The House Oversight Committee voted down a GOP resolution aimed at forcing the Biden administration to release documents concerning the Biden family’s international business deals on Tuesday as the panel gears up to launch investigations into Hunter Biden if the GOP takes back the majority.
Republicans, led by ranking member Rep. James Comer (R-KY), forced the vote. Twenty-three Democrats voted against it advancing out of committee, with 19 Republicans supporting the measure.
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“This resolution of inquiry requires President Biden to hand over documents in his possession that are related to the Biden family’s international business schemes and influence peddling. Oversight Republicans’ ongoing investigation has revealed the Biden family has peddled access to the highest levels of government to enrich themselves — and, unfortunately, often to the detriment of U.S. interests,” Comer said in his remarks ahead of the vote.
“By passing this resolution of inquiry, we will provide the American people with much-needed transparency to understand the Biden family’s businesses. It is time President Biden answers questions about his participation in his family’s business schemes with some of our most significant adversaries for years, including the Chinese Communist Party,” Comer continued.
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“For far too long, James and Hunter Biden have faced no accountability for their deal-making with shady and CCP-connected associates,” he added.
Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) argued that the GOP did not hold the Trump administration to the same standard.
“Now all of the sudden you’re interested in oversight. It’s unbelievable. … Let’s forget about the umpteenth boxes of top-secret information he’s got in his house in Florida. What do we hear about that from the Republicans? Crickets,” he said.
