Press Releases

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is calling on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and 14 other non-governmental groups to provide documents and information related to their role in the CDC’s COVID-19 school reopening guidance. Chairman Wenstrup is also requesting transcribed interviews from AFT President Randi Weingarten and other top leaders to further investigate ...

WASHINGTON — Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) opened today’s hearing by emphasizing that the Biden Administration has pushed for progressive ideals to be infused into the military which are affecting military readiness and recruitment. Subcommittee Chairman Grothman warned that continued exploitation of the military for political purposes and social policy experiments will sew distrust among Americans in our armed ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is conducting oversight of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulation of tobacco and nicotine products through its Center for Tobacco Products (CTP). The CTP has failed to effectively define and administer its tobacco and nicotine regulatory programs, resulting in industry uncertainty and unsafe products reaching the marketplace. In a letter to Commissioner Robert Califf of the Food and Drug ...

WASHINGTON—House Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) delivered opening remarks at today’s subcommittee hearing titled “FDA Oversight Part 1: The Infant Formula Shortage” to conduct oversight of the FDA’s response to the nationwide infant formula shortage.

WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services held a hearing today titled “FDA Oversight Part 1: The Infant Formula Shortage.” At the hearing, subcommittee members asked Frank Yiannas, Former Deputy Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about the FDA’s failure to respond to the infant formula crisis. ...

WASHINGTON—Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing on “The Consequences of School Closures: Intended and Unintended” by emphasizing the importance of preparing America’s education system to effectively address a future pandemic. Chairman Wenstrup outlined the negative effects of prolonged school closures on children and stressed that our country must be never again allow children to pay the price for policy mistakes. ...

Call on DOI to provide information on its delays to lease federal land for domestic energy production and failure to issue a five-year offshore oil and gas leasing plan.     WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas), and Subcommittee on ...

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs held a hearing titled, “Ensuring Force Readiness: Examining Progressivism’s Impact on an All-Volunteer Military.” Subcommittee members discussed with experts how the Biden Administration’s push for progressivism to be infused into the military has negatively ...

WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, held a hearing yesterday titled “Unpacking the White House National Cybersecurity Strategy.” At the hearing, subcommittee members asked the lead cybersecurity official in the White House to explain and defend the Biden ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas) will hold a hearing titled “Fueling Unaffordability: How the Biden Administration’s Policies Catalyzed Global Energy Scarcity and Compounded Inflation” to examine the relationship between Biden Administration policies, energy production, and supply as price drivers and, ultimately, the share of overall inflation attributable to rising energy prices. The subcommittee will ...