Press Releases

Calls for executive privilege to be waived using Biden Administration’s own criteria  WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) sent a letter to President Joe Biden, U.S. Department of State Secretary Antony Blinken, and U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin demanding the Administration preserve all documents and communications related to the disastrous withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan. The ...

Lawmakers also call on Democrats to cease partisan investigation into America’s oil & gas industry WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), and Oversight Republicans sent a letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) urging Committee Democrats to cease their reckless, partisan investigation into America’s oil and gas industry and instead ...

Raise concerns again about get out the vote contract awarded to Biden’s main campaign advisory firm WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), and Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) today called on newly appointed Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Inspector General Brianna Schletz to provide information about efforts ...

Seek to understand safeguards in place to prevent researchers from potentially creating another pandemic  WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and U.S. Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) sent a letter to U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power, expressing concerns over the cooperative agreement between USAID and Washington State University (WSU) requiring the ...

The lawmakers call on USDA to delay implementation until it has a plan to make up for potential loss in staff WASHINGTON—Representative Clay Higgins (R-La.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and Oversight Republicans called on U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to delay the implementation of President Biden’s vaccine mandate for USDA employees until the department can explain how it will make up for the ...

Seek opportunity to examine Mr. Kerry’s dealings and how the Administration’s climate policies are impacting the American economy WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) released the following statements after sending a letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney requesting Democrats convene a hearing with White House “Climate Czar” John Kerry. ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today introduced the Fairness for Federal Contractors Act of 2021 (H.R. 6016) to ban President Biden from requiring the employees of federal contractors to be vaccinated against COVID-19. “American workers should not be forced to get the jab to keep their job. President Biden’s authoritarian mandate on employees of federal contractors requiring vaccination or termination is unfair ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s forum on “Reviewing the Role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers in Pharmaceutical Markets” by emphasizing congressional oversight of rising prescription drugs must include an examination of pharmacy benefit managers’ (PBMs) role. In his opening remarks, Ranking Member Comer outlined how PBMs’ ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement after the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama issued a permanent injunction against a provision included in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) which imposed coercive restrictions on the States’ ability to make their own fiscal decisions. Specifically, the ARPA provision prohibited a State’s freedom to lower taxes if they received ...

WASHINGTON—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 calls out several of the Democrats' misinformation campaigns throughout the pandemic, including disputing the origins of the virus and about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines in development under Operation Warp Speed. Whip Scalise emphasizes that during the 2020 election, then-Vice President Biden ...