Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) grilled Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday.

"My understanding is many of them were looking kind of bored with what they were doing," said City Council Chair Phil Mendelson.

After a House Oversight Committee hearing where lawmakers lauded President Donald Trump’s crackdown of D.C., Mayor Muriel E.

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) told the House Oversight panel that President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard has not contributed to weeks of lower crime rates.  Instead, ...