{"id":1823795,"date":"2023-01-25T13:35:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T18:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1823795"},"modified":"2023-01-25T13:37:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T18:37:41","slug":"stefanik-rooting-out-deep-state-corruption-is-a-top-priority-for-house-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stefanik-rooting-out-deep-state-corruption-is-a-top-priority-for-house-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"Stefanik: Rooting Out Deep State Corruption Is A Top Priority For House Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstefanik-rooting-out-deep-state-corruption-is-a-top-priority-for-house-republicans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1823795&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Elise Stefanik from New York, House GOP Conference Chair, stated that Republicans will place top priority on ensuring that the executive agencies are properly supervised to eliminate corruption in the federal government. <\/p>\n<p>Stefanik joined a dozen Republican legislators Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speaker.gov\/speaker-mccarthy-appoints-members-to-select-subcommittees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appointed <\/a>Kevin McCarthy, House Speaker, will serve on the Select Subcommittee on the Warirization of the Federal Government.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive interview with The Federalist on Wednesday morning, Stefanik characterized the select panel, which was established under the Judiciary Committee led by Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, as House Republicans\u2019 primary vehicle for pursuing accountability for the Biden administration\u2019s abuses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA top priority for House Republicans is rooting out the weaponization of the federal government against everyday Americans,\u201d said Stefanik. Stefanik is the No. 3 lawmaker in GOP leadership highlighted the nation\u2019s top intelligence agencies as the committee\u2019s primary focus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[POLL: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/09\/4-in-5-americans-see-two-tiered-justice-system-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">4 In 5 Americans See Two-Tiered Justice System<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FBI and DOJ are ripe for oversight, and they deserve oversight,\u201d She said this while also promising that investigations would be launched into the National Institutes of Health and Internal Revenue Service. Both agencies \u201chave run rampant in targeting Americans,\u201d Stefanik stated that Congress has made a number of improvements to its infrastructure. \u201cconstitutional duty\u201d Effective oversight. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats failed to do that when we were in one-party rule,\u201d She added. <\/p>\n<p>It is not clear who the committee will subpoena. \u201cWe\u2019re going to make that decision as a select committee,\u201d Stefanik said.<\/p>\n<p>Other notable members of the Republican conference who were named to the panel included Thomas Massie, Kentucky Congressman, and Harriet Hageman, Wyoming Rep. Hageman won the August election. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/16\/wyoming-republicans-throw-liz-cheney-out-of-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">toppled <\/a>In the Wyoming Republican primary by, Liz Cheney, a three-term incumbent, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2022-primary-elections\/wyoming-house-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">37 points<\/a>. Cheney, who ran House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s Select Committee on Jan. 6 as vice chair, relied on Democrats switching parties to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/18\/analysis-if-not-for-democrat-voters-cheneys-loss-would-have-been-even-more-devastating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blunt <\/a>a loss that might have otherwise been near unanimous among the state\u2019s Republicans. <\/p>\n<p>McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/17\/exclusive-gop-leader-kevin-mccarthy-endorses-top-cheney-opponent-harriet-hageman-in-wyoming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">endorsed <\/a>Hageman is running in the race, two years after Cheney supported a primary challenger to Massie. This was from her leadership seat. House Republicans will be represented in the spring 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/stefanik.house.gov\/2021\/5\/congresswoman-stefanik-elected-chair-of-republican-conference\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">replaced <\/a>Cheney and Stefanik, GOP conference chair. <\/p>\n<p>Stefanik intends to lead the new panel that will investigate the weaponization of federal government. This is similar to her role during the first impeachment saga involving former President Donald Trump in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government has the responsibility to serve the American people, not go after them,\u201d She spoke.<\/p>\n<p>While Pelosi barred McCarthy\u2019s appointments to the Select Committee on Jan. 6, Stefanik said the new House speaker was likely to seat Democrats on the probe. However, no minority appointments have been made.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy kept his word on Tuesday night <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/01\/25\/kevin-mccarthy-restores-integrity-to-house-intel-committee-by-barring-russia-hoaxer-adam-schiff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bar <\/a>California Democrat Reps. Adam Schiff &#038; Eric Swalwell, from the House Intelligence Committee. McCarthy has also pledged that he would remove Ilhanomar, the Minnesota Rep., from the Foreign Affairs Committee. Stefanik told The Federalist that while it was ultimately the speaker\u2019s choice to approve Democrat appointments to the Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik of New York pledged aggressive oversight of executive agencies in the form of a new committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":1823799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[9941,8773,3653,4157,3756,16449,3973],"class_list":["post-1823795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-deep","tag-corruption","tag-house","tag-priority","tag-republicans","tag-rooting","tag-stefanik"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1823795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1823799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1823795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1823795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1823795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}