Michigan Representative Angela Rigas (R) announced a new website for the state’s House Oversight Committee. The website is designed to serve as a tip line for the committee’s investigations.
“We’re going to look into every submission sent and listen to every whistle blown until no stone is left unturned,” Rigas said. “As Chair of the Subcommittee on Weaponization of State Government, I want to hear the stories of each and every Michigan resident who’s been victimized by government overreach and get them the justice they deserve.”
“We’re going to look at everything from deadly COVID mishandlings to government corruption,” she added. “Our constituents deserve to know what their tax dollars have been funding, both good and bad.”
Tips and suggestions may be submitted through the oversight committee’s website under the contact page. The form may be completed to address the weaponization of state government, the child welfare system, corporate subsidies and state investments, public health and food safety, homeland security and foreign influence, and state and local public assistance programs,” the website explains.
“Lansing has been operating for far too long without the accountability and transparency that the people deserve. Over the past two years, there have been too many troubling examples of state government operating with little oversight,” the Michigan House Oversight’s website reads. “We’ve seen millions funneled into projects tied to the Chinese Communist Party, hush money deals covering up government missteps, dozens of audits left on a shelf, and a lack of real transparency in decision-making. People across Michigan are asking tough questions but getting few answers. That lack of accountability has eroded trust in government, and it’s well past time to fix it. That’s why House Republicans are introducing a stronger, more focused Oversight Committee. The people deserve answers, and they’re going to get them.”
