House Republicans are taking an offensive posture in the two months leading up to the presidential election, a move that could bloody the waters around Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) before November.

Starting Friday, GOP-led House committees will begin a series of hearings that appear to aim at holding Democrats’ feet to the fire for policies implemented under the Biden administration that Republicans say have harmed the public, according to the chamber’s newly released schedule of events for the coming weeks.