The House GOP will not slow their sprawling investigations into the Biden administration despite the recent vote to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Fox News Digital has learned.
House Republicans' sprawling oversight investigations into the Biden administration are continuing apace despite the vote Tuesday to oust former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, which left the chamber's top office vacant.
The Oversight Committee has taken the lead on a wide range of investigations into various Biden administration programs and actions. The panel, which has broad investigative powers, has coordinated joint investigations with other committees into the administration over, for example, its border policies, its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and an incident where police were called on Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm's staff during an electric vehicle road trip.
From surging gas prices to the crisis at the southern border, the American people deserve accountability from the Biden administration for making their lives worse,' a GOP Energy and Commerce Committee aide told Fox News Digital. 'Our oversight work is continuing.' The motion to vacate the speaker was filed late Monday by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and joined by seven fellow Republicans and every House Democrat.
Reps. Steve Scalise, R-La., the House majority leader; Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee; Tom Emmer, R-Minn., the House majority whip; Mike Johnson, R-La., Jodey Arrington, R-Texas; and Kevin Hern, R-Okla., who chairs the Republican Study Committee, have all been floated as possible replacements to McCarthy. Scalise and Jordan both announced they would formally run for House Speaker on Wednesday.
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