Inside Jim Clyburn's agenda for investigating -- and influencing -- coronavirus spending
WASHINGTON -- U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn is setting an expansive, ambitious agenda for his new role in policing the use of federal money surrounding the coronavirus pandemic and influencing spending priorities relating to the virus.
In a 50-minute phone interview with The State on Saturday, the South Carolina Democrat laid out, for the first time, his priorities for the new oversight panel of which he will serve as chairman.
His far-reaching vision for the Select Committee on the Coronavirus Crisis comes at a time when the year’s congressional schedule is in flux, with social-distancing mandates clouding the forecast for if and when lawmakers will resume committee business — and how exactly that would work.
It also comes as Clyburn has come under attack by Republicans accusing him of suggesting the crisis be leveraged to advance partisan priorities, which could undermine the work of the committee he’s been chosen to lead.
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(Bluffton Island Packet)