Congresswoman and New York gubernatorial candidate Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) blasted House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House Republicans for Democrats seeking to block an amendment to the Intelligence Authorization Act that Stefanik advocated. Her provision would require notifying Congress if the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigates candidates running for president and other federal offices. She accused Johnson and the GOP of “getting rolled” by House Democrats in an X post on Monday.
Stefanik said she would vote against the legislation if her provision were not “added back.”
“Republicans have the House, Senate, and the White House, yet the deep state is alive and well with the Speaker getting rolled by House Dems attempting to block my provision to require Congressional disclosure when the FBI opens counterintelligence investigations into presidential and federal candidates seeking office,” Stefanik posted.
Stefanik cited the actions of former FBI Director James Comey during the “Russia Hoax” and the Arctic Frost controversy as reasons for the necessity of her amendment. She called such investigations and law abuses criminal acts that can “never happen again.”
Republicans have the House, Senate, and the White House, yet the deep state is alive and well with the Speaker getting rolled by House Dems attempting to block my provision to require Congressional disclosure when the FBI opens counterintelligence investigations into…
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) December 1, 2025
“In a March 2017 open hearing, my questions to former FBI Director James Comey began the unraveling of the Russia Hoax when Comey admitted to not following proper notification procedures with his illegal opening of Crossfire Hurricane,” Stefanik said. “A criminal act that can never happen again.”
“My provision will strengthen this accountability and transparency to deter this illegal weaponization and it passed out of the House Intelligence Committee in this Congress and previous ones,” Stefanik added. “Yet House Republicans continue to get rolled by the deep state due to opposition by Jamie Raskin. If Republicans can’t deliver accountability and legislative fixes to arguably the biggest illegal corruption and government weaponization issue of all time, then what are we even doing.”
She also cited the recent leaks of conversations between foreign governments and U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff. She emphasized that removing her provision would be detrimental to accountability and threaten national security. She also said it was necessary to prevent the “weaponization” of the federal government and intelligence communities.
“This language is even more essential in light of the continued weaponization of the federal government evidenced by the sweeping Arctic Frost wiretapping scandal and the recent illegal leaks of Steve Witkoff’s conversations with foreign counterparts,” Stefanik said.
“It is a scandalous disgrace that Republicans are allowing themselves to be rolled by the Dems and deep state on this,” Stefanik concluded.