Press Releases

WASHINGTON — Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Ranking Member Michael Cloud (R-Texas) and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) are pressing U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about drug cartels exploiting President Biden’s border crisis to target American children by trafficking “rainbow fentanyl” into the United States. The lawmakers are requesting all documents and communications to examine the ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Ranking Member Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra raising concerns about the federal government’s use of taxpayer funds to promote radical gender ideology and the medical transition of children using pharmaceutical or surgical interventions. Mace is calling for all documents and communications about federal funds being used to conduct research related ...

Seeks to understand the motives behind Biden Administration’s aluminum policies WASHINGTON — House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today is raising concerns about the Biden Administration’s aluminum tariff policies and their impact on American consumers in the midst of historic inflation. In a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Ranking Member Comer requests a briefing on the Department’s current ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Ranking Member Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), and Subcommittee on Elections Ranking Member Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) today are blasting two bills passed by the D.C. city council that allow illegal immigrants to vote in D.C. elections and make permanent D.C.’s practice of sending mail in ballots ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and several Oversight Committee Republican lawmakers are launching an investigation into the Biden Administration purchasing $1.3 billion worth of COVID-19 testing kits manufactured in China. Republicans are also conducting oversight of the Administration’s plans to bolster domestic production on infectious disease testing. In a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary ...

Seek to understand what controls are in place to prevent waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and several Oversight Committee Republicans are pressing Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan over the FTC’s use of unpaid consultants and experts. An investigation by the FTC Inspector General (OIG) recently found that the FTC lacked adequate controls to ensure ...

WASHINGTON—House Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today blasted Democrats’ politicization of the Select Subcommittee to attack the Trump Administration rather than conduct impartial congressional oversight of the pandemic. Since the panel’s inception, Democrats refused to investigate the origins of COVID-19; President Biden’s politically motivated decision-making; the Biden Administration’s failure to purchase ...

Request briefing from DoD and FCC on what efforts are underway to remove Huawei infrastructure from U.S. cellular network WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on National Security Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) are raising concerns that Huawei infrastructure has yet to be removed from the U.S. cellular network despite its threat to national security. In letters to Department of Defense ...

Request an immediate briefing following information indicating USCG denied virtually all religious exemption requests  WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Representative Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.), and Oversight Committee Republicans sent a letter to Admiral Linda L. Fagan, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), expressing serious concerns over USCG’s apparent failure to provide due process to members ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today are pressing Acting Archivist of the United States Debra Steidel Wall about the possibility of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) being pressured by Oversight Committee Democrats to pursue former President Trump. Ranking Members Comer and Jordan are calling for documents and communications to determine the ...