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WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is today announcing the Committee’s investigation into the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) role in Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) negotiations. In a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan, Chairman Comer acknowledges the importance of the IPEF in countering China’s influence in the region but raises concerns that the FTC is going beyond its authority to dictate provisions related to digital trade ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is calling on the Department of the Treasury to release detailed information regarding the potential misuse of $350 billion in COVID-19 aid allocated to state, local, territorial, and tribunal governments.  The Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) program was created — through the American Rescue Plan — to address pandemic-era economic challenges faced by states ...

WASHNGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) requesting information to understand whether DOJ is hindering the DOJ OIG’s efforts to investigate the serious allegations made by Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblowers regarding ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is furthering the Committee’s ongoing oversight of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) by investigating whether the FTC subverted U.S. due process rights by improperly coordinating with foreign officials and European Union (EU) agencies. In a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan and top officials at the FTC, Chairman Comer is requesting documents and information between FTC and European governing ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is calling on the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to provide then-Vice President Joe Biden’s records regarding his duties as Vice President that overlapped with his son’s activities in Ukraine. Chairman Comer is requesting all unredacted documents and communications in which then-Vice President Joe Biden used a pseudonym; Hunter Biden, Eric Schwerin, or Devon Archer is ...

Chairman Comer releases the transcript for the former FBI supervisory special agent (SSA). The former FBI SSA, who worked for the FBI for 20 years and retired in June 2022, corroborated IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley’s testimony that FBI headquarters tipped off Secret Service headquarters and the Biden transition team about the planned Hunter Biden interview during ...

Chairman Comer releases a third bank records memorandum detailing how the Bidens and their business associates received millions from oligarchs in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine during Joe Biden’s vice presidency. After Hunter Biden received millions of dollars in payments, then-Vice President Joe Biden dined with his son’s foreign associates in Washington, D.C. The memo can be found