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WASHINGTON—This week, the House of Representatives passed eleven Committee on Oversight and Government Reform bills aimed at protecting taxpayer funds and combating rampant fraud and improper payments in federal programs. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimates that the federal government cumulatively improperly paid $2.8 trillion dollars since 2003. It also estimates that between $233 billion and $521 billion is lost annually across all federal programs and operations due to ...

WASHINGTON––House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is continuing to investigate activity by tax exempt entities and the ability of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to identify and enforce related violations of tax laws. State Democracy Defenders Fund is organized as a charitable 501(c)(3) nonprofit that enables donors to deduct contributions from their adjusted gross income for federal tax purposes. In a letter to Ambassador Norm Eisen, ...

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. 8312, the Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act. This bill, introduced by Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), establishes a permanent, government-wide, anti-fraud analytics function to assist agency Inspectors General in their fraud prevention work. In his statement, Chairman Comer highlighted the importance of making the Pandemic ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered remarks on the House floor to support his bill, H.R. 8464, the Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act. This bill gives the U.S. Treasury the authority to halt and return payments flagged for fraud risks and follows the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into extensive fraud across multiple state social welfare programs, notably the State of Minnesota, and the ...

Chairman Comer urges President Trump’s Anti-Fraud Task Force to conduct a thorough review of Minnesota’s social services program WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released a staff report today titled, “The Cost of Doing Nothing: How Tim Walz and Keith Ellison Fueled Minnesota’s Fraud Explosion.” The report exposes how senior Minnesota state officials, including Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison, were aware of widespread ...

Oversight Committee also releases transcript from Sarah Kellen’s interview WASHINGTON— House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Republican lawmakers today sent a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche calling on the Department of Justice to use all available tools, including immunity for certain witnesses, to investigate sexual assault allegations made by Sarah Kellen during her transcribed interview as part of the ...

WASHINGTON—Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released the transcript from Tova Noel’s transcribed interview as part of the Committee’s review of the federal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Noel’s interview occurred on May 18, 2026. The Committee also released the 

Recent reporting exposes how prisoners have used tablets to sexually exploit women and minors WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses Chairman Brandon Gill (R-Texas), and Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency Chairman Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) today opened an investigation into California’s prisoner digital table program and ...

Requests documents and information from Polymarket and Kalshi to better understand how the platforms detect anomalous trading activity to prevent insider trading WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today opened an investigation into how users of prediction market platforms Polymarket and Kalshi potentially are using nonpublic information to engage in insider trading. In letters to Polymarket Chief Executive Officer ...

WASHINGTON— House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) applauded the Trump Administration for holding fraudsters accountable for stealing from taxpayer-funded programs in Minnesota. Today, the Trump Administration announced criminal charges against 15 defendants involved in Minnesota fraud schemes that targeted more than $90 million in taxpayer funds. “The Trump Administration is taking action to hold accountable criminals who are ...