Stefanik: Rooting Out Deep State Corruption Is A Top Priority For House Republicans
Elise Stefanik from New York, House GOP Conference Chair, stated that Republicans will place top priority on ensuring that the executive agencies are properly supervised to eliminate corruption in the federal government.
Stefanik joined a dozen Republican legislators Tuesday appointed Kevin McCarthy, House Speaker, will serve on the Select Subcommittee on the Warirization of the Federal Government.
In an exclusive interview with The Federalist on Wednesday morning, Stefanik characterized the select panel, which was established under the Judiciary Committee led by Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, as House Republicans’ primary vehicle for pursuing accountability for the Biden administration’s abuses.
“A top priority for House Republicans is rooting out the weaponization of the federal government against everyday Americans,” said Stefanik. Stefanik is the No. 3 lawmaker in GOP leadership highlighted the nation’s top intelligence agencies as the committee’s primary focus.
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“The FBI and DOJ are ripe for oversight, and they deserve oversight,” She said this while also promising that investigations would be launched into the National Institutes of Health and Internal Revenue Service. Both agencies “have run rampant in targeting Americans,” Stefanik stated that Congress has made a number of improvements to its infrastructure. “constitutional duty” Effective oversight.
“Democrats failed to do that when we were in one-party rule,” She added.
It is not clear who the committee will subpoena. “We’re going to make that decision as a select committee,” Stefanik said.
Other notable members of the Republican conference who were named to the panel included Thomas Massie, Kentucky Congressman, and Harriet Hageman, Wyoming Rep. Hageman won the August election. toppled In the Wyoming Republican primary by, Liz Cheney, a three-term incumbent, was 37 points. Cheney, who ran House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Select Committee on Jan. 6 as vice chair, relied on Democrats switching parties to blunt a loss that might have otherwise been near unanimous among the state’s Republicans.
McCarthy endorsed Hageman is running in the race, two years after Cheney supported a primary challenger to Massie. This was from her leadership seat. House Republicans will be represented in the spring 2021. replaced Cheney and Stefanik, GOP conference chair.
Stefanik intends to lead the new panel that will investigate the weaponization of federal government. This is similar to her role during the first impeachment saga involving former President Donald Trump in 2019.
“The government has the responsibility to serve the American people, not go after them,” She spoke.
While Pelosi barred McCarthy’s appointments to the Select Committee on Jan. 6, Stefanik said the new House speaker was likely to seat Democrats on the probe. However, no minority appointments have been made.
McCarthy kept his word on Tuesday night bar California Democrat Reps. Adam Schiff & Eric Swalwell, from the House Intelligence Committee. McCarthy has also pledged that he would remove Ilhanomar, the Minnesota Rep., from the Foreign Affairs Committee. Stefanik told The Federalist that while it was ultimately the speaker’s choice to approve Democrat appointments to the Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government,
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