Press Releases

WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), and Oversight Committee Republicans raised concerns about the Biden Administration’s lack of constitutional and statutory authority to enact the Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting, E.O. 14019. In letters to U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Robin Carnahan and U.S. Office of Personnel ...

WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee on Education and Labor Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) raised ethical questions about Biden Administration officials poised to receive a financial windfall from the administration’s proposal to forgive at least $10,000 in student debt for millions of federal student loan borrowers. In a letter to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Director Emory Rounds, the ...

Raises concerns Kevin Morris’ financial aid and pro bono counsel are “in-kind” contributions to President Biden’s campaign WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) launched a probe into a Hollywood lawyer’s financial support and apparent pro bono counsel to Hunter Biden and raised concerns these contributions are an attempt to shield President Biden from congressional oversight. In a letter to Kevin Morris, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republican Whip and Ranking Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Steve Scalise’s (R-La.) opening statement at today’s Select Subcommittee’s hearing calls out Democrats for turning a blind eye to pandemic unemployment insurance fraud. Whip Scalise highlights that Select Subcommittee Republicans have been calling for hearings about this issue since October 2021. Additionally, Whip Scalise calls out President Biden ...

WASHINGTON— Subcommittee on National Security Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) opened today’s hearing on “The U.S. and International Humanitarian Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine” by thanking the witnesses for their work to assist the Ukrainian people during wartime. He called for continued support for the humanitarian workers whose efforts have bolstered the will and fight of the Ukrainian people. Grothman concluded by underscoring Congress stands ready to help ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s hearing on gun violence by expressing his deepest sympathy to those who lost loved ones in the recent tragedies in Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York. Ranking Member Comer emphasized all Americans should be empowered to defend themselves against rising violence and called for solutions to secure our schools, protect the most vulnerable, and bring perpetrators to justice.

WASHINGTON— Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee Ranking Member Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig raising concerns about the IRS destroying data for an estimated 30 million filers in March 2021.  The lawmakers request all documents and communications about the IRS’ mass destruction of paper-filed return documents, the legal ...

“The Administration’s position puts in jeopardy the future use of glyphosate as a pesticide and threatens the currently unstable American food supply.” WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) sent a letter to the Solicitor General of the United States Elizabeth B. Prelogar expressing serious concerns over the position taken by the Solicitor General in an amicus brief in Monsanto Company v. Hardeman ...

Throughout the past year, the Biden Administration has rushed to release oil from the SPR with the hopes of lowering skyrocketing domestic gas prices. WASHINGTON— Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Congressman Fred Keller (R-Pa.), and Oversight Committee Republicans pushed U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm to provide the Biden Administration’s plan to replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve ...

Biden Administration has restricted Congress’ access to suspicious activity reports, raising questions about motives WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today wrote the Biden Administration and several banks and financial institutions about Hunter Biden and Biden family and associates’ suspicious foreign business transactions flagged by U.S. banks. According to recent media reports, more than 150 of Hunter Biden and ...