District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) will testify before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday in a hearing focused on the pro-Palestinian protests at George Washington University (GW).
A spokesperson for the committee confirmed her attendance on Tuesday, nearly a week after she was asked by the panel’s chair to testify . Bowser’s office has also confirmed to The Hill that she will testify tomorrow.
The hearing follows a visit to GW’s campus and its pro-Palestinian encampment by members of the Oversight Committee, including Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.). While visiting, some lawmakers verbally clashed with the protesters there, and Boebert expressed her displeasure with a Palestinian flag on a statue of George Washington near the encampment.
“If the faculty here, who many are involved in this right now — I had people proudly saying that they are faculty — and not wanting to remove a Palestinian sign from the George Washington statue. If they don’t want to do something to address this? Well, then kiss your federal funding goodbye,” Boebert said at the time.