Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are calling for budget cuts to federal agencies that refuse to cooperate with lawmakers’ investigations, warning that failure to discipline agencies that deny oversight-related requests risks setting a dangerous precedent for stonewalling future probes.
Led by Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, the GOP lawmakers called on the House Appropriations Committee to leverage the power of the purse to force the executive branch to turn over documents and information in response to congressional oversight requests, according to a May 3 letter addressed to Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), who chairs the Appropriations Committee.
