Press Releases

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas), and Representative Clay Higgins (R-La.) are continuing to investigate the Department of Energy’s (DOE) ban on new permits for Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) exports to non-Free Trade Agreement countries. They are raising concerns that DOE has not been fully transparent with Congress about a study on ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today released the committee’s accomplishments for the 118th Congress under Republican leadership. In a 72-page booklet provided to Republican committee members, Chairman Comer outlines how Republicans restored the House Oversight and Accountability Committee to its primary duty to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government and hold the Biden-Harris Administration ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is opening an investigation into the Department of Energy (DOE) after uncovering new information that suggests America’s most advanced scientific institution, Los Alamos National Laboratory, is using machinery linked to the Chinese military. According to recent evidence obtained by the Select Subcommittee, Los Alamos operates equipment that was created by the Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) — ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is continuing his investigation into the politicization of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under the leadership of Chair Lina Khan. In a letter to Chair Khan, Chairman Comer requests documents and communications about Chair Khan’s partisan election activities and whether her appearances at campaign-season events with Democrat candidates—as the head of an independent, bipartisan federal ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is continuing to conduct oversight of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) enforcement of the Horse Protection Act (HPA) and its promulgation of a final rule titled Horse Protection Amendments. Information obtained by the Oversight Committee and recent actions at Tennessee Walking Horse shows reveals USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) may be exceeding its ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is today investigating the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decision to revoke an award authorizing Space Exploration Technologies Corporation’s (SpaceX) Starlink to receive $885.5 million in broadband deployment subsidies through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF). In a letter to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, Chairman Comer is requesting documents and communications related ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is today issuing subpoenas to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, which is overseen by Vice President Harris, for refusal to provide information in response to the Committee’s records requests. The Committee is investigating potential collaboration between the Biden-Harris Administration and anti-Second Amendment ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is today issuing subpoenas to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Becerra (HHS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Thomas Vilsack for documents requested as part of an investigation into development of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Specifically, the Committee is investigating recommendations related to alcohol consumption. Both HHS and USDA have failed ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued a subpoena to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for intelligence reports, documents, and communications in its possession related to Governor Timothy Walz’s connections to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). According to recently received whistleblower disclosures, the Committee has learned of a non-classified, Microsoft Teams group chat among DHS ...

Ms. Margaret Moore, a lead staffer in NIH’s FOIA office, allegedly taught NIAID officials how to “make emails disappear” WASHINGTON — Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) announced a subpoena to compel Ms. Margaret Moore — known infamously as the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) “FOIA Lady” — to appear for a deposition on October 4, 2024. Documents suggest that Ms. Moore was involved in a conspiracy ...