WASHINGTON — Thursday Congressman Tim Huelskamp (KS-01) voted to create a Select Committee to investigate the Benghazi terrorist attack in Libya. After its passage, Rep. Huelskamp released the following statement:

“I’m glad the Speaker finally agreed to what we’ve pushed for the last 18 months–a special House investigation into the Benghazi attack that took four American lives. The families of these victims deserve answers–the American people deserve answers. They deserve to know why the Obama Administration did not respond to known threats before the attack; what actually happened the day of the attack, who made the decision to not defend these Americans, and where the President and Secretary Clinton were at that time; and lastly, who in the White House misled the American people in the days following. We simply can’t allow this terrible tragedy to be swept under the rug by the Obama Administration.”