Urgent: Pelosi says Congress should have been notified if the Petraeus issues dealt with national security
Per Pergram-Capitol Hill
On-cam with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), DCCC Chair Steve Israel (D-NY) and Rep.-elect Patrick Murphy (D-FL) who defeated Rep. Allen West (R-FL). Fed back live.
Pelosi on her future:
I’ll let you know at 10 o’clock tomorrow (says she wants to talk to her caucus first at 9 am).
Pelosi on Petraeus after her meeting with acting DCI Mike Morell.
Pelosi:
We have to have notification…I think there were some dishonorable things that were done.
* She says if there were issues of national security which pertained to the Petraeus situation..then Congress should have been notified.
Pelosi:
This was a personl indiscretion as far as we know.
Pelosi:
We someone would do it over email, I don’t know.
Pelosi:
The administration believes that they own intelligence.
Pelosi on the new members coming in:
They say a picture is worth a thousand words…
Murphy:
I just defeated someone you all know…a guy named Allen West (applause)
Israel:
It says something about our pickups when you need a wide-angle lens.
Israel:
The tea party caucus looks like a re-run of the show “Mad Men.”
Israel:
Who they are and who they beat is not as important as what they stand for.
Pelosi:
We did win 25 seats. We didn’t net 25 seats.
Pelosi:
We may not have the majority. We may not have the gavel. But we have unity.
Chad Pergram
FOX News
Senior Producer for Capitol Hill
