Top congressional Democrats including Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, Gary Peters, and Robert Garcia accuse Republican leaders of stalling the selection of a new Comptroller General — leaving the Government Accountability Office under acting chief Orice Williams Brown — so President Trump can install an ally before the GOP loses its majority in January 2027. In a joint statement they call the process "a sham" and warn against letting Trump "install a fox in the henhouse" at the watchdog that can sue to claw back funding he withheld.