house oversight
11 entries across the record carry this tag. Browse all dispatches, or jump to a group below.
Dispatches
- July 21, 2026 · Dispatch
"When was your gender revealed?": Mace's five minutes with the Smithsonian's American History director
Nancy Mace spent her five minutes at the House DOGE subcommittee's Smithsonian hearing demanding yes-or-no answers from Dr. Anthea Hartig, the PhD historian who has led the National Museum of American History since 2019. On video, verbatim: 'what is a woman,' 'when was your gender revealed,' and a diary she called 'featuring a six-year-old' that the museum says was written by a 13-year-old.
- June 18, 2026 · Dispatch
"Radical transgender experiments": Nancy Mace's "TRANS MICE Act" goes to war with the transgenic lab mice scientists use to study cancer
On June 18, 2026, Nancy Mace promoted her 'TRANS MICE Act' on X, declaring that 'animals should not be used for radical transgender experiments' and calling it 'ideological cruelty.' The bill, H.R.4512, is real. So is the problem: the mice are transgenic, not transgender. Transgenic mice are genetically modified rodents used to study cancer, endometriosis, infertility and other diseases. Scientists and the research-advocacy group Americans for Medical Progress say the studies have nothing to do with gender identity. The post went viral as a self-own; the photo Mace attached is a standard transgenic research mouse.
Incidents
The 'tranny' slur at House Oversight (Feb. 5, 2025)
At a February 5, 2025 House Oversight hearing, Rep. Mace repeated an anti-transgender slur three times on the record in direct response to a colleague's parliamentary objection.
February 5, 2025 · Incident
Wiki & people
Mace's Deepfake Bills and Takedown Power Without Process
Rep. Nancy Mace's deepfake and revenge-porn bills, and the RESPECT Act she built to strengthen the TAKE IT DOWN Act's takedown regime, advance a removal system that the Electronic Frontier Foundation and a twelve-group civil-liberties coalition warn has no safeguard against false or bad-faith takedown demands: content comes offline on an unverified report, within 48 hours, with no process for the person who posted it. The harm these bills target is real, but the enforcement model hands a delete button to anyone willing to file a claim. This page documents that critique and the bills behind it.
June 20, 2026 · Wiki
Nancy Mace's Bills and the Rights of the Accused
Rep. Nancy Mace has used her House Oversight chairmanship and her 'leading voice on women's issues' brand to advance a series of measures that strip protections from the accused: a resolution to publish accusations the House Ethics Committee never proved (rejected 357-65), a takedown regime that removes online content on an unverified report, and a bill narrowing what a criminal defendant may show a jury. Named legal and civil-liberties critics, and members of both parties, warn these erode due process and tilt the process against the accused. This page documents those measures first, then the full verified ledger of her women's-safety bills.
June 20, 2026 · Wiki
Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States, subpoenaed by House Oversight in August 2025 over Epstein files; held in bipartisan contempt; deposed February 27, 2026. Clinton has stated he saw nothing wrong during a brief acquaintance with Epstein that ended years before Epstein's crimes came to light.
June 11, 2026 · Wiki
Bill Gates
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist called as a witness by Rep. Mace's House Oversight subcommittee over his documented association with Jeffrey Epstein. Gates testified in a closed-door transcribed interview on June 10, 2026 and has stated the meetings were a grave error in judgment.
June 11, 2026 · Wiki
Hillary Clinton
Former U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee subpoenaed by House Oversight in August 2025 over Epstein files; held in bipartisan contempt after declining to appear; deposed February 26, 2026 in Chappaqua. Clinton has consistently stated she did not know Jeffrey Epstein.
June 11, 2026 · Wiki
Muriel Bowser
At a September 2025 House Oversight hearing on D.C. crime, Rep. Mace questioned Mayor Bowser on DEI programs and the definition of 'woman,' sparking a widely reported exchange.
September 18, 2025 · Wiki
Media coverage
Nancy Mace 'Had Full-Blown Panic Attack' After Meeting Epstein Survivors
Newsweek reported on September 3, 2025 that Rep. Nancy Mace left a closed-door House Oversight Committee briefing with Jeffrey Epstein abuse survivors and stated she had experienced a full-blown panic attack, describing symptoms including sweating, hyperventilating, and shaking, while listening to survivors' accounts. Mace, who has publicly disclosed her own history as a sexual assault survivor, tied her reaction to her personal trauma. The briefing was part of the House Oversight Committee's investigation into how federal agencies handled the Epstein case and the release of related records.
September 3, 2025 · Media
Clips
"When was your gender revealed?": Mace and the Smithsonian's American History director
Rep. Nancy Mace's five minute round with Dr. Anthea Hartig, director of the National Museum of American History, at the House DOGE subcommittee's July 21, 2026 Smithsonian hearing, excerpted verbatim from the committee's own hearing feed: the interrupted greeting, the yes-or-no demands, the diary age mismatch, "what is a woman," and "when was your gender revealed."
July 21, 2026 · Clip