Congressional Oversight Ahead of the Midterms: What Companies Should Expect

With the midterm elections approaching, congressional staff are already building target lists of industries and companies for the next wave of oversight. In this episode of Regulatory Oversight (https://www.troutman.com/podcast/regu...) , host Stephen Piepgrass (https://www.troutman.com/professional...) is joined by his colleague Jason Smith (https://www.troutman.com/professional...) , a former Senate staffer with more than 12 years on Capitol Hill, and Troutman Strategies principal Lindsay Austin (https://www.troutman.com/professional...) , to discuss how a shift in congressional leadership and committee dynamics could shape investigations in the months ahead. Lindsay and Jason explain how committees decide whom to investigate and how oversight differs from investigation. They describe how a congressional inquiry can lead to state attorney general or federal scrutiny down the road and identify the industries most likely to draw attention, including AI, energy, healthcare, pharma, finance, and crypto. The episode concludes with a discussion of the constitutional tension between Article I and Article II, and what it means for companies that acted at the administration's direction. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com (https://pcm.adswizz.com) for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.