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WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer’s (R-Ky.) legislation, the Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2021 (H.R. 26), was signed into law. This legislation ends reverse auctions for complex design and construction services. “Reverse auctions for complex design and construction services fail to meet the needs of the American people because they do not ensure the best products at the best price. With the ...

WASHINGTON—Today, Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.); Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) and Chairman Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.); and National Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) and Chairman Stephen F. Lynch (D-Mass.) sent a 

WASHINGTON—Today, Oversight Republicans, led by Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio), Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), called on U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to provide all documents and communications regarding the Biden Administration’s efforts to censor medical information and opinions on social media. “The First Amendment protects all Americans’ right to free speech—speech free from government ...

WASHINGTON—Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today blasted the Department of Justice’s refusal to investigate deadly mandates in New York, Pennsylvania, and Michigan sending COVID-19 positive patients into nursing homes and long-term care facilities, resulting in the unnecessary deaths of thousands of seniors. “It is outrageous that the Department of Justice refuses to investigate the deadly ‘must ...

Opens hearing chastising Democrats for dereliction of Oversight duties WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s hearing on the Democrats’ radical environmental agenda by criticizing Democrats for their failure to prioritize the needs of the American people and instead focusing on progressive pipedreams contained in the American Jobs Plan. Ranking Member Comer highlighted areas severely in need of ...

Biden Administration has failed to administer billions in relief as eviction moratorium is set to expire WASHINGTON—Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today called on Chairman James Clyburn (D-S.C.) to invite Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to testify at next week’s hearing regarding the Department of Treasury’s failure to administer tens of billions of dollars in pandemic rental assistance ...