Whistle-blowers' testimony about the handling of terrorism threats to U.S. personnel in Libya last year indicates high-level Obama administration officials still have much to answer for, Rep. Scott DesJarlais said Wednesday. DesJarlais, R-Jasper, participated in questioning three State Department whistle-blowers as a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Republican U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais accused Democrats today of throwing soft questions at whistleblowers in a House committee hearing on the Benghazi raid last Sept. 1. DesJarlais, of South Pittsburg, said it appears House Democrats want to move past the 9/11 incidents in which four Americans, including a U.S. ambassador, were killed and let former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton off the hook.

Rep. Scott DesJarlais spent five minutes directing questions toward a former top American official in Libya Wednesday, during a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on last year's terrorist attack on a U.S. Consulate in Benghazi.

The day before a House hearing on the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on a U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais blamed President Barack Obama for concealing the facts surrounding the deaths of four Americans. “I believe al-Qaida took responsibility for it, and the motive for it was 9/11,” DesJarlais said in an interview with The DNJ Tuesday.

Eight months after the terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed a U.S. ambassador and three Americans, a congressional committee will once more press for answers regarding the initial response by the military and the administration of President Barack Obama. Rep. Scott DesJarlais, a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will be among the 40 members participating in Wednesday's event, titled Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage. Rep. Jim Cooper, who represents Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, is also a member of the committee.

U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais is set to be part of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing, “Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage.” It is schedule for Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building. “The Obama Administration has yet to offer a clear and credible explanation of the events that occurred surrounding the Benghazi terrorist attacks,” said DesJarlais, R-South Pittsburg, who represents Tennessee’s 4th Congressional District. “The information put out by the White House has been dictated by politics rather than the responsibility to inform the American people of the truth.”

While acknowledging pressure for stepped-up U.S. activity on behalf of moderate forces in Syria, Middle Tennessee lawmakers want the Obama administration to move with extreme caution -- and in concert with Congress -- every step of the way… Also urging caution are Republican Reps. Scott DesJarlais of Jasper and Marsha Blackburn of Brentwood. DesJarlais in particular stressed reviewing "lessons learned from our intervention in Iraq." He added: "Of course, the United States must stand strong against the killing of innocents and the use of chemical weapons but we should not be expected to shoulder the lion's share of the financial and personal costs of policing the world."

Tennessee's two Republican senators remain firmly at odds with the nation's foremost anti-tax group on the issue of Internet sales taxes, while the state's U.S. House delegation remains torn… "I will be reviewing previous debates, committee hearings and talking with my constituents about how an Internet sales tax will impact Tennessee's Fourth Congressional District," Rep. Scott DesJarlais, R-Jasper, said in a statement.

The health care advocacy group Families USA recently proclaimed at least 575,000 Tennesseans will qualify for tax subsidies next year to help them buy the individual health insurance policies mandated by the Affordable Care Act… One of those making this case is Rep. Scott DesJarlais, R-Jasper, who argues that the sloppy wording of President Barack Obama's signature legislative accomplishment provides one of the best remaining opportunities to stop it in its tracks. As for all those Tennesseans that might get help through tax subsidies or credits, "I think it (Families USA) is giving false hope," DesJarlais said.

Aircraft will soon be able to make instrument approaches at Cleveland Regional Jetport and land in inclement weather. U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais announced over the weekend the Federal Aviation Administration will publish the Instrument Approach Procedures for the new airport on June 27. Jetport Director of Operations Mark Fidler said Monday that DesJarlais called him over the weekend to inform him of the FAA’s decision with regard to the development and certification of Instrument Approach Procedures for the new airport at 251 Dry Valley Road N.E.