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GOP Rep. James Comer lays out House Oversight panel priorities

Rep. James Comer, who is in line to chair the House Oversight Committee in January, offered on Sunday a preview of the dozens of investigations he plans to conduct into the Biden administration.

The Kentucky Republican said there are “between 40 and 50 different things” requiring probing because “the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee haven’t investigated anything in this administration.”

“They’ve investigated the Washington Commanders football team, we’ve had several hearings on social issues that the Oversight Committee has absolutely nothing to do with, issues like abortion,” Mr. Comer told NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “We believe that there have been hundreds of billions, if not trillions of dollars, wasted over the past three years, so that spans two administrations, in the name of COVID.