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==Release==
==Release==
The committee's report was agreed to based on party lines in a 3–2 vote, with Democrats Hays and Pfost refusing to sign,<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> and released in December 1954.<ref>December 21, 1954. [https://www.nytimes.com/1954/12/21/archives/reece-committee-report.html REECE COMMITTEE REPORT]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 7, 2021.</ref> However, only Reece and Wolcott appeared to concur with the report's substance, as Goodwin (who voted against re-establishing the select committee in the first place), despite signing it, made a distinct statement expressing disagreements with the conclusions and instead concurring with the previous Cox Committee's findings.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/>
The committee's report was agreed to based on party lines in a 3–2 vote, with Democrats Hays and Pfost refusing to sign,<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> and released in December 1954.<ref>December 21, 1954. [https://www.nytimes.com/1954/12/21/archives/reece-committee-report.html REECE COMMITTEE REPORT]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 7, 2021.</ref> However, only Reece and Wolcott appeared to concur with the report's substance, as Goodwin (who voted against re-establishing the select committee in the first place), despite signing it, made a distinct statement expressing disagreements with the conclusions and instead concurring with the previous Cox Committee's findings.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/>
Hays and Pfost issued a minority report which stated:<ref name=libertyuniversity/>
{{cquote|The theme of prejudgment which so singularly characterized the entire course of this committee's activities was, like 6 the theme of doom in a tragic opera, revealed in its prelude.}}
Due to the timing of the release coinciding with the highly covered Senate censure of McCarthy, it received comparably less attention.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/>
Due to the timing of the release coinciding with the highly covered Senate censure of McCarthy, it received comparably less attention.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/>