Work with Chairman Comer to use every available tool to secure Mayor Karen Bass's appearance before the DOGE Subcommittee if she does not cooperate.

Her office has agreed to provide dates when she is willing to appear before our Subcommittee this year because she knows I will work with Chairman Comer to use every tool at our disposal to secure her appearance if she does not cooperate.

Burchett said he would work with Chairman Comer to compel or secure Mayor Karen Bass's appearance before the subcommittee if she does not cooperate voluntarily.

Burchett Opens Hearing on Fraud and Failure in Federally Funded Homelessness Services - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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we request certain documents and information from your office, and your testimony at a public hearing before the Subcommittee on September 15, 2026.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Burchett formally requested Mayor Bass's testimony and documents for a DOGE Subcommittee hearing, showing concrete oversight effort but not yet securing her appearance.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Burchett-Letter-to-Karen-Bass_090226.pdf
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It’s a shame that Mayor Karen Bass refuses to show up to testify about her role in all this.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The committee said before the hearing that Bass refused to testify, making the appearance unresolved and triggering the claimed contingency.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Burchett Announces Hearing on Fixing Fraud in Federally Funded Homelessness Services - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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I will work with Chairman Comer to use every tool at our disposal to secure her appearance if she does not cooperate.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): At the hearing, Burchett reiterated the exact commitment to work with Comer if Bass did not cooperate; this records intent and effort, not a completed appearance.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Burchett Opens Hearing on Fraud and Failure in Federally Funded Homelessness Services - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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Yesterday, the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency held a hearing titled “Fixing Fraud and Failure in Federally Funded Homelessness Services.”

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The official wrap-up confirms the hearing went forward after Bass declined; it does not document that her appearance was secured.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Hearing Wrap Up: Federally Funded Homelessness Services Are Rife with Fraud and Failure - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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he was willing to use the “fullest extent of the law” and possibly issue subpoenas to compel her to testify.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Post-hearing reporting says Burchett was considering compulsory tools such as subpoenas, but no actual subpoena or Bass appearance is documented here.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Bass skips hearing on L.A. homeless spending, calling probe politically motivated - Los Angeles Times
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