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WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs held a hearing today titled “Clearing the Path: Reforming Procurement to Accelerate Defense Innovation.” During the hearing, members underscored how burdensome defense acquisition and procurement procedures in the Department of Defense (DOD) continuously stifle innovation in the American defense industry at ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing on “Securing Americans’ Genetic Information: Privacy and National Security Concerns Surrounding 23andMe’s Bankruptcy Sale.” In his opening statement, Chairman Comer ...

WASHINGTON— House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered remarks on the House floor today in support of H.R. 2096, the Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act. This bill, introduced by Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.), restores due process protections for Washington, D.C. police officers and is an important step in codifying President Trump’s “Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful” executive order. 

WASHINGTON— House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered remarks on the House floor today in support of H.R. 884, a bill that prohibits noncitizens from voting in elections in the District of Columbia. The legislation, introduced by Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas), protects Americans’ sacred right to vote in U.S. elections and received bipartisan support in the last Congress.

WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing today titled “Securing Americans’ Genetic Information: Privacy and National Security Concerns Surrounding 23andMe’s Bankruptcy Sale.” During the hearing, members highlighted serious national security and privacy concerns surrounding the ...

WASHINGTON—House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.) today praised the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of the Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act (H.R. 2096), which restores due process protections for Washington, D.C. police officers and is an important step in codifying President Trump’s “Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful” executive order.  “D.C. police ...

WASHINGTON—House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) today praised the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of H.R. 884, legislation that prohibits individuals who are not U.S. citizens from voting in local Washington, D.C. elections. “It’s common sense that only American citizens should have the right to vote. Allowing noncitizens to vote in D.C. elections undermines the defining privilege of American ...

WASHINGTON—Yesterday, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing titled “The Federal Government in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” During the hearing, expert witnesses stressed the urgent need for the federal government to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) responsibly to enhance efficiency, improve public services, and reduce costs for ...