WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior U.S. House Republican lawmaker on Wednesday subpoenaed the Commerce Department over records related to the agency’s Oct. 27 decision to temporarily stop issuing export licenses for most civilian firearms and ammunition.
The Commerce Department issued a pause for around 90 days to assess the “risk of firearms being diverted to entities or activities that promote regional instability, violate human rights, or fuel criminal activities.”
Representative James Comer, chair of the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee, said Wednesday the department had failed to provide documents it has been seeking since November.
(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Chris Reese)
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