GOOD MORNING! Welcome to Huddle, the play-by-play guide to all things Capitol Hill, on this Friday, June 2, where your Huddle hosts have never been happier that it’s Friday after the longest short week ever. CONTEMPT WATCH — Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the panel’s top Democrat, will meet with the FBI on Monday to receive a briefing and review a document Republicans allege links then-Vice President Biden to a “bribery scheme.” (An Oversight Dem spox said they will also “be briefed on the Trump Justice Department's follow up.”) The meeting comes as Comer is threatening to hold FBI Director Chris Wray in contempt of Congress unless he gives the document, which the Kentucky Republican has already seen, to the committee. The Monday meeting, a GOP Oversight spokesperson confirmed to Jordain, does not meet Comer’s bar for complying with a subpoena because the FBI is only letting the committee review the document. Without full compliance, Comer had said he will schedule a contempt of Congress vote in committee for Tuesday or Wednesday. He’ll need to notice the business meeting today, to meet the committee’s 72 hours (in business days) notice requirement. HOUSE CARES ABOUT YOUR COOKING — Or at least House Republicans want to defend your gas stove. Even though the House gave back its recess this week to deal with the debt limit, it doesn’t seem they’re planning to take next week off – the Rules committee alerted a meeting for Monday to vote on several measures, including legislation that would bar the Consumer Product Safety Commission from using federal funds to ban gas stoves and another to stop the Department of Energy from finalizing its efficiency rule. ICYMI: DEBT AFTER ACTON — Yeah, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) isn’t just gonna get over the debt limit deal that he hated. The Texas Republican indicated that he will sit down with McCarthy next week, after internal GOP frustrations spiked this week amid divisions over the debt deal. “I think there needs to be a bit of a reckoning and a review of how we’re organizing ourselves in order to get things done, because what broke down this week was that we weren’t all sitting around the table. … We’ve got to have a sit down. I will say that,” the Texas Republican said during an interview with "The Guy Benson Show." Jordain has more on the potential Roy-McCarthy meeting. GOING ALL-IN ON GALLAGHER? — “Senate GOP recruiters are making a renewed push to lure Rep. Mike Gallagher into Wisconsin’s Senate race. Gallagher, a four-term member who represents the northeastern portion of the state, is considering a run against Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin. National Republicans have concluded he would be their strongest possible nominee and are eagerly courting him,” writes Ally Mutnick this morning. BIG DAY FOR CRAIG — The man who attacked Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) in the elevator of her apartment building pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of assault on a member of Congress and two counts of assault on a law enforcement officer. Kendrid Khalil Hamlin, 26, of Washington, D.C. will face sentencing on Sept. 15. Assaulting a member of Congress can result in as many as 10 years in prison. Meanwhile… Craig also had a successful surgery to repair multiple fractures in her left ankle, sustained while doing yard work. The surgery included “nine screws and a plate in my ankle as well as an internal tightrope device to stabilize the ligament,” she said in a statement with gory details. “I’m looking forward to scooting around the district and DC again soon!” Craig said.
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