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Comer Probes John Kerry’s Secret Negotiations as Special Presidential Envoy for Climate

Renews request for documents and information to understand role and provide necessary transparency over the SPEC and its activities WASHINGTON — House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is pressing Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC) John Kerry for documents and information related to his role within the Biden Administration. Despite not being confirmed by the Senate, Kerry is negotiating with the Chinese Communist Party ...

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Comer Opens Hearing Investigating Billions Lost to Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Pandemic Programs

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today delivered opening remarks at a hearing titled “Federal Pandemic Spending: A Prescription for Waste, Fraud, and Abuse.” After spending trillions of dollars under the name of COVID with no guardrails or protections, billions of taxpayer dollars were lost to waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement. Chairman Comer emphasized that Republicans will identify where this money went, how much ended up ...

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Comer: NARA’s Inconsistent Treatment of Classified Docs Reveals Political Double Standard

On Hannity, Comer warns the Biden Admin worked hand-in-hand with NARA to conceal classified docs story from the American people WASHINGTON—Following a transcribed interview with the National Archives and Records Administration’s (NARA) general counsel, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) joined ‘Hannity’ on Fox News to discuss how the Biden Administration deliberately sought to keep Americans in the dark about President ...

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Comer: Federal Workers Must SHOW UP for the American People

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today delivered remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 139, the Stopping Home Work’s Unproductive Problems Act (SHOW UP Act). Chairman Comer introduced the SHOW UP Act to require federal workers to return to pre-pandemic telework levels so that government agencies can best serve the American people. ...

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Comer Announces Subcommittee Chairs and Membership for 118th Congress

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today announced the subcommittee chairs and membership for the 118th Congress. “Republicans on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee are ready to get to work to root out waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in the federal government and hold the Biden Administration accountable. We have a duty to be the voice of the American people in Washington and will fight for them. With ...

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Comer Applauds House Passage of the SHOW UP Act

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer today applauded House passage of the Stopping Home Office Work’s Unproductive Problems (SHOW UP) Act (H.R. 139), a bill he introduced to prevent the Biden Administration from cementing heightened pandemic-era telework policies until it proves the efficacy of remote work. “Today the People’s House have sent a strong ...

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Hearing Wrap Up: Rushed Pandemic Spending Without Guardrails Allowed Rampant Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

WASHINGTON—Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing titled “Federal Pandemic Spending: A Prescription for Waste, Fraud, and Abuse.” Committee members asked government witnesses for answers about why billions of taxpayer dollars were lost to waste, fraud, and abuse and for estimates as to how much money was ...

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Chairman Comer Delivers Opening Remarks at Organizational Meeting

WASHINGTON– House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today delivered opening remarks at the committee's organizational meeting for the 118th Congress, where the committee will adopt its official rules. “We will be returning this Committee to its core mission: To ensure that taxpayer dollars are not being mismanaged, abused, or wasted, to shine a light in the darkness of the federal bureaucracy to prevent corruption and self-dealing, and to ...

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Comer to Hold Hearing on Biden’s Border Crisis with U.S Border Patrol Agents

After threatening subpoenas, Mayorkas allows Border Patrol Chiefs to testify before Congress WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) will hold a full committee hearing titled “On The Front Lines of the Border Crisis: A Hearing with Chief Patrol Agents,” to gather facts from U.S. Border Patrol witnesses who are working to secure the border in the wake of President Biden’s policies that have created the worst border ...

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Comer: Republican-Led Oversight Committee to Provide a Check on the Role and Power of Washington

WASHINGTON–House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered remarks today at the National Press Club’s Headliners Newsmaker to discuss how under Republican control, he is returning the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability to its primary mission to root out waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in the federal government and hold the Biden ...