Federal Law Enforcement

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement Chairman Clay Higgins (R-La.)  today announced a hearing titled “From Protection to Persecution: EPA Enforcement Gone Rogue Under the Biden Administration.” This hearing will investigate the Biden Administration’s weaponization of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and evaluate the ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement Chairman Clay Higgins (R-La.) today are launching an investigation into the violent riots in Los Angeles that are occurring amid federal immigration enforcement actions to remove dangerous criminal illegal aliens from the ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement Clay Higgins (R-La.) today applauded House passage of the District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act (H.R. 2056). This bill, sponsored by Rep. Higgins, was passed by the House Oversight Committee and nullifies D.C.’s sanctuary city status. Specifically, it vacates any D.C. laws and memoranda that prohibit cooperation with U.S. ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement Chairman Clay Higgins (R-La.) are examining the District of Columbia Attorney General’s recently dismissed, politically motivated lawfare case against three gun stores in Montgomery County, Maryland. In a letter to D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb, the lawmakers request communications, documents, and agreements exchanged between the D.C. Attorney ...

WASHINGTON—Yesterday, the Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement held a roundtable on “A View from the Frontlines: A Police Week Roundtable on Emerging Issues Facing American Law Enforcement.” During the roundtable, members and participants examined the challenges state and local law enforcement agencies face when working with federal agencies, and ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement Chair Clay Higgins (R-La.) today announced the panel will hold a roundtable on “A View From the Frontlines: A Police Week Roundtable on Emerging Issues Facing American Law Enforcement.” This roundtable will take place during National Police Week and will identify and examine the ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today announced that the governors of Illinois, Minnesota, and New York will testify on June 12, 2025, at a hearing on their states’ sanctuary policies that shield criminal illegal aliens from immigration enforcement: “Sanctuary policies only provide sanctuaries for criminal illegal aliens. Former President Biden created the worst border crisis in U.S. history and allowed criminal ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement Chairman Clay Higgins (R-La.) today is calling on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to make necessary updates to its firearms transactions record form (Form 4473) to protect citizens from unknowingly making felonious misrepresentations and defend Americans from radical gender ideology. In a letter to Acting ATF Director Daniel Driscoll, Chairman Higgins requests information on whether the ATF has the authority ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced that the Committee is investigating the Biden-era Department of Defense’s use of the Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program to facilitate the sale of land easements near U.S. military bases to nonprofits with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) under the guise of conservation. This inquiry is part of 

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement Chairman Clay Higgins (R-La.) today announced the Subcommittee’s investigation of the weaponization of overly burdensome regulations on the American people by the Biden Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, Chairman Higgins requested information on actions taken by the DOJ and EPA to reexamine these overbearing ...