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WASHINGTON — The Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce held a hearing yesterday titled, “Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Go Viral: Inspectors General on Curing the Disease.” Subcommittee members discussed with Inspectors General from the Department of Labor, Department of Treasury, and the Small Business Administration how rampant waste, ...

WASHINGTON—Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio.), Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), and Select Subcommittee Republicans are pressing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to provide documents and communications related to the FDA’s COVID-19 vaccine approval, as well as any coordination between the Biden Administration and the FDA related to administering guidance to the American people ...

Opens hearing by emphasizing that Congress has a responsibility to ensure OPM is meeting their mission.  WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered opening remarks at a hearing titled “Oversight of Our Nation’s Largest Employer: Reviewing the U.S. Office of Personnel ...

WASHINGTON — The Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation held a hearing yesterday titled “Advances in AI: Are We Ready For a Tech Revolution?” Subcommittee members discussed with experts ways in which artificial intelligence can and will be practically applied across industries and the risks and rewards it poses to the public. Republicans ...

WASHINGTON— House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), and House Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) applauded House passage of the Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act (H.R. 140). The bill prohibits federal employees from pressuring social media companies to silence, censor, or remove Americans expressing views ...

WASHINGTON – Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) opened today’s subcommittee hearing examining how the Biden Administration’s reckless spending under the American Rescue Plan and the Inflation Reduction Act have driven inflation to 40-year highs.

WASHINGTON — Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) opened today’s subcommittee hearing on “Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Go Viral: Inspectors General on Curing the Disease” by emphasizing the Oversight Committee’s work to root out waste, fraud, and abuse within federal pandemic relief programs. He ...

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WASHINGTON – To protect Americans’ First Amendment right to free speech from government censorship, Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has introduced the Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act (H.R. 140) with cosponsors Chairs Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash). The bill prohibits federal employees from pressuring social media companies to silence, censor, or remove Americans expressing views online. “The Biden ...

WASHINGTON—Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing on “Investigating the Origins of COVID-19” by emphasizing how knowing the origin of the virus is essential to helping predict and prevent future pandemics, protecting health and national security, and preparing the United States for the future. He outlined how the Select Subcommittee will follow the facts, conduct a fair investigation, and seek to deliver the truth to ...