Press Releases

WASHINGTON —Today, House Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) issued the following statement after Dr. Anthony Fauci's announcement that he will be retiring at the end of the year: "For over two years, Congressional Democrats have refused to hold a single hearing on the origins of COVID, or our government's possible financial involvement in gain-of-function research. That will change when House Republicans ...

EcoHealth conducted gain of function research on bat coronaviruses in Wuhan WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today slammed the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) for continuing to award EcoHealth Alliance taxpayer-funded grants and contracts despite being found to have been out of compliance with the terms of their grant. EcoHealth Alliance, an NIH grantee, awarded taxpayer funds to the Wuhan Institute of ...

Call on Mayor Bowser to immediately halt enforcement of COVID vaccine mandate for students WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.), and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today wrote to District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser calling on her to immediately stop the enforcement of the ...

Raises concern female employees are being pressured into abortions WASHINGTON — Today, Economic and Consumer Policy Subcommittee Ranking Member Michael Cloud (R-Texas) sent a letter to the Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., Alphabet Inc., and Meta raising concerns that Big Tech companies are seemingly pressuring women to take advantage of abortion coverage rather than paid family leave policy. Subcommittee Ranking Member Cloud is seeking a briefing to ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Mike Turner (R-Ohio) today are pressing Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray on his use of government aircraft for personal travel as an illegal abuse of taxpayer funds. “In light of a recent report by the New York Post that ...

The weaponization of the federal government against President Biden’s political rivals cannot go unchecked. WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans expressed serious concerns over the recent unprecedented raid of the former president’s residence and the Biden Administration’s ongoing efforts to weaponize the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to target political rivals. In a letter ...

Request documents and information to understand the Administration’s push to suppress free speech, discredit reasonable debate on climate issues WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Yvette Herrell (R-N.M.) raised serious concerns over the Biden Administration’s ongoing efforts to suppress free speech and silence any who criticize the Administration’s ...

Request a briefing and documents to better understand another reckless policy that will further exacerbate the ongoing border crisis WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Subcommittee on National Security Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.), and Oversight Committee Republicans are probing the Biden Administration’s plan to provide illegal immigrants identification cards. In a letter to U.S. Immigration and ...

Memo reveals DHS is advising employees on how to impede OIG oversight WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Committee Republicans are launching a probe into efforts by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to obstruct oversight by the Office of Inspector General (OIG). In a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the Republican lawmakers raise concerns about a memo advising employees on how ...

WASHINGTON — Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) opened today’s hearing by slamming the Biden Administration for its recent FITARA scorecard, demonstrating that 10 federal agencies are failing in cyber. He noted that the grades for the scorecard do not reflect any cyber goals set forth by the Biden Administration because they haven’t issued any.  Subcommittee Ranking Member Hice highlighted how the Biden Administration’s shortcomings on cyber follow ...