WASHINGTON, D.C. - Champaign County GOP Rep. Jim Jordan, who argued that a panel the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives is creating to oversee the coronavirus crisis is actually a Democratic plot to discredit President Donald Trump, was appointed to the new panel on Thursday by House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy of California.

Jordan contends the fact that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked South Carolina Democratic Rep. James Clyburn to chair the panel shows it will be used to help Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden attack Trump, given Clyburns role in helping Biden clinch the Democratic partys presidential nomination by endorsing Biden before his states primary.

The House of Representatives voted along party lines last month on a resolution to formally establish the select committee. It passed on a vote of 212-182, with Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.) voting with Republicans in opposition.

Pelosi, of Calfornia, has described the committee as a bipartisan oversight panel that will examine all aspects of the federal response to coronavirus to ensure that tax dollars are being spent wisely and efficiently. She says it will be modelled after the Truman Committee that saved lives and billions of tax dollars by preventing waste, fraud and abuse during World War II

We must make sure that the historic investment of taxpayer dollars made in the CARES Act is being used wisely and efficiently to help those in need, not be exploited by profiteers and price-gougers, said a statement from Pelosi. In addition to Clyburn, she named Democrats Maxine Waters of California, New Yorkers Carolyn Maloney and Nydia Velzquez, Bill Foster of Illinois, Andy Kim of New Jersey and Jamie Raskin of Maryland to serve on the committee.

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy of California on Thursday named Jordan, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana, Blaine Luetkemeyer of Missouri, Jackie Walorski of Indiana, and Mark Green of Tennessee to serve on the panel.

While Democrats might use this to take another stab at impeachment 2.0, Republicans will remain committed to truth and transparency, McCarthy pledged.

A statement from Jordan thanked McCarthy for giving him the opportunity to work with colleagues to help fight for the truth and push back against this blatant attempt to use the coronavirus pandemic for partisan ends. Jordan argued there are already numerous mechanisms in place to provide oversight of tax dollars spent in response to the crisis.

We fear this Select Committee is nothing more than the Speakers politicization of a crisis in a last-ditch attempt to attack the President after her impeachment sham and other witch hunts failed, said Jordan. "The Oversight Committee and the other relevant committees are more than equipped to ensure accountability for taxpayers. Instead of relying on them, Speaker Pelosi put Joe Bidens key House advocate in charge of a powerful new panel that is more like an arm of the DNC than the U.S. Congress.

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