A Homeland Security subcommittee will hold a hearing on the PGA-LIV Tour deal on Wednesday to discuss Saudi Arabian investments in the United States.

The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations will meet on Wednesday morning to examine Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. Witnesses for the hearing are Benjamin Freeman, director of Democratizing Foreign Policy Program; Brian Murphy, managing director at Logically AI Inc.; and Joey Shea, researcher for Human Rights Watch focusing on Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

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The PGA and LIV merger in June was met with concern from Democratic lawmakers who believed the deal would give Saudi Arabia influence over American golf. PGA executives downplayed the sway that Saudi Arabia will have in the new golf entity to members of the Homeland Security Committee's investigative panel in July.

PGA Chief Operating Officer Ron Price told lawmakers that Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund would invest "north of $1 billion" into the new entity, which Subcommittee Chairman Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said could serve as evidence that the nation is looking to "sportswash" their human rights abuses and "capture American institutions."

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Republican lawmakers have been less inclined to worry about the merger, stating that the PGA had little choice but to join forces with the LIV Tour in light of millions of dollars in litigation and its attempts to poach players.

The hearing will begin at 11 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday.