House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces a bipartisan panel to exercise oversight of the federal coronavirus response. It will have the authority to issue subpoenas.
The speaker told reporters on a conference call that the committee's immediate focus will be on"the here and now," not the Trump administration's initial response to the pandemic, though she said there will come a time when such a review will be appropriate.
"McCarthy also criticized Pelosi's decision to form a House select committee on the coronavirus crisis, arguing that such a committee would be"redundant" because existing House committees are able to exercise oversight, and there are other oversight provisions in the coronavirus legislation that has been passed.McCarthy also said he's concerned that Clyburn will be heading the committee.
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