FBI director James Comey, who had Hillary Clinton's fate in his hands as the person who led the determination of whether to recommend prosecution, now will have to answer for his decision before Congress.

The House Oversight Committee will hold a hearing Thursday where Comey will testify, the panel announced.

And Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who has said she 'fully' anticipates she would yield to the FBI's guidance, is scheduled to testify next week before the House Judiciary Committee.

She has been under fire since it was revealed she held an unannounced 30-minute meeting with Bill Clinton on an airplane in Phoenix as the FBI's investigation was reaching its conclusion.

'It is uniquely troubling in light of Attorney General Lynch's secret meeting with former President Bill Clinton. No one is above the law and the American people need to know that federal law enforcement is taking this misconduct seriously,' said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Robert Goodlatte, Politico reported.

TESTIFY: FBI director James Comey will appear before the House Oversight committee Thursday

Attorney General Loretta Lynch is scheduled to testify next week, after taking criticism for meeting privately with Bill Clinton as the investigation wrapped up

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday night that, 'We're going to have hearings' into the matter.

'There are a lot of unanswered questions here ... that need to get answers,' he told Fox News' Megyn Kelly.

'He shredded the case she had been making all year long,' Ryan continued. 'I think we need to know more, quite frankly.'

Ryan, who as Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate in 2012 got classified briefings, said Clinton should have her access to classified information stripped because of her actions.

'Comey said short of prosecution some kind of administration action should occur bringing consequences. I think the DNI, the director of national intelligence, should block her access to classified information given how recklessly she handled this during the presidential campaign,' Ryan said.

'She becomes president that's one thing. But I don't think she should get classified information and I think the DNI should block it given how recklessly she handled this.'

'What bothers me about this is that the Clintons really are living above the law,' Ryan said. 'This is one of the reasons why people are so dissatisfied, so upset about government. They think that people live by a different set of rules, and the Clintons, they take the candle on this one.'

Paul Ryan wants hearings to answer 'unanswered questions' about how Clinton got off

'Congress and the American people have a right to understand the depth and breadth of the FBI's investigation,' said Utah representative Jason Chaffetz, who will conduct the Oversight hearing.

Republican senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, who supports Donald Trump, said told 'CBS This Morning' that 'The system is rigged if Hillary Clinton faces no conseuences whatsoever.' He noted that normally, a person who engaged in mishandling of classified material would be subject to 'security or administrative sanctions.'

Cotton said that in 'plain English' this means 'they would loose their job and lose their security clearance.'

Comey said Tuesday when he rocked the presidential campaign with his announcement that the 'security culture' at the State Department was found to be 'lacking,' as he chided Clinton for 'extremely careless' behavior that nevertheless likely wouldn't get prosecuted.

State Department spokesman John Kirby said refused to answer Tuesday whether Clinton or aides with whom she transmitted classified information over a private server retained their security clearances. He said State doesn't comment on individual security clearances.

'The department will determine the appropriate next steps following a decision by the Department of Justice,' he said.

House Speaker Paul Ryan said the FBI's decision not to recommend prosecution of Hillary Clinton 'defies explanation.' Republican-controlled committees are in a position to push for answers – and keep the controversy in the s

Comey, in his announcement, said that although the bureau didn't determine that Clinton got hacked, some of the people she communicated with who had private accounts had been hacked.

The loss of a security clearance is sometimes a sanction in serious cases of mishandling of government information.

On the Senate side, senator Charles Grassley of Iowa, is preparing to renew his push for answers.

'Senator Grassley would expect that questions that have been posed over the last several years that have not been addressed by the administration will now be fully answered,' an aide to the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman told DailyMail.com.

Panel chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah told Fox News host Sean Hannity a hearing featuring director Comey was a 'possibility.'

The State Department's inspector general found Clinton broke federal recordkeeping rules, and FBI director Comey noted 110 instances where classified information was found on Clinton's private email server.

Until now, the administration has been able to fend off questions about Clinton's conduct by noting that an FBI investigation was underway. That will soon no longer be the case.

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Jason Chaffetz chairs the House Oversight Committee, which will hold a hearing with FBI Director James Comey Thursday

Attorney General Loretta Lynch is scheduled to appear before House Judiciary Committee chairman Robert Goodlatte's panel next week

Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa plans to renew his push for answers into the email controversy

Ryan issued an angry statement Tuesday saying FBI Director James Comey's announcement that the bureau won't recommend prosecution of Hillary Clinton for her email scandal 'defies explanation.'

Ryan, the highest ranking Republican, blasted the decision not just for letting off Clinton – who Comey said engaged in 'extremely careless' practices – but for setting a bad precedent for future conduct by government officials.

'While I respect the law enforcement professionals at the FBI, this announcement defies explanation,' Ryan said in a statement.

'No one should be above the law. But based upon the director's own statement, it appears damage is being done to the rule of law.'

'Declining to prosecute Secretary Clinton for recklessly mishandling and transmitting national security information will set a terrible precedent,' Ryan continued.

Ryan has clashed at times with Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump, but is nevertheless supporting him as he says he has an obligation to as party leader.

Ryan also said 'more information' was needed about how the FBI reached its decision – an indication that the issue is far from over that raises the possibility of a congressional role into the matter and even possible hearings.

'The findings of this investigation also make clear that Secretary Clinton misled the American people when she was confronted with her criminal actions,' Ryan continued.

'While we need more information about how the Bureau came to this recommendation, the American people will reject this troubling pattern of dishonesty and poor judgment,' he concluded.

Comey stunned the political world when he delivered a surprise statement at FBI headquarters Tuesday and announced he would not recommend charges be brought.

Comey also catalogued a series of missteps by Clinton, noting that there was no 24-hour security on her unusual private server, that she used the account when overseas and at risk of intrusion, and that people she communicated with got hacked.

'Although we did not find clear evidence that secretary Clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws,' Comey said, 'there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.'

Comey said the FBI determined that before Clinton deleted tens of thousands of her 'personal' emails, her attorneys deleted several work-related messages. The lawyers didn't read them all but searched keywords to determine which of them might qualify as government records.

GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump blasted the move as part of a 'rigged system'

Talkin' bout a resolution: Clinton's camp called the matter 'resolved'

Ryan's statement about 'more information' being needed is a start contrast to the statement put out by Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon, who declared the situation 'resolved.'

'As the Secretary has long said, it was a mistake to use her personal email and she would not do it again. We are glad that this matter is now resolved,' Fallon said.

Although Comey didn't recommend prosecution, he noted that under ordinary circumstances, there would be 'consequences' for similar behavior.

'To be clear this is not to suggest that in similar circumstances a person who engaged in this activity would face no consequences. To the contrary, those individuals are often subject to security or administrative sanctions, but that's now what we're deciding now,' he said.