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Mace: Deepfake Technology Can Be Weaponized to Cause Harm

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) today delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled “Advances in Deepfake Technology.” Chairwoman Mace discussed both the benefits and risks to the power of artificial intelligence and warned that realistic-looking, AI-generated falsified images and videos can cause ...

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Comer Issues Subpoenas to Biden Family & Associates

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today issued subpoenas to President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, brother, James Biden, and Biden family associate, Rob Walker, to appear for depositions. Chairman Comer also requested additional members of the Biden family and their associates appear for transcribed interviews. Chairman Comer plans to send additional subpoenas and transcribed interview requests later this ...

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Comer Announces Hearing with GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) will hold a hearing titled “Oversight of the U.S. General Services Administration.” This full committee hearing will examine the operations of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and how its activities influence billions of dollars in annual discretionary spending on rent, travel, IT ...

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Comer Probes USDA Review of EPA’s Chlorpyrifos Ban on Food Products

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is today continuing oversight of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) controversial decision to place a sweeping ban on a commonly used insecticide that protects America’s food supply. The EPA’s decision disregards U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-Pest Management scientists who previously expressed they believed EPA could retain certain chlorpyrifos uses that meet EPA’s safety ...

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Wenstrup, Malliotakis Expose New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s Obstruction of COVID-19 Nursing Home Investigation

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) and Representative Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) are pressing New York Governor Kathy Hochul to hand over information related to her state’s disastrous COVID-19 nursing home policies after repeated obstruction. Since the start of the pandemic, the Select Subcommittee has sent more than eight letters to Governor Hochul, former Governor Andrew Cuomo, and the Cuomo Administration requesting access to ...

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Comer, McClain Open Probe into FDA’s Response to National Drug Shortage

“The FDA is failing to ensure vitally important pharmaceuticals remain on pharmacy shelves.” WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) today are calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to provide information to understand the FDA’s response to a growing number of critical drug shortages delaying and prohibiting ...

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Mace Announces Hearing on Deepfakes

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) will hold a hearing titled “Advances in Deepfake Technology.” The subcommittee hearing will leverage expert witnesses to examine recent advances in the creation and distribution of falsified image, video, and speech, commonly known as deepfakes. The hearing will explore how this ...

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Wenstrup Announces Subpoena for Senior HHS Official Following Months of Egregious Stonewalling

WASHINGTON — After months of intentional stonewalling by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) announced a new subpoena to compel HHS Assistant Secretary for Legislation Melanie Egorin to appear for a deposition before the Select Subcommittee, the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Chairman Wenstrup was joined by Committee on ...

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Comer Reveals How Joe Biden Received Laundered China Money

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today released a video and bank records memorandum revealing how Joe Biden received $40,000 in laundered China money from the account of his brother, James Biden, and his sister-in-law, Sara Biden, in the form of a personal ...

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Wenstrup Releases Statement After University of Maryland Reverses Coercive COVID-19 Directive

WASHINGTON — The University of Maryland (UMD) reversed its coercive COVID-19 directive after Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) and all Majority Members opened an investigation into the University’s policy earlier this month. Under the previous directive, COVID-19 positive students were forced to immediately leave campus and isolate — presumably at their own expense — at a nearby hotel or by boarding a flight home. Effective November 1, ...