JONES COSPONSORS NO CONFIDENCE RESOLUTION ON ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER

My representative is on the ball as usual.

Washington, Dec 13 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jones is cosponsoring H.Res. 490, a resolution of no confidence in U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. The legislation was introduced yesterday by Arizona Republican Congressman Paul Goslar, and is cosponsored by 21 members including Congressman Jones. It has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee for further action. H.Res. 490 states “that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress has lost confidence in the Attorney General of the United States.” It goes on to lay out the case for why Attorney General Holder has lost the confidence of the Congress, focusing on his role in the controversial “Fast and Furious” gun-walking operation and subsequent apparent cover up. Through “Operation Fast and Furious”, the Holder Justice Department allowed thousands of firearms to be illegally sold and/or transferred to Mexican drug cartels and other foreigners. Evidence suggests some of those weapons were used in the 2010 murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. Congressman Jones was the first member of the North Carolina congressional delegation to call for Holder’s resignation. “The outrageous gun-running operation known as Fast and Furious is the latest in a string of poor judgments made by Attorney General Holder,” said Jones. “The American people deserve the truth and Mr. Holder has failed to provide it.” Holder appears to have knowingly given false testimony under oath regarding his knowledge of Fast and Furious, though he was briefed on the operation in July 2010. During a recent hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee, Holder even admitted that he initially misstated facts as to when he found out. In July of 2010, Attorney General Holder filed a lawsuit against the state of Arizona and Governor Jan Brewer over the state’s anti-illegal immigration policy. In February of this year, Holder and the Obama administration decided to no longer recognize the Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibits the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriage. Holder also dismissed a case against the New Black Panther Party in August of 2009 for one of the most blatant acts of voter intimidation in recent memory.

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