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The Trump administrations decision to end the ban on sales of firearm sound suppressors, also known as silencers, to foreign private buyers prompted an investigation by a congressional committee Tuesday. The House Oversight and Reform Committees Subcommittee on National Securityis investigating the level of involvement that then-Deputy Assistant to the President and Counselor to the White House Chief of Staff Michael B. Williamsplayed in the decision earlier this month as he has personal financial ties to the American Suppressor Association (ASA) whosesponsorsstandto make millions off of the administrations recent decision. Earlier this month, the White House rolled back a 2002 State Department ban that limited the sale of silencers to only official end users such as government or military entities. The policy was a move that aimed to prevent American equipment from being used against American service members. BIDEN SAYS TRUMPS STOKING DIVISION AND CHAOS FOR POLITICAL LIFELINEWilliams worked as a general counsel to the ASA for two years prior to joining the Trump administration, alongside his brother Knox Williams, who is the ASA president and executive director. The ASA could reportedly make up to $250 million a year from overseas companies,due to this policy change. The overseas sale of U. S. defense articles, especially when those weapons could endanger the safety and security of our men and women in uniform, cannot and should not be influenced by personal financial or political interests, Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass. and chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, wrote in a letter to the director of the Office of Management and Budget Tuesday. According to a report from the New York Times earlier this month, Williams worked to overturn the State Department ban prior to joining the White House. FOR REPUBLICANS, CHENEY PUBLIC SQUABBLE SHOWS FRACTUREFollowing the White Houses