This is a formal request from the House of Representatives asking the President to provide documents and communications about how federal agencies handled messaging during a government shutdown in October 2025. Specifically, the House wants to see all records related to three situations: First, any directive from the Office of Management and Budget telling federal agencies what to say to employees about the shutdown. Second, all communications about the Department of Housing and Urban Development posting a message on their website blaming Congress for the shutdown. Third, all records about the Department of Education changing the out-of-office email messages of furloughed workers to include political language about which party was responsible for the shutdown.

The House is also asking for communications between several top government offices discussing whether these agency messages violated federal laws. Specifically, they want to know if anyone discussed whether the communications broke laws about federal employees engaging in political activity, or laws about how the government can spend money during a shutdown. The President has 14 days to provide all these documents and communications in their complete, unredacted form—meaning nothing can be blacked out or hidden. Essentially, Congress is investigating whether federal agencies used the shutdown as an opportunity to send politically charged messages to the public and employees, and whether that violated any laws.

Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain information to the House of Representatives referring to United States Government agencies sharing certain communications with the public and Federal employees.