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WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing yesterday titled “The New Atomic Age: Advancing America’s Energy Future.” During the hearing, members heard from witnesses about the advent of small and micro modular nuclear reactors and how their development and deployment will advance the use of safe, clean and reliable nuclear ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) delivered opening remarks at today’s hearing titled “An Update on Mail Theft and Crime.” In his opening statement, Subcommittee Chairman Sessions highlighted the prevalence of mail theft and its negative effect on Americans across the country. Subcommittee Chairman Sessions also urged Congress to help the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) efforts to support mail carriers and combat ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement Chairman Clay Higgins (R-La.) today delivered opening remarks at a hearing on “Catch and Release, Lose and Forget: Addressing the Crisis of Unaccompanied Alien Children – Part I.” In his remarks, Subcommittee Chairman Higgins emphasized that the Biden Border Crisis has enabled the ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today issued a subpoena to Ghislaine Maxwell for a deposition to occur at Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee on August 11, 2025. The Department of Justice is cooperating and will help facilitate the deposition at the prison. Yesterday, Representative Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) made a motion for Chairman Comer to subpoena Ms. Maxwell for a deposition at the Government Operations Subcommittee ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) delivered opening remarks at today’s hearing on “Bid Protest Reform: Understanding the Problem.” In his opening statement, Subcommittee Chairman Sessions highlighted concerns over government contractors exploiting loopholes by filing frivolous protests to manipulate and delay the bid process. Subcommittee Chairman Sessions also emphasized the need for Congress to understand how problems in the bid ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) delivered opening remarks at today’s hearing on “The New Atomic Age: Advancing America’s Energy Future.” In his opening statement, Subcommittee Chairman Burlison highlighted President Trump’s actions to boost American energy production and Congressional action to reinvigorate the nuclear industry. Subcommittee Chairman Burlison also noted the efficiency and cost of ...

WASHINGTON—Today, the Subcommittee on Government Operations held a hearing titled “Bid Protest Reform: Understanding the Problem.” During the hearing, members discussed the current bid protest process and examined proposals to reform it to prevent further abuse by government contractors. Members also highlighted opportunities for Congress to improve transparency in the bid protest process ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today issued the following statement after Annie Tomasini, former Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Oval Office Operations, pleaded the Fifth Amendment at her deposition: “Today, the third witness in our investigation into the cover-up of President Biden’s cognitive decline and unauthorized executive actions pleaded the Fifth Amendment. There is now a pattern of key ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement Chairman Clay Higgins (R-La.) today announced a hearing on “Catch and Release, Lose and Forget:  Addressing the Crisis of Unaccompanied Alien Children – Part I.” At the hearing, members will begin a comprehensive oversight review of the findings from 

WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released the video of Annie Tomasini’s deposition as part of the investigation of the cover-up of President Biden’s cognitive decline and unauthorized executive actions. She is the third Biden confidant to plead the Fifth during this investigation, following Dr. Kevin O’Connor and