Press Releases

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today announced an investigation into actions taken by the Biden Administration’s Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) that allowed fentanyl to hit U.S. streets in New Mexico while the agency watched and took no action. The Biden Administration reversed Trump Administration protocols designed to protect public safety, which resulted in more fentanyl related deaths in New Mexico. In a letter to ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement Chairman Clay Higgins (R-La.) today announced a roundtable titled “Catch and Release, Lose and Forget: Addressing the Crisis of Unaccompanied Alien Children—Part III.” This roundtable follows a previous 

Documents obtained suggest the NAS intended to release a biased review to undermine the EPA and support radical climate activists WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is continuing an investigation into the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s (NAS) decision to fast-track a review without authorization from a federal agency of issues related to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) today announced a hearing titled “No Flame, More Pain: How State and Local Bans on Natural Gas Increase Costs."  During the hearing, members will highlight the advantage the United States holds over the rest of the world due to our abundance of ...

House Oversight Committee subpoenas witness to appear WASHINGTON—Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses Chairman Brandon Gill (R-Texas) today announced a hearing titled “Protecting American Citizenship: Confronting Birth Tourism.” During the hearing, Task Force members will examine the prevalence of birth tourism schemes in the United States and investigate firms that are exploiting birthright citizenship by explicitly ...

WASHINGTON—Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released the transcript from Jes Staley’s transcribed interview as part of the Committee’s review of the federal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Staley’s interview occurred on July 24, 2026.

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on the report issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) finding FEMA’s disaster response crew violated law and policy by skipping homes during the response to Hurricane Milton due to the presence of political signage ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is pressing former Biden Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra on why he withheld Dr. Anthony Fauci’s diary and phone from the Committee’s Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic last Congress, despite the Committee’s requests for records that would have required their production. “The COVID-19 pandemic and decisions made by Dr. ...

WASHINGTON—Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses Chairman Brandon Gill (R-Texas) is investigating prominent consulting group McKinsey & Company for its heavy-handed promotion of discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices in American companies. McKinsey published several pro-DEI reports that proactively influence American companies and fiduciaries to make hiring and investment decisions based on “diversity,” asserting ...