A key House committee is moving forward with efforts to reform a federally funded scholarship program after extensive reporting from The College Fix uncovered the program’s overwhelming liberal bias.

The House Committee on Education and Workforce advanced New York Rep. Elise Stefanik’s Truman Scholarship Clean House Act, which could soon be brought before the committee for a final vote.

“Unfortunately, what started as a scholarship program to help cultivate our nation’s leaders has become a pipeline for liberal activists,” a committee spokesperson told the Daily Signal. “The Truman Foundation is receiving millions in taxpayer money, but it clearly promotes only one political viewpoint.”

“We hope to see leadership take this bill to the floor so we can correct this wrong and finally return the program to its intended mission,” the committee spokesperson added.

If enacted, Stefanik’s legislation would reform the taxpayer-funded scholarship by reshaping the scholarships board of directors while reforming their selection criteria and strategy.

“My legislation would finally reform the Truman Scholarship Foundation to promote an ideologically diverse class of recipients and ensure that only law-abiding students receive these scholarships,” Stefanik previously said in a statement to the Daily Signal.

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