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House Oversight Committee to 'Explore' Clinton's E-Mail Use, Chairman Says

House Republicans take note of the presumed Democratic frontrunner's e-mail controversy.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) listens to testimony from Joseph Clancy, acting director of the United States Secret Service, during a House Judiciary Committee Hearing entitled 'Oversight of the United States Secret Service,' on Capitol Hill, November 19, 2014 in Washington, DC.
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By Ben Brody

March 3, 2015 at 7:42 PM UTC

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The Republican chairman of the House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform Committee said Tuesday his panel will look into the revelation that Hillary Clinton used a personal e-mail account, not a government account, to conduct business as secretary of state.

“Violations of the Federal Records Act within federal agencies is something we take very seriously,” Representative Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican, said in a statement. His panel will work with the House Select Committee on Benghazi and its chairman, Representative Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, “to further explore Hillary Clinton’s use of personal emails while at the State Department.”