Jordan, Meadows Continue to Press Oversight Democrats to Examine Serious Misconduct in DC Government

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Today, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH); Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC); Ranking Member of the Government Operations subcommittee, sent a letter to Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform asking her to join their request in seeking transcribed interviews as part of the Committee's ongoing examination of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Board's ethics investigation into then-WMATA Board Chair and District of Columbia Councilmember Jack Evans.
Excerpts from the letter:

"On September 10, 2019, we wrote to Committee Democrats requesting that they schedule transcribed interviews with several individuals involved in the WMATA Board's ethics investigation into Evans. We received no response to our request. On September 16, 2019, we asked Democrats to invite Evans, then a sitting D.C. Councilmember, to testify at a Committee hearing about D.C. statehood. Democrats denied this request. At the hearing, we made a motion to subpoena Evans for testimony. Democrats rejected this motion."
"At a recent hearing, you asserted that "it is not up to [you]" to obtain witness testimony from people with knowledge of Evans's ethical transgressions. We respectfully disagree. As the Chairwoman of the Committee with jurisdiction over interstate compacts and D.C., you have an obligation to investigate credible allegations of fraud, waste, and abuse at WMATA. Furthermore, fully understanding Evans's disturbing ethical transgressions as the WMATA Board Chair and a D.C. Councilmember is a necessary precondition to the Committee considering legislation related to DC statehood."

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