House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced that he would head to Hawaii to survey damage and recovery efforts following devastating wildfires in Maui and Lahaina.
Mr. McCarthy’s trip comes as a pair of Republican-led House panels are launching investigations into wildfires that have left 115 dead and hundreds missing.
Republicans have been critical of the Biden administration’s response to the disaster and have taken issue with the high death toll and number of still missing and unaccounted for people. The Associated Press reported that the number of people officially listed as missing from the fire stood at 385 on Friday.
House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer, Kentucky Republican, said earlier this week that the panel would be launching an investigation into the federal, state and local government response to the wildfires. Lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced in a letter to utility company Hawaiian Electric, the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission and the Hawaii State Energy Office that the panel would be launching an investigation into the utility company’s role in the fire.
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