WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy and Regulatory Affairs, issued the following opening statement on May 14, 2026, at a roundtable entitled "Reducing America's National Debt: Rooting Out Federal Waste, Fraud and Overregulation": * * * Burlison Leads Roundtable on Lowering the National Debt by Eliminating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy,  more