Comer announces task force on DEI policies, abuse of immigrant, social programs, Taps Gill to lead

House Committee on Oversight Chairman James Commer, announced on Wednesday the creation of a task force that will investigate threats to constitutional rights, including illegal DEI policies, the abuse of immigration and social welfare programs, and efforts by foreign actors and dark money groups to suppress Americans’ free speech.

Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, will chair the task force. 

"Representative Brandon Gill is a star on the Oversight Committee and has exposed the insanity of the Radical Left who seeks to undermine fundamental American values protected under our Constitution," Comer, a Kentucky Republican, said in a statement. 

The task force is authorized for six months and will hold hearings, pursuant to Committee Rules. Other members on the task force include Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., Michael Cloud, R-Texas, Byron Donalds, R-Fla., and Brian Jack, R-Ga.

Americans "are sick of being defrauded by government institutions and programs that should have been putting them first, not robbing their tax dollars," Gill said in a statement.