Questioning the “integrity and independence” of Interior Department deputy inspector general Mary Kendall, House Natural Resources Committee chairman Doc Hastings, R-Wash., in a hearing Thursday grilled Kendall for refusing to comply with a subpoena issued six months ago by the committee.

“It’s astounding,” Hastings said. The Office of Inspector General “has given control over to the [Interior] department and is allowing it to dictate what should be provided to Congress pursuant to a subpoena.”

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