Press Releases

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) are investigating the integrity of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) research security after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has determined that American universities and laboratories are susceptible to undisclosed and illegal transfers of information, technology, and intellectual property. In a ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) and Ranking Member Raul Ruiz (D-Ca.) have requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) conduct an analysis of the international biosafety and biosecurity standards implemented by G20 countries. In a letter to the GAO today, the Chairman and Ranking Member asked Comptroller General Gene Dodaro to provide a comprehensive report comparing the current biosafety and biosecurity standards ...

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing yesterday titled “The Power of Apprenticeships: Faster, Better Paths to Prosperous Jobs and Less Waste in Higher Education” to discuss challenges surrounding the rising cost of higher education and examine the importance of apprenticeships and career ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is calling on President Biden to provide information about the $200,000 check he received from his brother, James Biden, which was labeled as a “loan repayment.” In a letter to White House Counsel Edward Siskel, Chairman Comer calls for loan documents and documentation that all applicable IRS filings were properly made. Chairman Comer also emphasizes that whether or not the $200,000 check to ...

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Committee Republicans are calling on Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) to correct the record and apologize to the American people for spreading disinformation about evidence obtained by the Committee during its investigation of President Biden. Most recently, former U.S. Attorney Scott Brady’s testimony debunks Ranking Member Raskin’s lies about the FBI’s unclassified ...

Call on USAID to provide documents and information on U.S. funding sent to Gaza and the West Bank WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.), and Oversight Committee Republicans are raising concerns over the Biden Administration’s plans to send hundreds of millions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer-funded humanitarian aid to ...

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce and Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services held a joint hearing titled “Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service” with Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Danny Werfel to examine the Internal Revenue Service’s plans to utilize an additional $80 billion in long-term funding allocated by ...