House Republican lawmakers are pressing more than a half-dozen agencies about reviewing heavy federal spending during the Biden administration.
Reps. Brian Babin (R-Texas), chair of the Science, Space and Technology Committee, and Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) sent letters on Tuesday quizzing top Trump officials on whether their respective civil rights offices had impeded investigations into grants and other funding related to the Justice40 Initiative and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs.
“Any pattern of internal resistance to civil rights enforcement, suppression of whistleblower complaints, or obstruction of legitimate inquiries, whether internal or external, warrants immediate scrutiny,” the lawmakers said in their letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.
The committee’s “preliminary review” suggests leaders in agencies’ civil rights offices are falsely claiming they lack authority to conduct oversight required under law.
