PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Rhode Island House Speaker Shekarchi and Senate President Valarie Lawson said that Oversight Committee hearings were being scheduled to investigate Governor Dan McKee’s administration withholding a forensic audit of the Washington Bridge for over a year.

The politicians said that meetings would be held on Oct. 2 to discuss the “scheduling and format” of the hearings, and that they may require state officials to speak under oath.

The meetings were announced after McKee had sent a letter to the Speaker and Senate President on Wednesday, requesting for the oversight hearings.

In the letter, McKee said “I am writing to respectfully urge you to schedule oversight hearings regarding the Washington Bridge matter. My office has remained steadfast in its commitment to

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