Press Releases

WASHINGTON—Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability passed two bills to protect speech from government censorship, the Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act (H.R. 140) and the Accountability for Government Censorship Act (H.R. 1162). The Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act, introduced by Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), expands the Hatch Act—the law prohibiting federal employees from engaging in political activities in their official ...

WASHINGTON — House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s roundtable titled “Preparing For the Future By Learning From the Past: Examining COVID Policy Decisions” by noting the importance of the work before the subcommittee in the new congress and laying out the areas of investigation, ...

Julie Su oversaw California’s unemployment insurance program where at least $32 billion was lost to fraud WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on President Biden’s nomination of Julie Su as the next Department of Labor Secretary: “It’s alarming that President Biden is nominating Julie Su as the next Department of Labor Secretary. She has a history of allowing rampant ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) sent a letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Commissioner Troy Miller requesting transcribed interviews with seven U.S. Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agents currently responsible for managing critical sectors of the U.S. border. The uniqueness of each sector on the southern border demonstrates a need for the committee to obtain additional information to guide legislative ...

Request information and staff-level briefing related to grantees under the IRA that failed to meet health or environmental needs WASHINGTON — House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas) are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assist in conducting oversight of the agency’s administration of environmental justice ...

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 calling on the Department of Energy, the Department of State, and Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to provide information necessary to the Select Subcommittee and Oversight Committee’s investigation into COVID origins. This follows the Republican lawmakers’ previous requests to the Department of Health and ...

Call on DOT to be transparent and provide all documents and communications related to the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans launched an investigation into U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s failure to promptly respond to the train derailment catastrophe in East Palestine, Ohio and ensuing environmental and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...