,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ejd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,march #f1 #bjad    
,ms4 ,fudge submitted the following     
resolution2 which was laid on the table 
,,resolution  ,raising a question of the
 privileges of the ,house4  ,whereas on 
,march #e1 #bjad1 during a hearing      
before the ,house ,committee on         
,oversight and ,government ,reform1     
,committee ,chairman ,darrell ,e4 ,issa 
gave a statement and then posed ten     
questions to former ,internal ,revenue  
,service official ,lois ,lerner1 who    
stated that she was invoking her ,fifth 
,amendment right not to testify2        
,whereas the ,committee's ,ranking      
,member1 ,rep4 ,elijah ,e4 ,cummings1   
clearly sought recognition to take his  
turn for questions under ,committee and 
,house ,rules2 ,whereas1 ,chairman ,issa
 then quickly adjourned the hearing and 
refused to allow him to make any        
statement or ask any questions2 ,whereas
 ,ranking ,member ,cummings protested   

immediately1 stating3 ,mr4 ,chairman1   
you cannot run a ,committee like this4  
,you just cannot do this4 ,this is1 we  
are better than that as a country1 we   
are better than that as a ,committee4   
,whereas1 ,chairman ,issa then returned 
and allowed ,ranking ,member ,cummings  
to begin his statement1 but when it     
became clear that ,chairman ,issa did   
not want to hear what ,ranking ,member  
,cummings was saying1 turned off        
,ranking ,member ,cummings' microphone1 
ordered ,republican staff to close it   
down1 and repeatedly signaled to end the
 hearing with his hand across his neck2 
,whereas ,ranking ,member ,cummings     
objected again1 stating3 ,you cannot    
have a one-sided investigation4 ,there  
is absolutely something wrong with that2
 ,whereas ,chairman ,issa made a        
statement of his own and posed questions
 during the hearing1 but refused to     
allow other members of the ,committee1  
and in particular the ,ranking ,member  
who had sought recognition1 to make     

statements under the five-minute rule in
 violation of ,house ,rule ,,xi2        
,whereas ,chairman ,issa instructed the 
microphones to be turned off and        
adjourned the hearing without a vote or 
a unanimous consent agreement in        
violation of ,rule ,,xvi because he did 
not want to permit ,ranking ,member     
,cummings to speak2 ,whereas ,chairman  
,issa's abusive behavior on ,march #e is
 part of a continuing pattern in which  
he has routinely excluded members of the
 ,committee from investigative meetings1
 and has routinely provided information 
to the press before sharing it with     
,committee members2 ,whereas ,chairman  
,issa has violated ,clause #a of ,rule  
,,xxiii of the ,code of ,official       
,conduct which states that ,a ,member1  
,delegate1 ,resident ,commissioner1     
officer or employee of the ,house shall 
behave at all times in a manner that    
shall reflect creditably on the ,house3 
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house
 of ,representatives strongly condemns  

the offensive and disrespectful manner  
in which ,chairman ,darrell ,e4 ,issa   
conducted the hearing of the ,house     
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform on ,march #e1 #bjad1 during    
which he turned off the microphones of  
the ,ranking ,member while he was       
speaking and adjourned the hearing      
without a vote or a unanimous consent   
agreement4