Press Releases

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced a markup will take place on Wednesday, May 20 at 10:00am ET to consider a series of bills aimed at strengthening oversight.“The House Oversight Committee remains committed to protecting hardworking taxpayers and ensuring the federal government operates efficiently, effectively, and ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Representative Brandon Gill (R-Texas), the Chairman of the Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses, today sent four letters to U.S. entities and businesses that are engaged in and profit from birth tourism. These firms are exploiting birthright citizenship by explicitly marketing their maternity services to foreign expectant mothers who take advantage of ...

WASHINGTON—Yesterday, the Subcommittee on Government Operations held a hearing on “DOW Financial Management: Examining Progress and New Audit Approaches.” This hearing was part of the Subcommittee’s larger investigation into the Department of War’s (DOW) ineffective financial management that has been preventing them from achieving a clean audit. During the ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement Chairman Clay Higgins (R-La.) delivered opening remarks at today’s hearing on “Privacy Protections & the Second Amendment: Examining ATF’s Relationship to the Tiahrt Amendment.” In his opening statement, Subcommittee Chairman Higgins highlighted the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’s (ATF) history of abusing the Tiahrt Amendment and disregarding the Second Amendment under the Biden Administration. He also ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) delivered his opening statement at today’s roundtable on “Reducing America’s National Debt: Rooting Out Federal Waste, Fraud and Overregulation.” In his remarks, Subcommittee Chairman Burlison acknowledged that the U.S. national debt is well over $65 trillion and how that harms affordability and Americans’ daily lives. He also highlighted the House Oversight ...

WASHINGTON—Today, the Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement held a hearing on “Privacy Protections & the Second Amendment: Examining ATF’s Relationship to the Tiahrt Amendment” During the hearing, members discussed the history and purpose of the Tiahrt Amendment and the consequences of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ...

WASHINGTON— House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is continuing to investigate the Sixteen Thirty Fund’s role in the secretive Chorus influencer program, a prominent dark money operation involved in efforts to undermine media ethics standards and circumvent federal campaign finance disclosure laws enforced by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Following Sixteen Thirty Fund’s failure to fully comply with ...

Kick off Task Force with letter investigating fraud in Ohio’s Medicaid program WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today announced Representative Brandon Gill (R-Texas) will chair the newly created Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses. The Task Force will focus on defending constitutional rights in the face of institutions that work to abuse and undermine historic pillars ...

WASHINGTON—Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released the transcript of Ted Waitt’s transcribed interview as part of its review of the federal government’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell cases. Waitt appeared on April 30, 2026. The Committee also released the 

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) delivered opening remarks at today’s hearing on “DOW Financial Management: Examining Progress and New Audit Approaches.” In his opening statement, Subcommittee Chairman Sessions emphasized the need for the Department of War to be financially transparent and accountable, since the agency is responsible for nearly half of the federal government’s discretionary spending. He also highlighted DOW’s ...