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/> Expressing dissatisfaction over the committee's ineptitude during the previous Congress when it was chaired by [[Georgia]] [[segregation]]ist Edward E. Cox, Reece led the committee to conduct a thorough investigation of subversion in tax-exempt organizations.<ref>FascinatingPolitics (December 22, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/12/22/the-reece-committee-on-foundations-conspiratorial-nonsense-or-an-expose-of-a-threat-to-the-nation/comment-page-1/ The Reece Committee on Foundations: Conspiratorial Nonsense or an Expose of a Threat to the Nation?]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 7, 2021.</ref> 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. | 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/> Expressing dissatisfaction over the committee's ineptitude during the previous Congress when it was chaired by [[Georgia]] [[segregation]]ist Edward E. Cox, Reece led the committee to conduct a thorough investigation of subversion in tax-exempt organizations.<ref>FascinatingPolitics (December 22, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/12/22/the-reece-committee-on-foundations-conspiratorial-nonsense-or-an-expose-of-a-threat-to-the-nation/comment-page-1/ The Reece Committee on Foundations: Conspiratorial Nonsense or an Expose of a Threat to the Nation?]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 7, 2021.</ref> 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. |