control, we used this power to investigate Benghazi, the Whitewater land scandal, Vince Foster’s death, Major League Baseball, Eric Holder and Lois Lerner, to name a few. We issued subpoenas for materials and testimony, and we didn’t let anyone just walk away from our process (except Trey Gowdy when he let Hillary Clinton walk free on Benghazi). This was a vote regarding contempt of a congressional committee, a vote to protect Congress’ authority to investigate and issue subpoenas. It was a vote to follow the law and preserve congressional power of inquiry. The question was simply: Does Congress have the ability to issue and enforce its subpoena power? I believe it does, and our courts do, too. In McGrain v. Daugherty (1927), Justice Van Devanter wrote for a unanimous Supreme Court that “the power of inquiry — with process to enforce it — is an essential and appropriate auxiliary to the legislative function" and that " A legislative body cannot legislate wisely or effectively in the absence of information … and where the legislative body does not itself possess the requisite information — which not infrequently is true — recourse must be had to others who possess it." Today, people want to lash out if we aren’t aligned 100%. If we aren’t 100%, then we can’t possibly be aligned at all. That’s a mistake. Many of us are vocal about our disdain for “cancel culture” but then want to cancel those we disagree with, even within our own party. This makes no sense especially on conservative and constitutional issues. With the Constitution as my guide, the intended outcome of any vote I take will be to protect your rights and every word in the Constitution. You can be certain I will be right there implementing Congress right to investigate with subpoena power, because my vote protected our party's right to do so.