Nancy Pelosi said she stood by James Comey’s conclusion not to recommend charges. | AP Photo Pelosi: Comey hearing ‘an investigation of the investigation of the investigation’

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi panned Republicans for neglecting their responsibilities as they held a hearing on yet another investigation into Hillary Clinton, calling the latest inquiry an investigation of an investigation into an investigation.

As FBI Director James Comey was testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Pelosi at her weekly news conference Thursday praised Comey, a former George W. Bush administration official, as “a great man” that Americans “are very privileged” to have leading the federal agency.

Pelosi also recalled Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz’s (R-Utah) lauding of the FBI chief. Chaffetz told Fox News last month — before Comey’s bombshell announcement Tuesday that Clinton and her staff were “extremely careless” in their handling of sensitive information but shouldn’t be charged for it — that “we believe in” Comey, whom he extolled as “the definitive person to make a determination or a recommendation” on results of the investigation into the former secretary of state’s private email server.

“And now they’re talking about doing an investigation,” Pelosi told reporters. “So let’s get this straight: This is going to be an investigation of the decision that is an investigation of the emails that was part of the investigation of Benghazi. So we had an investigation of the investigation of the investigation.”

“How long can this go on? How long can the Republicans ignore the work that we have been sent here to do?” she continued, highlighting issues the House should be focused on like jobs bills and initiatives to help grow the economy and keep Americans safe. “It’s just a stunning thing, the total neglect that the public doesn’t seem to be aware of but nonetheless is there.”

Pelosi said she stood by Comey’s conclusion not to recommend charges. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Wednesday that the Justice Department accepted the FBI’s recommendation, formally marking the end of the yearlong investigation.

Of the 30,000 emails Clinton turned over to the State Department, Comey had said 110 contained information that was classified at the time they were sent or received.

“There should not even be one,” Pelosi said. But she also defended Clinton, who has repeatedly acknowledged that what she did was a mistake — one that, in hindsight, she wouldn’t make again.

“Am I comfortable with it? Secretary Clinton, she’s going to be the president of the United States,” the California Democrat said. “I’m excited about it, not because she’s a woman — that’s exciting — but because she’s really the best.”

House Speaker Paul Ryan formally filed a letter to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper requesting that Clinton be denied access to classified information — a suggestion Pelosi dismissed.

“I think that both of the candidates for president of the United States should have access to the security,” she said. “That is appropriate, it is necessary and I have no problem with Hillary Clinton and those she relies on having that information.”