was misguided and played into "our enemies' campaign to tear America apart." Legislation On March 4, 2014, Gowdy introduced the ENFORCE the Law Act of 2014 into the House. The bill would give the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate the ability to sue the President of the United States in a federal district court to clarify a federal law (that is, seek a declaratory judgment) in the event that the executive branch is not enforcing the law. House Republicans argued that the bill was necessary because the Obama Administration refused to enforce the laws. H.R. 4138 passed the House but failed to become law. Committee assignments Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations (Chairman) Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Chairman) Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits and Administrative Rules Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Affairs Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Caucus memberships Republican Study Committee Presidential politics In July 2015, Republican nominee Donald Trump named Gowdy as a possible nominee for United States Attorney General in a Trump cabinet. In late December 2015, Gowdy endorsed Senator Marco Rubio for president, praising him as a rarity among elected officials for having kept his campaign promises. Gowdy's endorsement strained his relations with Donald Trump's campaign; Trump said that Gowdy had "failed miserably on Benghazi". Rubio withdrew from the race in March 2016, after losing his home state of Florida to Trump. Two months later on May 20, Gowdy endorsed Trump for president, admitting that while he was a "Rubio guy" he would support the presumptive Republican nominee. After the May 2017 dismissal of FBI Director Comey, Gowdy was being considered for his replacement. However the veteran representative told Attorney General Sessions that he wanted to remain in his congressional seat. On December 1, 2017, the Congressional Office of Compliance said that while Gowdy was acting as chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, a former congressional aide of his reached a settlement with Congress and the House Employment Counsel. The aide had alleged he was fired in part because he was not willing to focus his investigative work on Hillary Clinton (a charge which was later dropped) and because he was absent from the position while fulfilling an Air Force Reserve assignment. His attorney stated "I can confirm that my client is one person who brought a