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Comer Probes State Department’s Use of Taxpayer Dollars to Fund Censorship Campaigns

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is pressing Secretary of State Antony Blinken about reports that U.S. taxpayer dollars administered by the Department of State were used to suppress lawful speech and defund conservative news outlets under the guise of combatting disinformation. Chairman Comer is requesting documents and a staff-level briefing on the State Department’s use of taxpayer dollars to fund censorship ...

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Wenstrup to Hold Roundtable to Examine COVID Policy Decisions

Marks first time the Select Subcommittee on Coronavirus Pandemic will convene in the 118th Congress WASHINGTON – House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) will hold a roundtable titled “Preparing For the Future By Learning From the Past: Examining COVID Policy Decisions.” At the roundtable, lawmakers will discuss COVID-19 policy decisions with renowned doctors to thoroughly examine the federal ...

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Comer Announces Markup of Bills to Protect Speech from Government Censorship

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced a markup of legislation to protect speech from government censorship. “Next week, the House Oversight Committee will take up legislation to protect speech from government censorship. The Biden Administration has eroded Americans’ First Amendment rights by bullying social media companies to censor certain views and news on their platforms. Biden Administration officials are quick ...

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Comer & Oversight Republicans Request Transparency from Agencies on Billions in Taxpayer-Funded Ukraine Assistance

Send letter to U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Committee Republicans are calling on the federal government agencies administering more than $113 billion in U.S. taxpayer-funded assistance to Ukraine to provide documents and information to ensure that these dollars are being protected from waste, fraud, and ...

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Comer: DHS’s Reliance on No-Bid Contracts is Jeopardizing Taxpayer Dollars for Political Expedience

Initiates an investigation to understand DHS’s justification for bypassing normal contract competition WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) initiated an investigation into the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) pattern of bypassing fair competition and awarding sole source, no-bid contracts worth millions of taxpayer dollars. In a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Chairman Comer raises ...

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Comer Calls on Witness to Provide Information Related to Biden Family Involvement in International Bribery Schemes

Calls on Mr. Vuk Jeremic to provide documents, records, and communications related to testimony given on the Biden family’s former CCP-connected business associate WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is calling on Mr. Vuk Jeremic, a former Serbian politician and former President of the United Nations General Assembly, to provide documents, communications, and records related to the Biden family’s involvement in ...

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Top Oversight Republicans Demand Information on Biden’s Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal

Press the White House, DOD, DHS, State, USAID, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff for all documents and communications related to the Afghanistan catastrophe WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), National Security, the Border and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.), Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas), Cybersecurity, Information Technology, ...

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Comer Probes EPA Rule Disrupting HVAC Industry and Jeopardizing American Jobs

Requests information and staff-level briefing related to EPA’s final-rule banning non-refillable cylinders WASHINGTON — House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is raising concerns about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule banning non-refillable cylinders used to store and transport chemicals vital to heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning and its impact on the supply chain and American jobs. In a ...

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Wenstrup & Comer Launch First Select Subcommittee Investigation into COVID Origins and U.S. Taxpayer Dollars Funneled to the Wuhan Lab

Letters follow up on requests during 117th Congress for documents and testimony WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) are requesting senior Biden Administration officials, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and the president of EcoHealth Alliance provide information necessary to the Select Subcommittee and Oversight Committee’s ...

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Comer: D.C.’s Soft-on-Crime Law Will Turn the Crime Crisis Into a Catastrophe

WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today delivered remarks on the House floor in support of House Joint Resolution 26, which disapproves of the District of Columbia’s Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022. As violent crime runs rampant in our nation’s capital, the D.C. Council’s law will make an unacceptable crime rate in our nation’s capital even worse. The joint resolution of disapproval, if passed by Congress and ...