Press Releases

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is today furthering an investigation into United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) lack of commitment to a comprehensive consultation process which resulted in its decision to abandon longstanding, bipartisan positions on digital trade. In a letter to top officials at five NGO entities, Chairman Comer requests the NGOs preserve documents related to the committee’s inquiry for potential future ...

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) invited U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm to testify at a scheduled oversight hearing on May 15, 2024. In a letter to DOE Secretary Granholm, Chairman Comer highlighted how DOE has failed to provide information to the Oversight Committee on the Department’s misuse of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, pause on liquified natural gas exports, taxpayer-funded summer 2023 ...

WASHINGTON— House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is conducting oversight of the Biden Administration’s series of embassy closures and partial evacuations around the world. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Chairman Comer requests a briefing on how the U.S. plans to meet foreign policy objectives in areas with closed or reduced-service posts amid heightened security concerns. “The Committee on Oversight and ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on the Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas), co-leaders of the Improper Payments Working Group, today issued statements on the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report, “Improper Payments: Information on Agencies’ Fiscal Year 2023 Estimates.” “As our national debt continues to balloon, it’s ...

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs held a hearing titled, “Accountable Assistance: Reviewing Controls to Prevent Mismanagement of Foreign Aid.” Members discussed how the Biden Administration has mismanaged the distribution of U.S. foreign aid due to a lack of accountability mechanisms and vetting controls to ...

WASHINGTON — The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing titled “Assessing America’s Vaccine Safety Systems, Part 2” to further examine vaccine safety reporting and injury compensation systems. Today’s hearing uncovered substantial evidence that inadequate vaccine safety systems jeopardized the safety and health of Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. Witnesses testified to personal experience reporting vaccine injuries that were not recognized by the ...

WASHINGTON – Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled “White House Overreach on AI.”In her opening statement, Subcommittee Chairwoman Mace emphasized how new laws could smother AI advancements and delay the onset of life-enhancing and life-saving discoveries. She also expressed her concern over the ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled “Accountable Assistance: Reviewing Controls to Prevent Mismanagement of Foreign Aid.” In his opening statement, Subcommittee Chairman Grothman highlighted the need for mechanisms to ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing titled “Assessing America’s Vaccine Safety Systems, Part 2” by describing how the Select Subcommittee seeks to improve future pandemic response through substantive reform of federal health agencies and by restoring trust in public health tools. Chairman Wenstrup detailed how the vaccine injury reporting and compensation systems controlled by these federal agencies ...

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation held a hearing titled, “White House Overreach on AI.” Subcommittee members discussed how the Biden Administration’s executive order (EO) on AI will hamstring U.S. innovation and leadership. Subcommittee members highlighted provisions in the EO that lack statutory authority, undermine the role of Congress, and establish heavy-handed ...