Howard Lutnick volunteers to testify to House committee
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sits to testify before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing to examine a review of broadband deployment funding at the Department of Commerce, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 10, 2026.
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has voluntarily agreed to testify before the House Oversight Committee about his ties to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Republican Rep. James Comer of Kentucky said Tuesday.
“I commend his demonstrated commitment to transparency and appreciate his willingness to engage with the Committee,” Comer, the chairman of the oversight panel, said in an X post that confirmed an earlier Axios report. “I look forward to his testimony.”
“I look forward to appearing before the committee. I have done nothing wrong and I want to set the record straight,” Lutnick told Axios.
The Commerce Department and the White House did not immediately respond to CNBC’s requests for comment on the report.
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