Pat Fallon launches bid for House Oversight Committee chairman as James Comer's term limit nears
FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, is throwing his hat in the ring for the role of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman.House Republicans impose a six-year term...
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FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, is throwing his hat in the ring for the role of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman. House Republicans impose a six-year term limit for committee chairs, meaning current Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., can’t serve in the role for an additional term. Fallon is now the only declared Republican candidate for the role. "I think one of the missions should be to expose the hypocrisy and lack of direction of the left. They're focusing on divisiveness and opposing President Trump," Fallon told Fox News Digital during an exclusive interview. "How about focusing on the country and the growth and prosperity of the greatest country history has ever known?" FLORIDA REPUBLICAN REP NEAL DUNN ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM CONGRESS AFTER FIVE TERMS The Texas congressman specifically pointed out he intends to tackle and expose the rampant fraud that has rocked the country, COVID-19 misuse of taxpayer dollars, and the foreign funding behind agitator groups that have plagued college campuses and cities across the country. "If a foreign national that is beyond our jurisdiction is funding a protest, anti-American protest, we need to expose the Americans that are taking the funds," Fallon told Fox News Digital. "The left would have you believe that every political protest is organic. It's just people that are fed up and they get on social media and they talk to other like-minded folks. "And they say, the powers that be, we will hold you [accountable]. That's not what's going on here," Fallon added. "If you were in Beijing, if you were a Chinese communist, what better way to chip away at an open society than fund their malcontents?" MUTINY THREAT SPARKS HOUSE GOP INFIGHTING AHEAD OF TRUMP VISIT: 'JUST MORE STUPID' Fallon was sworn into the U.S. Congress in January 2021. A former Air Force captain and graduate of Notre Dame, he represents parts of northeastern Texas. In regard to widescale Medicare and Medicaid fraud being exposed in va…