House creates new select coronavirus oversight committee over GOP objections

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Source: POLITICO






"This is about taking responsibility," Pelosi says.




04/23/2020 05:01 PM EDT


The House voted Thursday to establish a new investigative committee to monitor President Donald Trump's implementation of nearly $3 trillion in coronavirus relief measures, a step they said would safeguard the massive sums flowing to businesses, hospitals and individual taxpayers.

"It will be laser-focused on ensuring that taxpayer money goes to workers' paychecks and benefits and it will ensure that the federal response is based on the best possible science and guided by health experts — and that the money invested is not being exploited by profiteers and price gougers," said Speaker Nancy Pelosi in remarks on the House floor.



But the measure passed on a party line vote of 212-182, with Republicans unanimously slamming the effort as a veiled attempt to damage Trump politically. They described it as redundant to the multiple congressional committees already have jurisdiction to monitor the law.


"Why do we need another oversight committee? Speaker Pelosi said it's all going to be bipartisan. I'm sorry, I don't believe it," said Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.), who accused other Democrat-led committees of working "nonstop to criticize President Trump and try to influence the 2020 election."

"I'm sorry. I call B.S.,” she added. .........


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Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/23/house-creates-coronavirus-oversight-committee-204316

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Debbie Lesko, is having a sad. too bad!

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. | Patrick Semansky/AP Photo

[bluestarone]

1. TY Nancy and HOUSE DEMS.

GREAT IDEA as usual!

[grumpyduck]

2. Oh, sure they're complaining,

but not that long ago the Republicans created or ran (what was it) six or seven separate committees to investigate Hillary's role in Benghazi.

And none of them found any wrong-doing.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. All jobs since Trump took office are gone and then some

Republicans will just keep spewing lies

[sinkingfeeling]

4. And yet the MI GOP wants to do the same to oversee the governor's

Covid-19 response. It's the party of hypocrites.

[machoneman]

5. Go Nancy. She needs at least one more committee: investigate the Trump family for....

money they are making off the Presidency, the Covid-19 supplies, monies they are grafting from any and all of the Treasury funds for small business and monies they are making off the oil crisis. That or break it up into 3-4 more committees.

[Judi Lynn]

6. Rep. Debbie Lesko is a full-throttle hog. She slimed the House Hearings

during the Impeachment trial. Her mere presence is enough to trigger a gag reflex.

[Kali]

7. Lesko is a dumbass migrant to AZ

if she ever had any brains they baked to a crisp in the desert sun when she got here.