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Border, Bidens, COVID: House GOP casts wide net in probes

FILE - Members on the Republican side of the House Judiciary Committee, from left, Rep. Russell Fry, R-S.C., Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, Rep. Laurel Lee, R-Fla., and Rep. Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas, listen to proposed amendments as the panel meets to pass its operating rules under the GOP majority, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves the House Chamber after President Joe Biden's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington. House Republicans are launching far-reaching investigations as part of their oversight agenda of the Biden administration. The approach is all part of McCarthy’s effort to steer his new majority to one of the core roles of the legislative branch, oversight of the executive, as he promised voters ahead of the fall election. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

FILE - House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 8, 2023, in Washington. House Republicans are launching far-reaching investigations as part of their oversight agenda of the Biden administration. “We have a constitutional duty to do oversight," said Jordan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Border, Bidens, COVID: House GOP casts wide net in probes