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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 ...

Send letter to U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Committee Republicans are calling on the federal government agencies administering more than $113 billion in U.S. taxpayer-funded assistance to Ukraine to provide documents and information to ensure that these dollars are being protected from waste, fraud, and ...

Initiates an investigation to understand DHS’s justification for bypassing normal contract competition WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) initiated an investigation into the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) pattern of bypassing fair competition and awarding sole source, no-bid contracts worth millions of taxpayer dollars. In a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Chairman Comer raises ...