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“A Historic Moment for Our Nation’s Capital.” WASHINGTON—House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today praised the U.S. Senate’s passage of the bipartisan D.C. Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act, which is now headed to the President’s desk to be signed into law: “The Senate’s passage of the D.C. RFK Stadium Campus Revitalization Act is a historic moment for our nation’s capital. If Congress ...

WASHINGTON—In an op-ed published in The Washington Times, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) outlines the Committee’s top priorities for the 119th Congress. Chairman Comer details the steps the Committee will take to actively support the Trump Administration’s government efficiency efforts, rein in runaway bureaucracy, ...

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) issued the following joint statement after the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released an interim report exposing the Biden Administration’s non-compliance with conflict-of-interest regulations that are intended to protect American ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) study on the impacts of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports: “For four years, the Biden Administration weaponized the power of the executive branch to wage a whole-of-government war against American-made energy production. This Administration’s recent LNG study is a Hail Mary political effort to advance radical, ...

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today praised the bipartisan D.C. Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act after the legislation was included in the continuing appropriations for Fiscal Year 2025: “Including the bipartisan D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act in the continuing appropriations for Fiscal Year 2025 shows Congress is doing its job to oversee the District of Columbia. This landmark ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) and Ranking Member Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.) continue their bipartisan oversight of the Department of Defense’s personnel vetting practices. The lawmakers remain concerned about delays and issues with the National Background Investigation Service (NBIS) program. In a letter to the U.S. Government and Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro, they requested a GAO ...

WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability has released an interim staff memorandum providing an update on the Committee’s ongoing investigation into the United States Coast Guard (USCG) following allegations of pervasive sexual assault and misconduct. The memorandum details how the USCG concealed “Operation Fouled Anchor” from Congress, failed to address both historic and persistent sexual misconduct at the USCG Academy, and neglected to help victims and hold ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is investigating the Selective Service System’s promotion of a false and offensive social media post that compared President-elect Donald Trump to Nazi Germany and implied the draft would be mandatory. In a letter to Acting Director of the Selective Service System Joel Spangenberg, Chairman Comer requests all documents and communications related to the agency’s internal investigation into the ...