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Lawmakers champion the ACE Act, which will ensure a safe, accessible, and secure election system WASHINGTON – Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and Committee on House Administration held a joint hearing titled “American Confidence In Elections: The Path To Election Integrity In The District Of Columbia.” At the hearing, members and ...

Committee removes scheduled contempt of Congress markup WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement after the FBI caved under the threat of holding Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress and will now allow all members of the committee to review the record and receive a briefing. Additionally, the FBI is making two additional documents referenced in the FD-1023 available for Chairman ...

WASHINGTON — National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) opened today’s subcommittee hearing on “Help Wanted: Law Enforcement Staffing Challenges at the Border” by outlining how the Biden border crisis and Administration’s mishandling of resources have debilitated law enforcement and worsened existing staffing ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas) and Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) delivered opening remarks at today’s joint hearing titled “ESG Part II: The Cascading Impacts of ESG ...

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs held a hearing titled, “Help Wanted: Law Enforcement Staffing Challenges at the Border.” Subcommittee members discussed with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (IG) Joseph Cuffari how the Biden Administration’s policies are exacerbating pre-existing staffing challenges ...

Urges President Biden to nominate highly qualified candidates to fill these vacancies WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today sent a letter to President Biden urging him to expeditiously nominate highly qualified candidates to fill Inspector General (IG) vacancies at the Department of State, the Department of Treasury, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). “The Inspector General (IG) ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement after receiving a briefing from the FBI about the unclassified record alleging then-Vice President Joe Biden engaged in a $5 million bribery scheme with a foreign national in exchange for certain actions: “Today, FBI officials confirmed that the unclassified, FBI-generated record has not been disproven and stated several times the information contained ...

WASHINGTON—The Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, James Comer (R-Ky.), and the Ranking Member of the SenateCommittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Tim Scott (R-S.C.), are demanding answers from the Biden administration about its role in facilitating the European Union’s (E.U.) efforts to impose its progressive climate agenda on American companies. In letters to the Department of the Treasury and the Securities and Exchange ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) today announced a joint hearing titled “American Confidence in Elections: The Path to Election Integrity in the District of Columbia.” The joint hearing will examine the American Confidence ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is today opening an investigation into President Biden’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appointee Chair Lina Khan. FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson recently resigned from her role after concerns about the integrity of the FTC under Chair Khan’s leadership, citing abuses of power and disregard for the rule ...