Posted on 04/02/2020 12:03:02 PM PDT by USA Conservative
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday she's creating a new House committee to oversee the coronavirus response that will have subpoena power to seek information from the Trump administration. "It would have subpoena power that’s for sure. It's no use having a committee unless you have subpoena power," Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday during a teleconference call with reporters. "And we would hope that there would be cooperation because this is not a kind of an investigation of the administration it's about the whole [response]." Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., will chair the House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Crisis. The committee will be bipartisan, she said, with Democrats and GOP members appointed. Unlike the 9/11-style after-action committee to investigate missteps in the coronavirus response that Rep. Adam Schiff and others have proposed, Pelosi said this committee is designed to address the "here and now" -- specifically concerning the allocation of the historic amount of federal funds directed to economic recovery. Pelosi compared the new committee to the Senate bipartisan committee chaired by then-Sen. Harry Truman in 1941 to investigate waste, fraud and abuse in defense spending in the early days of World War II. "With over $2 trillion in emergency relief, we need to ensure those dollars are spent carefully and effectively," Pelosi said of the massive stimulus bill Congress already passed to address the coronavirus pandemic. Pelosi said the committee will investigate how the private sector is spending its government funds and press to ensure the federal response is based on science and health experts.
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They should start with Schumer saying closing China visitors was war on immigrants
Arrest China Nancy now.
I think they’;re in recess for a month.
Trump State of Union - Corona Virus - Pelosi (video)
Send "orange man bad" Democrats and RINOs home in November!
MAGA, also KAGA! (Keep America Great Always!)
Supporting PDJT with a new patriot Congress that will promise to fully support his already excellent work for MAGA and stopping COVID-19 will effectively give fast-working Trump a third term in office imo.
Plus insider trading and about a dozen other issues.
Come on, Democrats have to monitor kickbacks to the DNC.
So while the country is still fighting the virus and trying to save lives, the Democrats in congress are going to get in the way, distracting people with investigations, accusations, backstabbing, lies, and second-guessing. They are utterly repulsive people.
Trump DID do a lot of things months ago.
And as soon as her committee attempts to assert their self granted powers, President Trump should simply direct her to the nearest Federal Judge who can begin the process of sending it to the Supreme Court which will most likely strike down her unconstitutional nonsense.
Most everyone here was wondering what the demwads had planned next. This looks like it is it.
Million more tax payer’s dollars going to waste.
I hope the bitch dies a horrible death.
“Will be nice to have a majority in the House again in 2021.”
Not if the new GOP Speaker behaves like Paul Ryan or Dennis Hastert, the previous two GOP speakers.
Trump administration officials who have been assigned to deal with this epidemic need to put aside their tasks in order to testify and make preparations and do research on what they will testify to.
That will show that daggone virus!
Apparently Pelosi is serious in wanting to make sure the Kennedy Center and NPR gets their money.
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