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WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) will hold a hearing titled “Assessing America’s Vaccine Safety Systems, Part One” to examine the effectiveness of vaccine safety reporting and injury compensation systems following the rollout of the controversial COVID-19 vaccine. The federal government maintains a surveillance system that monitors injuries resulting from widely available vaccinations. During the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today released the transcript from the committees’ transcribed interview with Mervyn Yan, a Biden family associate affiliated with the Bidens’ dealings with the Chinese government linked energy firm, CEFC. The full transcript can be ...

DOJ has passed or delayed seeking FARA registrations for Al Jazeera and TikTok WASHINGTON— House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is examining the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) failure to enforce Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) requirements with certain entities, including Al Jazeera and TikTok. In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, Chairman Comer is requesting all documents and communications regarding ...

WASHINGTON— Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) will hold a hearing titled “The Consequences of Catch and Release at the Border.” The hearing will examine the failure of the Biden Administration to detain most illegal aliens during removal proceedings and how backlogs and adjudication delays have incentivized hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens to file insufficient claims to obtain work authorization and to buy time ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report: “Americans expect equal justice under the law and are dismayed the Justice Department continues to allow Joe Biden to live above it. Joe Biden willfully retained classified documents for years in unsecure locations and intentionally disclosed them yet faces no consequences for his actions. The House Oversight ...

IG has found nearly 60% of enhanced defense articles remain unaccounted for WASHINGTON— House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), Senator JD Vance (R-Ohio), and Oversight Committee Republicans are continuing to investigate the Biden Administration’s delivery of U.S. taxpayer-funded assistance to Ukraine. Following an Inspector General report revealing the Department of Defense (DoD) has failed to track military weapons and articles ...

Calls on State Department to provide unredacted documents related to Envoy Kerry’s negotiations with Climate groups   WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is calling on U.S. Department of State Secretary Antony Blinken to provide unredacted documents and communications related to Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC) John Kerry’s collusion with leftist environmental groups and all information on ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today released the transcript from the committees’ transcribed interview with Carol Fox, a trustee for Americore’s bankruptcy proceedings. The full transcript can be found here. Background: As the U.S. Trustee for ...

WASHINGTON—Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a markup to consider a series of bills that address prescription drug costs, regulatory burdens, crime in the nation’s capital, improving government operations, and tracking mail in ballots. “I am thrilled that the Oversight Committee took action today to further several pieces of legislation – many ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced a Committee markup will take place on Tuesday, February 6 at 10:00 am ET to consider a series of legislation. WHAT: Full Committee Markup H.R. 262, the All Economic Regulations are Transparent (ALERT) Act of 2023: Requires agencies to submit monthly updates to the Office of Information Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) on their ...