Press Releases

Call for preservation of documents and briefing from DEA, CBP, and ONDCP on steps the Biden Administration is taking to combat the country’s opioid crisis WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) sent letters to top officials at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Office ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s hearing on “Cybersecurity for the New Frontier: Reforming the Federal Information Security Modernization Act” by calling for a modern update to ensure federal agencies, in coordination with the private sector and government contractors, can better protect against, quickly fix, and deter future damaging digital intrusions. In his opening statement, Ranking Member Comer ...

The initiative follows their push for information from DEA, CBP, and ONDCP on steps President Biden is taking to combat the country’s drug crisis WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) sent an open letter to America’s law enforcement officers expressing their desire to hear and gather personal stories and all information ...

Lawmakers call on Mayor Bowser to withdraw her order WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), and Committee Republicans today called on District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser to withdraw her order requiring proof of vaccination for anyone 12 and older to enter most indoor establishments in D.C. The lawmakers express concern the order harms the ...

With the administration failing on all accounts, the Republican lawmakers call for a public hearing with top Biden Administration officials and advisors WASHINGTON—Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today called on Democrats to conduct oversight of President Biden and his administration’s failure to shut down the ...

As some unions cancel in-person instruction, Scalise calls on Biden to put kids first WASHINGTON—Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today called on President Joe Biden to stand up to the teachers unions and ensure America’s students are learning in-person. President Biden and White House officials have repeatedly said schools should remain open, but some teachers unions continue to undermine in-person ...

Lawmakers express concern about EPA’s lack of transparency in issuing final rule WASHINGTON—Republican leaders, led by House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Agriculture Ranking Member Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.), and House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), today wrote Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan to again express concern about the ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), joined by 22 committee ranking members, called on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to immediately reopen the U.S. Capitol complex to the American people. For close to two years, the U.S. Capitol and congressional office buildings have been closed to the public. “The U.S. Capitol is a shrine to the greatest republic in the history of the world, yet you continue to prevent easy access to the ...

Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY) sent a follow-up letter to the Secretary of the Department of Labor (DOL) Marty Walsh to reiterate numerous concerns about DOL operations, including how the majority of DOL employees have yet to return to in-person work and that the Secretary himself has spent little time in Washington, D.C.  The Members ...

WASHINGTON—Today, Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) blasted the Select Subcommittee Democrats’ latest report: “The report released today underscores the recurring theme by big-government socialists: Democrats created their sham subcommittee to politicize the pandemic. All of the crises hurting hard-working families demand accountability from the Biden Administration, but Washington Democrats are only ...