Press Releases

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today blasted the Treasury Department for refusing to provide Hunter Biden and other Biden associates and family members’ suspicious foreign business transactions flagged by U.S. banks: “It’s unacceptable that the Treasury Department continues to run cover for the Biden ...

House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), along with Republican lawmakers on both panels, today are pressing Mark Zuckerberg about Facebook’s suppression of the allegations about the Biden family before the 2020 election. During a recent podcast, Zuckerberg admitted Facebook reduced the circulation of the New York Post’s explosive story about the contents of Hunter ...

Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Ranking Member Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) are continuing oversight of the Biden Administration’s sale of U.S. oil reserves to Unipec America, a company operated by the Chinese Communist Party, and raising concerns that U.S. oil could be used by China to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. To ensure the Biden Administration is properly managing the sale of ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today is requesting the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) provide documents and communications about its decision to send a criminal referral to the Department of Justice regarding allegations against former President Trump. A recently released affidavit reveals NARA’s OIG is responsible for the referral to the Justice Department, which led to the ...

Reiterate request for information, documents, and communications between NARA and law enforcement officials. Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans are raising concerns about the National Archives and Records Administration’s (NARA) failure to comply with Oversight Republicans’ request for information regarding NARA’s coordination with the Justice Department prior to the Mar-a-Lago raid earlier ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today introduced the Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act (H.R. 8752). This bill prohibits Biden Administration officials and federal bureaucrats from using their authority or influence to promote censorship of speech or ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Education and Labor Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), and several Oversight Committee Republicans are launching an investigation into the Biden Administration’s oversight of pandemic relief funds for school districts amid concerns funds are not being adequately targeted to remedy learning losses resulting from school closures. In a letter to Department of Education ...

Seek to understand Biden Administration’s current perception of U.S. economic status WASHINGTON — Today, Economic and Consumer Policy Subcommittee Ranking Member Michael Cloud (R-Texas) and Republican lawmakers on the panel sent a letter to President Joe Biden raising concern that the Biden Administration’s reckless spending policies have led to a recession of the U.S. economy. The Republican lawmakers are seeking a briefing to better understand the Biden ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today blasted President Biden’s plan to provide a $10,000 student loan bailout for borrowers and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients who earn up to $125,000 annually: “President Biden’s student loan bailout is unfair to hardworking Americans who do not hold a college degree or who made tough financial decisions to pay for their college education. This bailout also raises ethical ...

WASHINGTON—House Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today blasted Democrats’ latest coronavirus report that fails to investigate the Biden Administration’s botched pandemic response: “Today’s report is further proof that Speaker Pelosi only set up this sham panel to carry out a political vendetta against former President Trump. Democrats continue to try covering up President Biden’s failed pandemic ...