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WASHINGTON – To protect Americans’ First Amendment right to free speech from government censorship, Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has introduced the Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act (H.R. 140) with cosponsors Chairs Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash). The bill prohibits federal employees from pressuring social media companies to silence, censor, or remove Americans expressing views online. “The Biden ...

WASHINGTON—Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing on “Investigating the Origins of COVID-19” by emphasizing how knowing the origin of the virus is essential to helping predict and prevent future pandemics, protecting health and national security, and preparing the United States for the future. He outlined how the Select Subcommittee will follow the facts, conduct a fair investigation, and seek to deliver the truth to ...

WASHINGTON — Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) opened today’s subcommittee hearing by stressing the critical role force multipliers like canines and enhanced technology play in assisting U.S. Customs and Border Protection in stopping criminal activity at the U.S. southern border. Subcommittee Chairman Grothman highlighted how CBP seized enough fentanyl in FY 2022 to kill over three billion people and emphasized the ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered remarks on the House floor in support of his bill, Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act (H.R. 140). The bill prohibits federal employees from pressuring social media companies to silence, censor, or remove Americans expressing views online.

Encourages President Biden to immediately sign resolution WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) applauded bipartisan Senate passage of a joint resolution (H. J. Res. 26) blocking the D.C. Council’s Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022, which would lower penalties for a number of violent criminal offenses, from going ...

WASHINGTON — Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) opened today’s subcommittee hearing by noting the importance of embracing practical applications of artificial intelligence while balancing the impacts AI may have on society. Chairwoman Mace highlighted the need to establish guidelines for AI development and use a clear legal framework to hold companies accountable for the consequences of their AI systems. ...

WASHINGTON – Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas) opened today’s subcommittee hearing to examine how the Biden Administration’s decision to deplete the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to historic lows and attack on American-Made energy poses national security risks.

WASHINGTON—The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing on “Investigating the Origins of COVID-19” to gather facts about the origination of the virus that has claimed nearly seven million lives globally. At the hearing, several of the witnesses pointed to how the science, facts, and evidence point to a lab leak in Wuhan. Key Hearing ...

WASHINGTON — The Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs held a hearing today titled “Force Multipliers: Examining the Need for Additional Resources to Disrupt Transnational Crime at the Border and Beyond.” Subcommittee members asked witnesses from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s ...

WASHINGTON – Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing titled “Burning the Midnight Oil: Why Depleting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is Not a Solution to America’s Energy Problem, Part 1.” At the hearing, ...