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In a sign of Republican efforts to quickly preempt Democrats' action, ranking member Robert Garcia of California was taken by surprise by the development during a news conference Wednesday morning to roll out the contempt resolution.

"We're being effective," Garcia said, after being informed by POLITICO of the new date. "It's interesting how it's only when we take action and when we actually have to force Republicans to do anything, to call subpoenas, to get in front of our committee that they actually ever do anything. So I am so glad that Chairman Comer is scared of this group."