{"id":2236603,"date":"2024-05-03T15:11:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T19:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-demands-budget-cuts-for-agencies-refusing-to-cooperate-with-house-oversight-committee\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T15:14:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T19:14:03","slug":"gop-demands-budget-cuts-for-agencies-refusing-to-cooperate-with-house-oversight-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-demands-budget-cuts-for-agencies-refusing-to-cooperate-with-house-oversight-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP calls for budget reductions for agencies that do not cooperate with House Oversight Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fgop-demands-budget-cuts-for-agencies-refusing-to-cooperate-with-house-oversight-committee%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=2236603&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--><p>Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are pushing for budget cuts\u200b to \u200bfederal agencies that have refused to work with lawmakers in investigations, accusing\u200b the Biden administration of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-operatives-obstructing-oversight-of-border-crisis\/\" title=\"Dem operatives obstructing oversight of border crisis\">obstructing congressional oversight<\/a>. In a letter to Chairman Tom Cole, a group of 22 House \u2063Republicans urged using funding as leverage to \u2062ensure agency cooperation in oversight inquiries. The Biden administration&#8217;s obstruction of investigations has been a point of contention throughout Congress.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE \u2014 <\/strong>Republicans on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-oversight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House Oversight Committee<\/a> are calling for budget cuts to federal agencies that have refused to cooperate with lawmakers\u2019 investigations, accusing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2967160\/white-house-rejects-house-gop-effort-for-biden-to-testify-in-oversight-impeachment-inquiry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Biden administration<\/a> of obstructing congressional oversight. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/729053960\/Letter-to-Chairman-Cole-Re-Congressional-Oversight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>In a letter<\/a> sent to House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) on Friday, a group of 22 House Republicans urged the Oklahoma Republican to \u201cleverage the power of the purse\u201d to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-taxpayers-involuntarily-fund-left-wing-groups\/\" title=\"California Taxpayers Involuntarily Fund Left-Wing Groups\">compel government agencies<\/a> to respond to document requests and other inquiries related to oversight investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers pressed Cole to include language in forthcoming appropriations bills to reduce or withhold funding from agencies that fail to cooperate, according to the letter, which was first obtained by the <em>Washington Examiner. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden Administration has taken countless opportunities throughout this Congress to obstruct the Oversight Committee\u2019s investigations aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordan-unveils-budget-wishlist-to-fight-weaponized-federal-agencies\/\" title=\"Jim Jordan reveals budget priorities to combat \"weaponized\" federal agencies.\">ensuring federal agencies<\/a> are accomplishing their duties for the American people,\u201d Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) told the <em>Washington Examiner. <\/em>\u201cThese agencies must now face consequences for failing to comply with congressional requests, or we risk setting a dangerous precedent that response to future investigations is decided at the whims of agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter cites multiple instances in which the committee submitted information requests to Biden administration agencies, specifically naming the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Agriculture, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Defense.<\/p>\n<p>In all listed cases, the agencies either failed to comply or did so with delay, according to the letter. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2025 must signal to the Administration that its behavior will no longer be tolerated,\u201d the lawmakers wrote. \u201cAnd they can do that by clearly mandating that failure to comply with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-atf-nominee-promises-to-give-hunter-biden-gun-background-check-form-to-senate-probe-any-crimes\/\" title=\"Biden ATF Nominee Promises To Give Hunter Biden Gun Background Check Form To Senate, Probe Any Crimes\">congressional oversight requests<\/a> for documents and information will result in a loss or reduction of funding at a given agency to gain compliance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The letter comes as House Republicans have repeatedly called on party leaders to leverage the power of the purse in order to advance certain agenda items. GOP lawmakers have frequently threatened to tank must-pass appropriations bills in exchange for border legislation, although those efforts have been largely unsuccessful over the last year. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear how the Appropriations Committee will respond as lawmakers work over the next several weeks to craft spending legislation for the next fiscal year. The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>contacted a spokesperson for Cole for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans on the House Oversight Committee demand budget cuts for uncooperative federal agencies, criticizing the Biden administration for hindering congressional oversight. 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