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WASHINGTON—House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) are continuing their investigation into the Biden-Harris White House’s creation of a false transcript that revised President Joe Biden’s remarks, in which he referred to President Trump’s supporters as “garbage.”  A recent report reveals that while White House stenographers submitted an accurate transcript to the National Archives ...

Evidence Suggests Andrew Cuomo knowingly and willfully made false statements to Congress about his COVID-19 nursing home disaster WASHINGTON – Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) sent a criminal referral to the Department of Justice (DOJ) recommending former New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo be charged with making false statements to Congress. In an apparent effort to shield himself from accountability, evidence suggests Mr. ...

Report details how Chair Khan undermined the FTC’s bipartisan, independent mission through a relentless violation of legal, procedural, historical, and management norms WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) released a staff report today titled “The Federal Trade Commission Under Chair Lina Khan: Undue Biden-Harris White House Influence and Sweeping Destruction of Agency Norms.” The report finds that Federal Trade ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is launching an investigation into the Federal of Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) failure to report complete, accurate national crime data. In 2023, the FBI initially reported an estimated 1.7 percent decrease in violent crime in 2022 but later quietly revised the report to show a 4.5 percent increase––a staggering 6.2 percent change. In a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Chairman ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) and Ranking Member Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.) are advancing bipartisan oversight to tackle improper payments and fraud in federal government programs. In a letter to the Comptroller General at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Gene Dodaro, they request information on how federal agencies are identifying root causes of improper payments and implementing corrective actions and ...

By releasing a false transcript, the Biden-Harris White House may be in violation of the Presidential Records Act WASHINGTON—House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today are raising concerns the Biden-Harris White House may have violated the Presidential Records Act by revising President Biden’s remarks, in which he referred to President Trump’s supporters as ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is following up on the Committee’s subpoena to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for documents, communications, and intelligence reports in DHS’s custody related to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s connections to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). DHS has not complied with the subpoena, and Chairman Comer is now releasing partial DHS internal communications obtained from a whistleblower, ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is continuing the Committee’s investigation into NewsGuard’s impact on protected First Amendment speech and how its contracts with government agencies may contribute to censorship under the guise of combatting misinformation. In a follow up letter to NewsGuard Chief Executive Officers Steven Brill and Gordon Crovitz, Chairman Comer requests additional documents and communications from NewsGuard ...

Staff report finds that the Biden-Harris Administration lacks a government-wide strategy to counter China’s tactics and provides recommendations to help federal agencies secure America WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) released a staff report today titled “CCP Political Warfare: Federal Agencies Urgently Need a Government-Wide Strategy.” The report, which includes information obtained during the

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is continuing the Committee’s investigation into the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to pressure social media companies to censor Americans online. Subcommittee Chairwoman Mace previously sent a letter in