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“Because without the banking in this country, we know that there have been small minority businesses that have been harmed in a very disproportionate way, so I really want to focus on the money side of things and direct money for the district.

Crockett also said she wanted to focus on home ownership and making housing more affordable for her constituents.

“You have to look at the motivation. ... So many of them are on record saying, basically, `they went after Trump and they went after Trump’s family, so we’re going after Biden’s family,’ " said Crockett, who took office last month.

“It sounds more like retribution” than a justification for unleashing the panel’s vast authority, she said.

However, that’s not how some Democrats see it. The Hill reports that Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas says the committee needs to reinstate the subcommittee, to do otherwise is to send an “unmistakable message to the American people that their civil rights and civil liberties are no longer a priority to the 118th Congress.”

The proposal to reinstate the panel came from Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, who pointed at the outcry over Nichols' killing in her defense of the subcommittee. In a Friday statement, Crockett called the dissolution "an abject failure" by the Oversight Committee.