Comer Threatens to Subpoena Biden Energy Secretary After She Finds Time for ‘The View’ But Not Congress
The Home Oversight Committee chairman has been urgent the Power secretary for particulars on the choice to halt new liquid pure gasoline (LNG) exports.
Home Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is threatening to subpoena Division of Power (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm to voluntarily testify earlier than the Home committee after repeated failed makes an attempt to get her testimony.
Mr. Comer expressed frustration on Friday after Ms. Granholm made an look on ABC speak present program “The View,” regardless of not assembly earlier requests for her testimony earlier than Congress.
The Republican committee chairman famous he once more reached out on March 27, with a proper request for Ms. Granholm’s participation in a listening to.
“As a substitute of confirming your availability or searching for an alternate date, DOE supplied Deputy Secretary David Turk to the Committee because the ’most applicable selection’ to elucidate your management of the Division,” Mr. Comer continued. “The Committee finds this response unacceptable and requires your participation to focus on your management of the Division.”
Mr. Comer referred to as on Ms. Granholm to substantiate she is going to testify earlier than his committee on Could 15, including that the Republican-led committee would use “obligatory” measures if she didn’t voluntarily cooperate.
“[Ms. Granholm] can’t appear to discover a time to look earlier than [House Oversight Committee]. However she did discover the time to look on [‘The View’] this week,” Mr. Comer wrote in his personal X submit on Friday afternoon. “Secretary Granholm should keep away from additional delay & seem for a scheduled listening to on Could 15. I’m ready to concern a subpoena.”
NTD Information reached out to the Division of Power concerning the causes Ms. Granholm had not accommodated previous requests for her testimony, and for remark concerning the newest subpoena warnings. The division didn’t provide a response by press time.
Republicans Scrutinize LNG Export Pause, Different Biden Power Insurance policies
Although Mr. Comer’s newest letter didn’t specify what particular subjects he would hope to cowl with Ms. Granholm in a future congressional listening to, he has just lately pressed her for particulars relating to the choice between her division and the Biden White Home to halt new liquid pure gasoline (LNG) exports.