In a Tuesday evening vote, the House voted to approve the creation of the Weaponization of the Federal Government subcommittee.
The vote passed 222 to 211 along party lines, with 2 representatives voting "no vote," one being Republican and one being Democrat.
Following a closed-door meeting of House Republicans, Rep. Steve Scalise told reporters that the new select subcommittee would serve "to protect every American's constitutional rights," according to ABC News.
The subcommittee will dig into abuses of power and weaponization of the government by the Biden administration and will demand correspondence between the Biden administration and big tech companies.
A GOP source said that if government agencies and personnel do not comply, subpoenas are likely to be issued.
House Republicans are set to investigate the "politicization of the FBI," including discrediting the New York Post’s reporting on the Hunter Biden laptop story in the lead-up to the 2020 election, as well as the Russian election interference allegations in the lead-up to the 2016 election.
Also set to be investigated is the Biden administration’s use of the Department of Justice to investigate parents who spoke out at school board meetings and Biden's Covid czar Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan is set to lead this new subcommittee. According to The Hill, the panel will include 13 Republicans and five Democrats.
Speaking during a House floor debate on Tuesday, Jordan said, “This is about the First Amendment, something you guys used to care about. And I’d actually hoped we could get bipartisan agreement on protecting the First Amendment — the five rights we enjoy as Americans under the First Amendment," according to The Hill.
"We don’t want to go after anyone, we just want it to stop. And we want to respect the First Amendment to the Constitution that the greatest country in the world has. That’s what this committee is all about, and that’s what we’re gonna focus on, that’s what we are going to do," he later added.
Jordan has pushed back on claims that the subcommittee is a political "ploy."
"A ploy? It’s not a ploy when the Department of Justice treats parents as terrorists," he said. "It’s not a ploy when the Department of Homeland Security tries to set up a disinformation governance board because we all know that the Department of Homeland Security can tell what’s good speech and what is bad speech."
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