Pelosi creates House coronavirus
oversight committee
Washington Examiner,
by
Susan Ferrechio
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
4/2/2020 12:09:57 PM
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she was forming a special House panel to oversee the distribution of billions of federal dollars dedicated to the response to the coronavirus outbreak.Pelosi, a California Democrat, said Thursday the panel would “prevent waste, fraud, and abuse” and would be bipartisan. She appointed the House majority whip, South Carolina Democrat James Clyburn, to oversee the panel.“The committee will be empowered to examine all aspects of the federal response to coronavirus and to assure that the taxpayers' dollars are being wisely and efficiently spent to save lives, deliver relief, and benefit our economy,” Pelosi told reporters.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
dirtyjersey 4/2/2020 12:13:12 PM (No. 366155)
Not one life will be saved, not one illness prevented by this action. The very definition of useless.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
poliposter 4/2/2020 12:14:03 PM (No. 366156)
This is unreal. Stop wasting time and money!
61 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
oldmagnolia 4/2/2020 12:16:48 PM (No. 366164)
She should be arrested for treason and removed from her post. Enough already. She is not contributing anything of value.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Moritz55 4/2/2020 12:16:54 PM (No. 366165)
Either an attempt to steal the limelight and look relevant OR an attempt to sabotage the president. What it most certainly is NOT is an attempt to prevent government waste.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
bad-hair 4/2/2020 12:19:11 PM (No. 366172)
So she finally found a high crime and doesn't realize it's Chinese.
Go to that famous San Francisco (non racist) Chinatown Nancy for new year's whatever.
Order an ice cold Corona and the Wuhan Combination plate. Extra Pangolin. See if you're a high risk.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Jebediah 4/2/2020 12:20:45 PM (No. 366175)
I would say this is laughable (and major chutzpah) except that there are people who believe this stuff! Trump actually mentioned the virus during his state of the union---and Pelosi's tore it up.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
chumley 4/2/2020 12:25:08 PM (No. 366180)
Just like the response to the virus, this is just another communist outcome in search of a means to get there. Please die you old bag.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
DVC 4/2/2020 12:25:21 PM (No. 366181)
Purely a political hit team, will be desparately searching for SOME way to fault Trump's team, and gain financial and voting benefit. And they will be working feverishly to come up with more innovative ways to perpetrate vote fraud this November.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 4/2/2020 12:29:43 PM (No. 366189)
Got to make sure the graft gets to the elite, especially the Democrat elite.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
udanja99 4/2/2020 12:31:50 PM (No. 366193)
It’s BOTH, #4.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
hotcorner 4/2/2020 12:36:56 PM (No. 366199)
The timing in itself is treasonous.These are the dumbest people on earth!
Bill Buckley: "the first 50 people in your local phone directory would do a better job than these folks."
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
padiva 4/2/2020 12:38:12 PM (No. 366202)
'The committee will be empowered to examine all aspects of the federal response to coronavirus and to assure that the taxpayers' dollars are being wisely and efficiently spent to save lives, deliver relief, and benefit our economy'
IOW- there needs to be more money for dem pet causes
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
snapper451 4/2/2020 12:42:54 PM (No. 366209)
Spawn of Satan strikes again.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Mass Minority 4/2/2020 12:43:08 PM (No. 366210)
Two problems with this committee. As an oversight committee for the 2.2 trillion dollar stimulus bill I have no problem, thats the houses Job.
That being said that spending oversight is not what this committee is being set up to do. It is only the smallest part of the mission. The devil is in the details.
First the directive is to perform "oversight" (that's DC Speak for witch hunt} on every aspect of the federal response. So they are Pelosi's what did he know and when did he know it hit squad. The second clue is the committee chairman. Clyburn is on eof the most rabid anti trump bigots in the house. And given the sheer number and the rabidly corrosive culture in the Dem party, that's saying something.
So here is my guess on what happens. The committee forms, meets for 15 minutes and IMMEDIATELY launches a congressional investigation into the Trump coronavirus response and why every action since December 1st (First reported coronavirus case in China) has been a direct and premeditated attempt to kill Americans, especially african americans, women, children and transgenders, and how unfit Trump is for the Presidency. The committee will also become a bully pulpit for the Dem candidate's presidential campaign with 24 seven coverage of Trumps attempts to kill us all.
Oh, and every one of those actions will be an impeachable offense so there's that little cherry on top as well.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Wendybird 4/2/2020 12:43:19 PM (No. 366211)
With her usual acuity, she noticed that things could be screwed up even more that they already are. So she sprang into action.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Chiritwo 4/2/2020 12:44:00 PM (No. 366213)
She really does have mental problems or she's getting senile. She must be removed from office. Democrats- she's making your party look like fools and very un-American at this time. Schumer, same goes for you along with Nadler, Schiff - guess the names could go on. It's so sad that they put their own power ahead of the country. What a bunch of losers and worse. At this point, I doubt I'd ever vote for one democrat even at the local level.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Newtsche 4/2/2020 12:47:27 PM (No. 366220)
Drop dead.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
reefdiver 4/2/2020 12:50:40 PM (No. 366226)
As if we needed it, this is further evidence of why we need to take back the House of Representatives and remove these toxic anti-American Dems from control. The election in November is most Critical....VOTE!
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If there was ever a President who watched how our money is spent it is this one. Putting San Fran Nan in charge of any taxpayer dollars is definitely putting the fox in the hen house.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Thos Weatherby 4/2/2020 12:51:16 PM (No. 366228)
It will, prevent waste, fraud, and abuse? We're screwed.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 4/2/2020 12:54:50 PM (No. 366232)
Oh boy. Here come the kickbacks, right, Nan?
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Lucky5 4/2/2020 12:56:54 PM (No. 366235)
Paul Ryan really hurt this country when he abandoned the house and everyone who followed him out.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
moebellini3 4/2/2020 12:57:32 PM (No. 366238)
She appointed the House majority whip, South Carolina Democrat James Clyburn, to oversee the panel. It is absolutely amazing what this moron gets away with. The party of waste will monitor the distribution of billions of dollars to those who need it most. On top of that, if its not bad enough she puts a complete illiterate in charge of over seeing the process. This country better wake up soon and get rid of all of these corrupt communists. Got it.
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Yeah, just what we need, another committee. The Dems are so helpful. If the results are nothing, they meant well, didn't they.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Osprey21 4/2/2020 1:00:05 PM (No. 366243)
Nancy is a truly unstable 80 year old. And possibly insane.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
JunkYardDog 4/2/2020 1:01:28 PM (No. 366245)
Sine when are Nancy and the Dems concerned for us? Where were you Nancy when Obama and Biden were cutting funding to the CDC? Oh right, you were right there, funneling that money to the ACA, telling us we had to "read it to find out what's in it." What are you planning to do with this money, steal it like all Dems usually do? Nancy you are a liar and a TRAITOR.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Cardsfan 4/2/2020 1:03:00 PM (No. 366247)
Ahh, the fox watches the hen house (again).
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Avanti1 4/2/2020 1:05:22 PM (No. 366249)
The House needs a powerful committee to oversee Pelosi.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
czechlist 4/2/2020 1:11:11 PM (No. 366254)
Remember when the Republicans asked for a special panel to ensure FDR managed taxpayer money appropriately after Pearl Harbor?
\s if needed
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 4/2/2020 1:12:18 PM (No. 366256)
Ensuring that the money will be funneled to groups and organizations that will send it back to the Dems as campaign contributions. Let me know if any of you out there ever see one red cent of it ok.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
dwa 4/2/2020 1:21:32 PM (No. 366267)
“prevent waste, fraud, and abuse” Too late. Pelosi already included waste, fraud and abuse in what she added to the bill. There was absolutely no reason to include money for the humanities and for the Kennedy Center. Those funds did nothing toward the war against the virus. This woman is mentally ill and her abuse of power will destroy this country.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
mathman 4/2/2020 1:55:41 PM (No. 366305)
Clyburn? What a joke.
Remember: a giraffe is a mouse built by a committee.
What a concept. A program to divert money to Dems. What could go wrong?
MaligNancy rides again!
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
hershey 4/2/2020 2:12:45 PM (No. 366317)
She needs to create a House Oversight Committee to find out why there is so much poop on the streets of San Francisco in her district...
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
ginadee 4/2/2020 2:22:37 PM (No. 366327)
Joe Biden may have dementia, whereas Nancy is just plain nuts!
There should be term limits and a required age to retire. The House and Senate are both becoming retirement homes.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Phantomll 4/2/2020 2:26:53 PM (No. 366329)
If there's any such thing as semi-sane 'Rats in the House, they ought to band together and vote her out as Speaker!
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
wakeupcall 4/2/2020 2:30:42 PM (No. 366332)
With James Clyburn in charge you will be certain the Nancy and all the Marxist Communist democrats will make sure they and their Marxist Communist comrades will get more than their share of the $2.2 Trillion Dollars.
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Wuhan Nancy wants to make sure the taxpayers' largess is "wisely and efficiently spent" to benefit her base: teachers, public employees, tort lawyers, social justice warriors, LBGTQ? activists, illegal aliens, Big Labor bosses, and Democrat Party apparatchiks and hangers-on.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
lakerman1 4/2/2020 2:55:24 PM (No. 366346)
you people may be missing the obvious.
The dimocrats have been sent to the back of the bus, missing out on the Kung Flu action. dJt is driving the bus.
therefore, Nancy Pelosi has to create a way for the dimocrats to gain some attention, and grease the skids for the crucial black vote in November.
What better way than to put a black face in charge of a bunch of nothing - oversight - than James Clyburn/
I think its a smart political move. But it won't work. DJT is on a course where he may pull 20 percent of the black vote. If he does, he wins overwhelmingly.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
mamabear 4/2/2020 3:28:31 PM (No. 366367)
Why is it democrat "oversight" is only necessary when a republican is in the White House? Where was the "special House panel to oversee the distribution of billions of federal dollars" during the $800 billion 2009 stimulus? What about the millions spent on the Obamacare website which took one application and crashed? Where were the updates from VP Joe Biden who was tasked with being transparent with the American people about how the money was spent? Not to mention the so-called infrastructure spending: $98.3 billion of the stimulus was dedicated to transportation and infrastructure. Of that $98.3 billion, only about $27.5 billion was actually spent on transportation infrastructure. What happened to the rest of that money? And not one word from Nancy Pelosi or any other democrat.
Who thinks this "special House panel" will be anything other than yet another hit job on PDJT?
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
bad-hair 4/2/2020 4:01:47 PM (No. 366399)
If this is a group of 10 or more arrest the buggers. Quarantine them for 28 days just on principle.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
Foghorn 4/2/2020 4:38:46 PM (No. 366434)
A new impeachment effort? Of course it is.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
bighambone 4/2/2020 4:45:09 PM (No. 366441)
Just more harassment of President Trump and his team as they manage the novel corona virus pandemic by Pelosi and the Democrats. Next step is for them to hold hearings and to call a bunch of Obama era Deep State super bureaucrats who are disagreeing with the Administration’s actions, and the fact that Trump is getting rid of a lot of interagency “Red Tape” and regulations that are designed to slow down the federal government’s ability to deal with the novel corona virus. After that, who knows, the Democrats might even swing into another bogus impeachment exercise.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
laurenc 4/2/2020 6:09:56 PM (No. 366490)
Any criticism of Clyburn will be, of course, attributed to racism regardless of how idiotic this panel gets.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
franq 4/2/2020 6:22:09 PM (No. 366500)
Is there a level past absurd?
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
MickTurn 4/2/2020 6:44:14 PM (No. 366515)
MORE Fake Legislative activity. Go for it Nan Botoxy, every time you pull a Lib Stunt you lose more Democrat Voters.
Gotta love it when the opposition is so profoundly STUPID!
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
Winstonian 4/2/2020 7:04:16 PM (No. 366533)
Just like she did for TARP. Not!
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
Watlines1 4/2/2020 7:32:07 PM (No. 366559)
The D.C. play is old, the plot and actors are boring, and the seats are empty.
On Broadway, this is the kiss of death.
To some in Congress, the Corona-19 virus looks like the next opportunity to impeach Trump.
However, based on the similar outcomes of old plays with boring plots and actors in Washington D.C. and New York City, it's gonna be just the opposite.
Pelosi and Schiff don't know this yet, but they will.
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
P51Mustang 4/3/2020 12:00:22 AM (No. 366694)
So now they've got themselves yet another excuse to while away the time while they FAIL to serve the nation!
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