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June 22, 2025

Washington, D.C. (June 22, 2025) — Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement:

“No president has the unilateral authority to carry out a direct military action this significant and with such potential consequences without first coming to Congress.  It is why I have joined a bipartisan coalition supporting Representatives Massie and Khanna's War Powers legislation to reassert our role. 

Subcommittees

June 16, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 16, 2025)—Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX) and Ranking Member Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) continue to examine the Department of Defense’s (DOD) financial management practices and path toward achieving a clean audit. In a letter to DOD Secretary Pete Hegseth, the lawmakers request a bipartisan briefing on DOD’s updated efforts to address any outstanding issues related to the Department’s financial management and progress toward achieving a clean audit by December 2028, with a plan declared by the end of June 2025.

June 16, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 16, 2025)—Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella requesting information and documents in Microsoft’s possession regarding reports that individuals associated with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) attempted to remove sensitive information from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), raising serious concerns of technology-related misconduct.
Subcommittees

June 13, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 13, 2025)— Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement after Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Republicans released the text of their billionaire-subsidizing reconciliation bill that will escalate the Trump Administration’s political purge of federal workers, and gut the take-home pay and workforce protections of nonpartisan civil servants:
Subcommittees

June 13, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 13, 2025)— Today, Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Summer L. Lee, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement, led Committee Democrats in sending a letter to Chairman James Comer urging him to demand Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem appear before the Committee to address the violent detention of California Senator Alex Padilla.
Subcommittees

June 12, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 12, 2025)— At a hearing called by Republicans to interfere with the policies of American states, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led Committee Democrats in condemning the Trump Administration’s extreme mass deportation operations and recent moves to unleash the U.S. military on American cities.  Not only are these efforts cruel, illegal, and a threat to children and families everywhere, but they are also the steppingstone for Trump’s radical attempts to seize absolute power and push America toward authoritarianism, as evidenced by his deployment of active-duty troops into American communities and the assault of U.S. Senator Alex Padilla. 

June 12, 2025

Washington, D.C. (June 12, 2025)— As Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform defended President Trump’s use of the military against the people of Los Angeles, the Administration’s cruel and illegal mass deportation operations, and the President’s attempts to seize and consolidate power, Secretary Noem’s security detail tackled and handcuffed U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) for attempting to ask the Secretary a question. 

Subcommittees

June 12, 2025

Washington, D.C. (June 12, 2025). Below is Acting Ranking Member Stephen F. Lynch's opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at today's Full Committee hearing on the Trump Administration's favoring of an extremist immigration agenda over the safety of American children and families.
 

Subcommittees

June 12, 2025

Washington, D.C. (June 12, 2025)— At a hearing called by Republicans to interfere with the policies of American states, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led Committee Democrats in condemning the Trump Administration’s extreme mass deportation operations and recent moves to unleash the U.S.

Subcommittees

June 11, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 11, 2025)— Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Healthcare and Financial Services, led Members of the Subcommittee in sending a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demanding information surrounding the decision to cancel a contract with producers of an avian influenza (avian flu) vaccine amid an uncontrolled avian flu outbreak across the nation.
Subcommittees
Issues: Health Care