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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 ...

Washington, D.C. —Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform Committee, Rep. James Comer, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, Rep. Jody Hice, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, and Rep. Glenn Grothman, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on National ...

Raise concerns the Biden Administration has been aware of crisis for months and failed to act WASHINGTON — Today, 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.) sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff, Ron Klain, raising concerns about the Biden Administration’s failure to prevent the infant formula shortage crisis. The lawmakers request all ...

Last fall the National School Boards Association sent a letter to President Biden, calling for the Justice Department to use counterterrorism tools to investigate parents at school board meetings. Almost immediately, Attorney General Merrick Garland directed the FBI and U.S. Attorneys to launch a task force to target parents. Whistleblowers later told Congress that the FBI had created a unique “threat tag” to effectuate the Attorney General’s directive, which the FBI used to label at ...

WASHINGTON — Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee Ranking Member Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) opened today’s hearing by recognizing the important work going on throughout the country to ensure K-12 curriculums in the public school system set students up for success. She expressed concern about Democrats’ efforts to discredit legitimate and lawful attempts to ensure curriculums are designed to empower students to achieve their full potential. When considering curriculum, Subcommittee ...

Pandemic-era telework has harmed the federal government’s service to Americans WASHINGTON — Today, Congresswoman Yvette Herrell (R-N.M.) introduced H.R. 7835, the Stopping Home Office Work’s Unproductive Problems (SHOW UP) Act, to ensure the federal workforce provides timely services to the American people. The bill prevents the Biden Administration from unilaterally making pandemic-era telework for the federal workforce permanent until it provides Congress with its ...

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 highlights how school closures harmed children’s learning, especially low-income and minority students in Democrat-run cities. Whip Scalise urges Democrats on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis to investigate claims that the Centers and Disease Control ...