From Cannon's website:
WASHINGTON DC – Congressman Chris Cannon (R-UT), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, issued the following statement after learning of the assertion of executive privilege by the White House in conjunction with the never-ending investigation into Presidential personnel decisions involving US Attorneys: “Many months, thousands of pages, and a score of witnesses ago, the White House made an offer to the Judiciary Committee that would have protected the President’s ability to receive candid counsel while allowing the committee to complete its investigation. The President has appropriately decided to protect the internal deliberations of his staff by utilizing the presidential communications privilege rooted in the separation of powers principle. This decision will undoubtedly raise hackles of ‘conspiracy’ from the usual suspects on Capitol Hill. If those same people would spend as much time getting to the truth as they do in grasping for headlines, this investigation would have concluded months ago. While executive privilege is not absolute, neither is congressional inquiry.”