Republicans on the committee plan to hold high-profile probes into Hunter Biden’s dealings with overseas clients, but they also want to hone in on eliminating wasteful government spending in an effort to align the panel with the GOP’s broader agenda. (R-Ky.) listens during a hearing on the Washington Commanders' workplace conduct, Wednesday, June 22, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Jamie Comer, the Kentucky Republican who is expected to lead the panel should Republicans take the majority, said that he was trying to lay the groundwork now so that he and his members could start right away in January. Much of the investigative churn will spin out of the Oversight Committee, a legislative octopus with jurisdictional tentacles that can reach into several parts of the administration. “It’s not something where we’re having to drum up, ‘OK, what are we going to do?’ It’s more of a limiting factor of, we only have 50 weeks a year,” said Rep. Their real challenge, GOP lawmakers predict, won’t be finding areas to investigate but rather winnowing down their focus. 6 panel, administration officials involved in the Afghanistan withdrawal and Twitter over its legally challenged sale to Elon Musk, among other recipients.Īfter four years in the House minority, Republicans have a backlogged wish list of topics to dig into. Republicans still need to nail down the timelines and other specifics for each investigation, but they’ve already taken initial steps such as document preservation requests. Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), who is expected to be majority leader if the chamber flips, said in a brief interview. … It is going to be a lot of intense oversight.” “I think it’s really going to be focused on holding the Biden administration accountable and getting answers. Investigations also give the House GOP high-profile chances to lob subpoenas and tough questions at Biden officials heading into 2024, when it hopes to take the Senate and White House too. Republicans view executive-branch oversight as a significant piece of their 2023 agenda, driven in part by the reality that divided government would leave no path for most of their legislative priorities. “I’ve been really impressed with leadership - both from Jim, from Jamie Comer, from Kevin’s office - in already starting to talk about that,” said Rep.
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