Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele released the following statement tonight:

“Andrew Romanoff’s admission that the White House did in fact approach him with the possibility of a major appointment in order to clear the political playing field represents a troubling pattern of the same Chicago-style “scratch my back” politics that Barack Obama routinely condemns. 

“After weeks of stonewalling the American people and months of behind-the-scenes political horse-trading, the Obama Administration needs to answer serious ethical and legal questions about these practices.  It is clear that the Obama Administration is not capable of living up to the same standards they campaigned on and an independent investigation is necessary to learn all the facts.

“The Obama Administration campaigned on bringing change to Washington and the promise of being the most transparent White House in our nation’s history. Today, those promises were clearly broken and the American people deserve answers.”