Jackie Speier Says House Will Hold Hearing on NFL, Issa Says Not So Fast

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Source: KQED

Update: A spokeswoman for Rep. Darrell Issa’s House oversight committee wrote us to say no agreement has been reached on holding a hearing, contrary to Rep. Jackie Speier’s press release.

“Chairman Issa had separate conversations today with both Rep. Speier and Ranking Member Cummings about potential pathways for continuing the committee’s oversight of ongoing issues in the National Football League,” wrote Becca Glover Watkins, communications director for the House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform. “Reports of a decision or agreement to hold a hearing are inaccurate.”

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Original post

The office of Rep. Jackie Speier (D-San Francisco/San Mateo Counties) sent out a press release today announcing that the Democratic and Republican leaders of the House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform had agreed to hold a hearing on the NFL. Speier requested that committee chairman Darrell Issa and ranking minority member Elijah Cummings hold the hearing following the recent spate of news about the NFL’s treatment of domestic violence cases, the release said.

Read more: http://blogs.kqed.org/newsfix/2014/09/11/jackie-speier-house-will-hold-hearing-on-problems-in-nfl/

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Speier press release: http://speier.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1532:committee-agrees-to-hold-hearing-on-nfl-following-congresswoman-speier-request&catid=20:press-releases&Itemid=14

Longer article by the Hill: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/217501-oversight-discussing-nfl-hearing

[bluestateguy]

1. which will be about as effective as the hearings on steriods in baseball in 2005

Hearings will be held immediately!

And?

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[Iliyah]

2. Not important, women could be 2nd class.

[Dont call me Shirley]

11. Women banned from testifying, usual Issa M.O.

[gordianot]

3. Surely there must be some connection between the NFL and Benghazi?

[SoapBox]

4. Ditto.

[davidpdx]

5. Issa is obviously not going to allow the hearings

His district is right on the outskirts of San Diego and just south of LA. What do they have in common?? San Diego has a football team and LA wants one. Little Darrell doesn't want to piss off the NFL!

[Gary 50]

6. How would a hearing on the NFL hurt President Obama?

It wouldn't, therefore Darrell Issa has no intention of allowing it to happen.

[tanyev]

7. No time to investigate the NFL--Issa's urgently working on a tan suit investigation.

[JoePhilly]

8. Only if Benhazi gets an NFL team ... THEN Issa will investigate!!

[CreekDog]

9. Issa says he first needs to form a panel to investigate BenghaziCare.

[rocktivity]

10. I think a much more worthty subject

is ending the NFL's non-profit status...time for them to start paying your fair share of taxes!


rocktivity