House Republicans Investigate Commerce Department’s 90-Day Block on Firearm Export Licenses

Published on November 30, 2023

House Republicans are launching a new probe into the U.S. Department of Commerce’s decision last month to stop issuing new export licenses for most civilian firearms and ammunition sold to non-government users for 90 days. In a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Tuesday, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) called on the department to provide Congress with a staff-level briefing on the pause by no later than Dec. 5. Mr. Comer’s letter also called on the Commerce Department to turn over all documents and communications pertaining to the 90-day pause on firearm export licenses, including any communications with the Biden White House about the pause, by Dec. 12....

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