As part of an ongoing investigation into a “failed” $35 million contract to provide six million N95 masks to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Chair James Clyburn (D-SC) sent a letter to counsel for the CEO of Federal Government Experts (FGE) on March 17. FGE’s contract with the VA was cancelled after the company failed to deliver N95 masks. In February, the CEO pleaded guilty to “making false statements, wire fraud, and theft of government funds” in procurement of the VA contract and other interactions with the federal government. Chair Clyburn wrote, “These actions raise serious concerns about why FGE received these contracts and whether contracts for critical medical supplies awarded to inexperienced and unreliable suppliers like FGE hampered the federal government’s coronavirus response.”