The chairman is James Comer, and he is the one who is issuing these subpoenas. Well, let's be clear about this. This is not something that he wanted to do this was a subcommittee. Remember, It has been the speaker of the House who has consistently tried to avoid this by shutting down the House. So what the speaker did is he sent us out on an early recess. But before we left, it was a subcommittee of the Oversight Committee that actually did the motion for the subpoenas. (07:15–07:22)
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Asserts that the Speaker of the House has tried to avoid [subpoena-related actions] by shutting down the House.
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