Officials Laud Congressional Oversight, but Can’t Promise Delivery of Requested Documents

Officials Laud Congressional Oversight, but Can’t Promise Delivery of Requested Documents
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) listens during a news conference on the introduction of their Protection from Abusive Passengers Act at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on April 6, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Mark Tapscott
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Republican staffers on the House Judiciary Committee’s Responsiveness and Accountability to Oversight Subcommittee were suddenly sent scurrying during the panel’s June 22 hearing when Democrats, without warning, offered a privileged motion to adjourn.

The staffers were rushing to get subcommittee chairman Rep. Ben Cline (R-Va.) and Rep. Laurel Lee (R-Fla.), who had both stepped out briefly, to return to the hearing room quickly because at that moment Democrats Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) out-numbered Rep. Nathaniel Moran, the Texas Republican temporarily chairing the hearing in Cline’s absence.

Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
Mark Tapscott is an award-winning senior Congressional correspondent for The Epoch Times. He covers Congress, national politics, and policy. Mr. Tapscott previously worked for Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Montgomery Journal, and Daily Caller News Foundation.
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