Free Republic

During Thursday’s Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government hearing, Democrat representatives attempted to censor 2024 presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr. Shortly after Kennedy finished his testimony, Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz requested a vote to censor him, stating that Kennedy violated House Rule 11 Clause 2. "Mr. Kennedy has repeatedly made despicable antisemitic and anti-Asian comments as recently as last week. Rule 11 Clause 2 says whenever it is asserted by a member of the committee that the evidence or testimony at a hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person or it is asserted by...

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability holds its first hearing of the 118th Congress to investigate rampant waste of taxpayer dollars in Covid pandemic relief programs.

During a House hearing Monday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken refused to disclose whether he was recently interviewed by FBI agents regarding Hunter Biden’s interactions with the State Department during the Obama years. Blinken appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to answer questions about the Biden administration’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, but Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) decided to go a little off-topic. “How long was your recent interview with the FBI, and was it a deposition?” Perry asked. Blinken, who was the deputy Secretary of State in 2015 when the Biden was engaging in influence peddling operations for a...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is preparing for what promises to be an intense grilling from the House Foreign Affairs Committee this afternoon. He will testify on the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, which saw tens of thousands of people evacuated from the country in short order as it fell to the Taliban at unexpected speed.

A House Judiciary subcommittee will hold hearings on reparations next Wednesday, marking the first time in more than a decade that the House will discuss potentially compensating the descendants of slaves. “The Case for Reparations” author Ta-Nehisi Coates and actor Danny Glover are reportedly set to testify before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and the hearing’s stated purpose will be “to examine, through open and constructive discourse, the legacy of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, its continuing impact on the community and the path to restorative justice,” according to a Thursday Associated Press report....

If the corrupt Democrats in the FBI and the DOJ have nothing to hide in the investigation of their attempted coup against Donald Trump, then why did their congressional enablers attempt to hijack the FBI corruption hearing yesterday? [Snip] What the corrupt FIB, I mean FBI, and their fellow Democrat dirty tricksters in the Justice Department tried to do was first rig the 2016 presidential election and then, after that failed, tried to frame the new president. Ask yourself this: Why don't the Democrats want to get to the bottom of this scandal that makes Watergate look like a spitball?...

The Associated Press could not very well ignore today's hearing at which whistleblowers are testifying as to the events surrounding the Benghazi attack and the Obama administration's failed response thereto. So AP did the next best thing from its liberal perspective: it downplayed the hearing's significance, casting it as a purely partisan event in its headline as a "GOP hearing." That is not mere MSM spin: it is blatant journalistic malpractice. This is not some unofficial hearing held under Republican auspices. It is an entirely official hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Yes, there has in recent...

In a statement, the committee said it first will hold a closed oversight hearing on November 15 on the Benghazi attacks, when lawmakers return after the November 6 presidential and congressional elections. The Democratic-controlled panel said additional hearings would follow. Some Senate Republicans have said the committee should hold public hearings on the response to the attacks, in which U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other American officials were killed. The committee, chaired by Senator Dianne Feinstein, said it had received briefings and documents related to the attacks It said aspects under investigation include how U.S. intelligence and...

Hearing to investigate hedge funds postponed By Mike Soraghan Posted: 10/10/08 08:30 PM [ET] House Democrats have postponed until after the election a hearing to investigate the role of hedge funds in the credit meltdown to accommodate witnesses, who include billionaire financier George Soros. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee announced late Friday that its hearing on hedge funds would include Soros, a major Democratic financial backer. At the same time, it announced that the Oct 16 hearing would be rescheduled for Nov. 13. A statement from the committee said, “the committee has postponed the hearing in order to...

Situation in Iraq Armed Services, Oversight and Investigations Washington, District of Columbia (United States) ID: 203653 - 01/16/2008 - 1:19 Snyder, Vic U.S. Representative, D-AR Keane, John M. Vice Chief of Staff (1999-2003), U.S. Army McCaffrey, Barry R. General (Ret.), U.S. Army Hamre, John J. President and CEO, Center for Strategic and International Studies Kojm, Christopher A. Professor, George Washington University, Elliott School of Intl. Affairs

Tribe to host hearing on border issues If you go What: Congressional hearing When: Monday, 10 a.m. Where: Tohono O'odham tribal offices in Sells How to get there: From Tucson, take Ajo Way to Arizona 86. Travel 60 miles to Sells. Once there, take the business loop and follow the signs to the Tribal Council Chambers. For more information, call the chamber at (520) 383-2028. By Jonathan J. Higuera ARIZONA DAILY STAR The Tohono O'odham Nation will host a hearing Monday at which three U.S. congressmen will hear testimony about the growing problem of drug smugglers and illegal border...