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Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) made the following comments regarding his vote for Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives:

"I joined my House Freedom Caucus colleagues in supporting Rep. Daniel Webster in the conference vote for Speaker of the House yesterday, because his message of changing ‘business as usual' in Washington is exactly what needs to happen.  But Paul Ryan won support from the vast majority of our conference, and today I backed him on the House floor.

Congressman Jim Jordan made the following comments regarding today's vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank:

"This is what's wrong with Washington: big corporations cozy up to big government and America's taxpayers foot the bill. This is what my colleagues and I came here to stop, and is precisely the kind of thing that Americans hate about this town. With dozens of open fraud investigations at the bank, and one indictment, it's a sad day that so many in Congress think we should restart the Ex-Im Bank."

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The House Freedom Caucus issued the following statement related to the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314):

"The latest budget deal continues the sad pattern of the past five years: a fiscal monstrosity gets negotiated in secret with Obama, Reid, and Pelosi; the American people and their representatives get shut out of the process; and the bill is rushed through the House on short notice and without proper scrutiny or the ability to offer amendments. This deal is an affront to open, accountable, and limited government.

Congressman Jim Jordan made the following comments today regarding the proposed budget deal that Congressional leadership unveiled last night:

"Here we go again. Another last-minute, back-room spending deal by the White House and Congressional leaders that busts the budget caps and allows unlimited debt for the next 18 months. No wonder so many Americans distrust Congress. The endless borrowing and spending must stop before it breaks the backs of hard-working taxpayers.

Today Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) joined host Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday to discuss last week's Benghazi Select Committee hearing with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) and his bid to serve as Speaker of the House, and the news that the Department of Justice is closing its investigation into targeting of conservative organizations by the Internal Revenue Service.

Below are a few highlights from Rep. Jordan's interview.

On Benghazi:

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) made the following comments regarding the Department of Justice's announcement that it would close its investigation into the targeting of conservative groups by the IRS and that it would not bring charges against Lois Lerner or anyone else at the agency:

"In yet another political abuse of power, the Obama Justice Department has decided it will not charge Lois Lerner for her actions at the IRS.

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today questioned former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about circumstances surrounding the terrorist attack on September 11, 2012 when four Americans were killed in Benghazi, Libya.

Rep. Jordan specifically questioned Sec. Clinton about the construction of talking points used by former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice on numerous Sunday morning talk shows to blame the terrorist attack on spontaneous protestors outraged about a YouTube video, instead of the planned attack that it was.

The House Freedom Caucus issued the following statement regarding Chairman Paul Ryan's bid for Speaker:

"A supermajority of the House Freedom Caucus has voted to support Paul Ryan's bid to become the next Speaker of the House. Paul is a policy entrepreneur who has developed conservative reforms dealing with a wide variety of subjects, and he has promised to be an ideas-focused Speaker who will advance limited government principles and devolve power to the membership.