Cruz: Senate Should Be Part of Benghazi Investigation

The questions asked by Cruz are exactly what the American people want answered

Helle Dale, --May 13, 2014

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, yesterday requested the re-introduction of Senate Resolution 255 to establish a Congressional Joint Select Committee to investigate the Benghazi scandal.
Cruz’s move comes after House of Representatives voted Friday to establish a select committee to investigate the terrorist attack that killed four Americans, including Christopher Stevens, the U.S. Ambassador to Libya. The resources gained by establishing a House-Senate joint committee certainly would benefit the investigation. But there is little chance that will happen. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, blocked Crux’s resolution, calling it a “political trick” and a “purely political witch-hunt without merit.” This was a replay of the resolution’s original fate when Cruz introduced it on Sept. 12, 2013. This partisan rancor unfortunately can be counted on to increase as the Benghazi investigation proceeds. More...

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