Press Releases

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) opened today’s hearing titled “Hemp in the Modern World: The Yearslong Wait for FDA Action” by discussing the failures of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate hemp products. Instead, the FDA is asking Congress for more regulatory authority which has led ...

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) introduced the D.C. Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act, bipartisan legislation that transfers administrative jurisdiction over the RFK stadium site from the Secretary of the Interior to the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA). The bill will allow GSA to enter into a ...

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing titled “Oversight and Reauthorization of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.” In his opening statement, Chairman Comer emphasized that fentanyl is flowing into our communities at a fast rate and is ...

ONDCP must be equipped and directed to take all appropriate actions to fight this ongoing drug crisis and save lives. WASHINGTON – Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing titled “Oversight and Reauthorization of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.” At the hearing, members emphasized that fentanyl and ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing titled “Because I Said So: Examining the Science and Impact of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates” by highlighting the Biden Administration’s abuse of executive power when it imposed mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations on millions of Americans without considering patient-physician relationships or medical freedom. Contrary to what was promised, COVID-19 vaccine mandates did not ...

WASHINGTON – Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) delivered opening remarks at a hearing titled “Getting Nowhere: DoD’s Failure to Replace the Defense Travel System.” In her opening statement, Subcommittee Chairwoman Mace slammed the Department of Defense’s (DOD) ...

WASHINGTON –Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency.” In his opening statement, ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement after U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika refused to rubberstamp Hunter Biden’s sweetheart plea deal: “Today District Judge Noreika did the right thing by refusing to rubberstamp Hunter Biden’s sweetheart plea deal. But let’s be clear: Hunter’s sweetheart plea deal belongs in the trash. Last week we heard from two credible IRS whistleblowers ...

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation held a hearing titled, “Getting Nowhere: DoD’s Failure to Replace the Defense Travel System.” Subcommittee members discussed how the Department of Defense (DOD) recently abandoned a years-long effort to replace its archaic Defense Travel System (DTS), which processes ...

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs held a hearing titled, “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications in National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency.” Subcommittee members discussed with witnesses the lack transparency and proper reporting mechanisms within ...