Interior could face subpoenas

As early as this week, the House Natural Resources Committee, led by Chairman Raúl Grijalva, could vote to subpoena information from the Interior Department. Grijalva has threatened to issue a subpoena for information related to the recent Bureau of Land Management headquarters relocation when the documents provided to Congress did not provide a complete picture of the decisions that went into the move. 

If Grijalva gets the votes, the committee could move forward with subpoenas related to a number of issues following stonewalling from Interior Department officials. In December 2019, Grijalva said his efforts to gather information from Interior have been thwarted and that the committee has "more than enough ample reason to pursue" a subpoena. At a past hearing, minority member Rep. Tom McClintock said that both sides of the aisle "recognize the role of oversight, and are frustrated when legitimate requests, bipartisan requests are made and not answered." 

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