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Rh that are referred to in the majority memoranda.

The second is to allow the Department of Justice and the FBI to review both memoranda and to provide a classified brieﬁng to the entire House of Representatives so the full House can made aware of the Department and FBI's concerns with making this information public, as well as address any of the allegations that have been made in the majority memoranda. At least that way Members would be informed as to the nature of what we are voting to potentially make public today.

Mr. Gowdy and I are apparently the only two members of this committee who have read the underlying materials. At the time the majority sought to release its memo to the full House, I made a motion that all of our committee members have access to the underlying materials before we took that step, and that motion was voted down on a party-line basis.

But I will be making a motion today that both memoranda be made available to the FBI and Department of Justice and that the FBI and Department of Justice provide a classified brieﬁng for the entire House of Representatives to discuss the underlying issues and allegations, as well as the potential repercussions of publishing either or both of these memoranda.

The third motion I will make, if that is rejected, is that if the majority is to take the step of releasing its memoranda to the public, that any motion to do so include the minority memoranda as well so that both are made available to the public.

It will be our intention with respect to the minority memoranda to have that vetted by the Department of Justice and FBI, regardless of what the majority decides to do with its own memoranda. But in the exercise of responsibility, we