众议院民主党两委员会向60多个对象发出文件保全函，要求保存特朗普政府相关记录
美国众议院两个委员会的民主党首席议员本周先后向60多个联邦机构、企业、组织和个人发出文件保全函，要求保存与特朗普政府有关的文件、通讯和其他记录，以备第120届国会2027年1月开幕后继续相关调查。自然资源委员会民主党首席议员 Jared Huffman 于11月9日发出36封，对象为9家联邦机构和27家企业与组织；科学、空间和技术委员会民主党首席议员 Zoe Lofgren 于11月12日上午发出该委员会的保全函。
Huffman 在11月9日的新闻稿中说，这批信函旨在保全其委员会在第119届国会调查中已收集或寻求的证据，使调查能在新一届国会延续。信函要求联邦机构保存《联邦记录法》涵盖的记录，以及与国会监督有关的文件、通讯和其他材料；曾成为委员会调查对象的私营企业也收到保全要求，信中要求各收函方在11月23日前书面确认保全情况。据其信函，特朗普政府过去两年「一再未能向国会提供履行监督职责所需的信息，并阻挠了多项国会调查」。Huffman 在声明中说，政府对国会的封锁「日子结束了」，并向收到信函的机构官员和企业高管喊话：「保存一切。」
联邦机构收函方包括印第安事务局、土地管理局、国家海洋和大气管理局、国家公园管理局、农业部、商务部、内政部、鱼类及野生动物管理局和林业局。企业与组织收函方共27家，包括波音、雪佛龙、德勤、埃克森美孚、约翰迪尔、Lithium Americas、洛克希德·马丁、万事达卡、甲骨文、Palantir、软银、TikTok、国家广场信托基金、联合航空和 UnitedHealth Group 等。
Huffman 办公室表示，保全函发出之际，有报道称内政部等联邦机构可能已在提前销毁官方文件，并使用阅后即焚的聊天信息，引发证据在调查人员获取之前灭失的担忧。内政部发言人此前对美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）表示，有关销毁记录的举报说法「100%不实」，该部遵守全部联邦记录管理义务。据《纽约时报》报道，Lithium Americas 与软银拒绝就保全函置评，国家广场信托基金未回应置评请求。
Lofgren 11月12日上午发出科学委员会的保全函。据《纽约时报》查阅的信函，该委员会的调查方向包括政府试图拆解国家大气研究中心（NCAR）等气候与气象研究机构、白宫与稀土企业 USA Rare Earth 的交易，以及能源部一份被指意在削弱气候科学可信度、为回滚碳排放规则铺路的报告。Lofgren 在声明中说：「本届政府对本国的科学事业发动了攻击。已经出现了解雇、胁迫辞职、扣押资金和可能的腐败。」科学委员会保全函的收函方未立即回应置评请求。
民主党在上周的中期选举中赢得众议院多数席位，第120届国会将于2027年1月开幕，Huffman 与 Lofgren 预计将分别出任自然资源委员会和科学委员会主席，届时众议院民主党人将掌握传票权。这批保全函显示了民主党人在新国会中拟调查的重点方向。（来源：美国众议院自然资源委员会、众议院科学、空间和技术委员会）
House Democrats on Two Committees Send Preservation Letters to More Than 60 Agencies, Companies and Individuals
The top Democrats on two U.S. House committees this week sent preservation letters to more than 60 federal agencies, companies, organizations and individuals, ordering them to preserve documents, communications and other records tied to the Trump administration so that investigations can continue when the 120th Congress convenes in January 2027. Jared Huffman, ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, sent 36 letters on November 9 to nine federal agencies and 27 companies and organizations; Zoe Lofgren, ranking member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, sent her committee's preservation letters on the morning of November 12.
In a November 9 press release, Huffman said the letters seek to safeguard evidence gathered or sought during his committee's investigations in the 119th Congress so those inquiries can continue in the new Congress. Federal agencies are directed to preserve records covered by the Federal Records Act, along with documents, communications and other materials relevant to congressional oversight; private companies that have been subjects of committee inquiries also received preservation requests, and the letters ask each recipient to certify in writing by November 23 that it is preserving the records. In the letters, Huffman wrote that for the past two years the Trump administration has "repeatedly failed to provide Congress with information necessary to conduct its oversight responsibilities and obstructed numerous congressional investigations." In his statement, Huffman said the days of obstruction are over and told every agency official and corporate executive receiving the letters: "Save everything."
Federal agency recipients included the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Land Management, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Park Service, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Forest Service. The 27 private-sector and nonprofit recipients included Boeing, Chevron, Deloitte, ExxonMobil, John Deere, Lithium Americas, Lockheed Martin, Mastercard, Oracle, Palantir, SoftBank, TikTok, the Trust for the National Mall, United Airlines and UnitedHealth Group.
Huffman's office said the letters come amid reports that the Department of the Interior and other federal agencies may already be shredding official documents and using disappearing chat messages, raising concerns that evidence could be lost before investigators can obtain it. An Interior Department spokesperson has told CNN that whistleblower accounts of record destruction were "100% false" and that the department follows all federal records management obligations. According to The New York Times, Lithium Americas and SoftBank declined to comment on the letters, and the Trust for the National Mall did not respond to a request for comment.
Lofgren sent the Science Committee's preservation letters on the morning of November 12. According to the letters, which were reviewed by The New York Times, the committee's lines of inquiry include the administration's attempt to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and other climate and weather research institutions, a White House deal with the rare earths company USA Rare Earth, and a Department of Energy report that Democrats say was designed to undermine the credibility of climate science ahead of a rollback of landmark carbon emissions rules. "This administration has engaged in an assault on the science enterprise in this country," Lofgren said in a statement. "There have been firings, coercing people to resign, impounding money and possible corruption." The targets of Lofgren's letters did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Democrats won the House majority in last week's midterm elections, and the 120th Congress convenes in January 2027, when Huffman and Lofgren are expected to chair the Natural Resources and Science committees and House Democrats will hold subpoena power. The letters offer an early map of the investigations Democrats intend to pursue in the new Congress. (Source: U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources; U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology)
Related: White House Warns Democrats in Letter: Probing the Trump Administration Could Amount to Criminality
来源：美国众议院自然资源委员会
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