Natural Resources chairman wants to investigate Interior secretary’s role in water allocation report that benefited a committee member’s district
By Jacob Holzman | Roll Call
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House Natural Resources Chairman Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona wants his committee to give him subpoena authority for multiple possible investigations, but California Democrat Jim Costa may vote against that as the panel considers whether Interior Secretary David Bernhardt improperly influenced a decision to send more water to his district.
Costa told CQ Roll Call he’s not sure he can support giving Grijalva such unlimited subpoena authority. Costa said he discussed the matter with the chairman, who plans a committee vote on the question in January, and said he’d support a “specific subpoena” in the panel’s current investigation into the Bureau of Land Management headquarters relocation.
“I think on a case-by-case basis I obviously want to support the chair,” Costa said while rushing through a Capitol corridor without elaborating. In a written statement, his office said Costa will decide how he will vote “when we see what we are voting on.”
