Newly empowered House Republicans are kicking off their long-planned investigations into a wide variety of issues, beginning with hearings on the US-Mexico border crisis, the origins of Covid-19, and pandemic relief programs.
The House Judiciary Committee's first meeting of the new Congress, led by Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), will be "The Biden Border Crisis: Part I."
Then, the House Energy and Commerce investigations subcommittee will hold a hearing titled: "Challenges and Opportunities to Investigating the Origins of Pandemics and Other Biological Events," as part of its probe into the origins of Covid-19.
Meanwhile, the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, led by James Comer (R-KY) will kick off a hearing on waste, fraud and abuse related to federal pandemic spending, The Hill reports.