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Committee member says GOP-led hearing is a ‘hypocritical witch hunt,’ urges targeted oversight
Summary
An unidentified committee member criticized a Republican-led hearing as politicized, defended GAO, inspectors general and whistleblowers as central oversight tools, and warned recent funding freezes and proposed cuts could harm thousands of children and low-income households.
Unidentified Speaker, a committee member, told the hearing that rooting out waste, fraud and abuse is ‘‘incredibly’’ important to the committee and caucus but accused Republican members of using oversight as a partisan tool.
She said the tone of the hearing struck her as ‘‘a hypocritical witch hunt’’ rather than ‘‘an actual oversight effort,’’ and argued that oversight should be surgical: "To truly tackle waste, fraud, and abuse, we need to approach the issue with a scalpel, not a mallet." The member repeatedly framed the hearing as a political attack on Democratic-led states and on vulnerable immigrant communities.
The member listed the formal tools she said…
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