Press Releases

WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing today titled, “Oversight of the U.S. Secret Service and the Attempted Assassination of President Donald J. Trump.” At the hearing, Republican and Democrat members pressed U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle for answers on the egregious security lapses ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) today sent a joint letter to United States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle calling for her resignation after her complete inability to explain the historic ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today applauded passage of H.R. 890, the Guidance Out of Darkness (GOOD) Act, a bill requiring agencies to publish regulatory guidance. The bill seeks to improve transparency for the American public and small businesses seeking information to understand how agencies interpret the laws they must comply with. “Unfortunately, agency guidance documents are difficult to find, leaving Americans ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) released the following statement on the attempted assassination of former President Trump and the Committee’s upcoming hearing on “Oversight of the U.S. Secret Service and the Attempted Assassination of ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is today reiterating requests for documents and communications from the White House Office on Gun Violence Prevention about its potential collusion with anti-Second Amendment Plaintiffs and the City of Chicago on a lawsuit against Glock, a firearm manufacturer. The initial deadline for a request for information from White House Office on Gun Violence Prevention Director Feldman has passed with no ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement after Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle confirmed she will testify at the Committee’s hearing titled “Oversight of the U.S. Secret Service and the Attempted Assassination of President Donald J. Trump.” ...

WASHINGTON— House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is continuing the Committee’s government-wide investigation into the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ongoing efforts to target, influence, and infiltrate every sector and community in the United States. In three additional letters sent to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Central Intelligence Agency, Chairman Comer requests briefings to assist ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) will hold a hearing titled “Enhancing Cybersecurity by Eliminating Inconsistent Regulations.” The hearing will examine how inconsistent and duplicative federal cybersecurity regulations issued across myriad agencies force companies to dedicate scarce ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) and Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) are today opening a probe into allegations of fraudulent billing of pediatric gender transition care by medical providers to Medicaid programs. In a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the lawmakers request documents and ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today subpoenaed U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to appear at a hearing, “Oversight of the U.S. Secret Service and the Attempted Assassination of President Donald J. Trump,” on Monday, July 22 at 10:00a. “Americans demand ...