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He was the namesake of the '''[[Reece Committee]]''', which was the Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations during the 83rd Congress, when the Republicans gained control of the House.<ref name=libertyuniversity/> His effort to re-establish the select committee was successful when the new conservative Republican Congress in 1953 voted for the enactment resolution.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1953/h61 H RES 217. RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT A FULL AND COMPLETE INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF EDUCA- TIONAL AND PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM FED. INCOME TAXATION.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved September 23, 2021.</ref> Remaining Cox Committee members [[Brooks Hays]], [[Angier Goodwin]], [[Richard M. Simpson]], and [[Aime J. Forand]] voted against it.

He was the namesake of the '''[[Reece Committee]]''', which was the Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations during the 83rd Congress, when the Republicans gained control of the House.<ref name=libertyuniversity/> His effort to re-establish the select committee was successful when the new conservative Republican Congress in 1953 voted for the enactment resolution.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1953/h61 H RES 217. RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT A FULL AND COMPLETE INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF EDUCA- TIONAL AND PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM FED. INCOME TAXATION.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved September 23, 2021.</ref> Remaining Cox Committee members [[Brooks Hays]], [[Angier Goodwin]], [[Richard M. Simpson]], and [[Aime J. Forand]] voted against it.

Although undermined by House Minority Leader [[Sam Rayburn]] and President Eisenhower,<ref name=thenewamerican/> it exposed plots by major foundations to subvert American society towards left-wing ideologies.

Although undermined by House Minority Leader [[Sam Rayburn]] and President Eisenhower,<ref name=thenewamerican/> the Reece Committee managed to expose plots by major foundations who sought to subvert American society towards [[internationalist]], left-wing ideologies.

Due to Reece's homosexuality scandal in the early 1920s, he failed to rule [[Wayne L. Hays]] out of order in the hearings when the latter exhibited excessively rude behavior, as the Ohio representative could then publicize the incident in retaliation.<ref name=thenewamerican/>

Due to Reece's homosexuality scandal in the early 1920s, he failed to rule [[Wayne L. Hays]] (no relation to Brooks Hays) out of order in the hearings when the latter exhibited excessively rude behavior, as the Ohio representative could then publicize the incident in retaliation.<ref name=thenewamerican/>

In the final Norman Dodd report, the following critiques of the Cox Committee were stated:<ref>[http://americandeception.com/ad/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Dodd_Report_to_the_Reese_Committee_on_Foundations-1954-16pgs-some_pages_missing-POL.sml_.pdf The DODD REPORT to the Reece Committee on Foundations]. ''American Deception''. Retrieved September 23, 2021.</ref>

In the final Norman Dodd report, the following critiques of the Cox Committee were stated:<ref>[http://americandeception.com/ad/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Dodd_Report_to_the_Reese_Committee_on_Foundations-1954-16pgs-some_pages_missing-POL.sml_.pdf The DODD REPORT to the Reece Committee on Foundations]. ''American Deception''. Retrieved September 23, 2021.</ref>