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WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing titled “Oversight of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.” At the hearing, lawmakers asked FDA Commissioner Robert Califf about a pattern of issues within the FDA to ensure the FDA is completing its role of regulatory oversight of the food and drug industries, prioritizing safety and ...

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is seeking information from the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) on its efforts to push costly, outdated, and unnecessary regulatory obstacles on the deployment and maintenance of critical internet infrastructure. In a letter to DOC Secretary Gina Raimondo, Chairman Comer outlined how the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is pursuing an effort to impose burdensome ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Representative Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) today are raising concerns the Biden Administration’s proposed whale habitat protection rules could endanger the lives of mariners and disrupt vital economic activity. In a letter to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Richard Spinrad, the lawmakers request a briefing to ensure the proposed standards have accounted for vessel and ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas.) today announced a hearing titled “Oversight of the Biden Administration’s Pause on Liquified Natural Gas Exports” to examine the justification and timing of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) pause on new permits for Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today opened a hearing titled “Oversight of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration” to bring transparency to a pattern of issues within the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure the FDA is prioritizing safety and effectiveness and incentivizing innovation.

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) revealed today during a full House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing titled “Oversight of the Food and Drug Administration” that documents obtained by the Committee confirm the Biden Administration knew about the infant formula crisis months before they took ...

WASHINGTON – The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a markup yesterday to consider a series of bills that require the Census Bureau to include a citizenship question on the decennial census questionnaire, minimize the risk of waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars, and instruct the Office of Management and Budget to set an annual, government-wide regulatory budget. The following bills were reported favorably to the House by the ...

WASHINGTON — Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) revealed new information from a whistleblower that appears to provide additional evidence of Dr. David Morens — a top advisor to Dr. Anthony Fauci — intentionally subverting federal transparency laws to shield discussions related to the origins of COVID-19. During his transcribed interview with the Select Subcommittee in January, Dr. Morens denied deleting any federal COVID-19 ...

WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced a hearing titled “Defending America from the Chinese Communist Party’s Political Warfare, Part I.” This first hearing will examine how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is waging war against the U.S. by targeting, infiltrating, and influencing every sector and community in America. At the hearing, members will hear from leading experts familiar with the methods and tactics deployed by ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) announced a hearing titled “How the Border Crisis Impacts Public Safety.” The subcommittee hearing will examine how the Biden Administration’s policy changes have benefitted criminal illegal aliens to the detriment of the safety and security of American citizens and legal ...