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| Formed | 1927 |
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| Chair | Carolyn Maloney (D) Since October 17, 2019[1] |
| Ranking member | Vacant (R) Since March 30, 2020 |
| Vice chair | Jimmy Gomez (D) Since December 19, 2019 |
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| Seats | 41 |
| Political parties | Majority (23)
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TheCommittee on Oversight and Reform is the maininvestigativecommittee of theUnited States House of Representatives.
The committee has broadjurisdiction and strong legislative authority, which makes it one of the most influential and powerful committees in the House. Its chairman is one of only three in the House that can makesubpoenas without a committee vote or talking with theranking member.[2] However, recently, it has become common to not make a subpoena by themselves..[3]
Carolyn Maloney (D-New York) became the acting chair of the committee afterElijah Cummings (D-Maryland) died on October 17, 2019;[4][5][6] she was elected chair a month later.[7][8]
The committee was called the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, and it was created in 1927 to combine 11 separate Committees on Expenditures that had overseen the spending of various federal departments.[9][10]
In 1997, the Republican majority on the committee changed its rules to allow the chairman,Dan Burton (R-Indiana), to make subpoenas without asking the committee's ranking Democrat.[11] From 1997 to 2002, Burton used this to make 1,052 subpoenas by himself. Many of those subpoenas were related to alleged misconduct by PresidentBill Clinton. This cost more than $35 million.[12]
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Sources:H.Res. 24 (Chair),H.Res. 25 (Ranking Member),H.Res. 67 (D),H.Res. 68 (R)
The Committee on Oversight and Reform has sixsubcommittees.[14][15]
| Subcommittee | Chair | Ranking Member |
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| Civil Rights and Civil Liberties | Jamie Raskin (D-MD) | Chip Roy (R-TX) |
| Economic and Consumer Policy | Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) | Michael Cloud (R-TX) |
| Environment | Harley Rouda (D-CA) | James Comer (R-KY) |
| Government Operations | Gerry Connolly (D-VA) | Mark Meadows (R-NC)[13] |
| National Security | Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA) | Jody Hice (R-GA) |
| Coronavirus Crisis (Select) | Jim Clyburn (D-SC) | TBD (R) |
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., is planning to resign from Congress on Monday afternoon[, 30 March 2020,] and will begin as President Trump's newWhite House chief of staff Tuesday, a Meadows aide told Fox News.