Press Releases

WASHINGTON –Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) called on Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to cease political theatrics and urged her to reconsider her decision to issue subpoenas to six oil and gas executives. Democrats’ intent to unnecessarily use the Committee’s subpoena power to garner cheap headlines only further weakens congressional oversight, infringes on rights protected by the First Amendment, and proves their ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and U.S. Representative James Comer (R-KY-1) sent a letter to Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) requesting information on an update made to the NIH website on October 20, 2021. The update removed a section on the website titled “Gain-of-Function Research,” which defined gain-of-function research as “a type of research that modifies a biological agent so that it confers ...

Slams Democrats for continuing to ignore President Biden’s multiple crises WASHINGTON – Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a full Committee hearing titled, “Exposing Big Oil’s Disinformation Campaign to Prevent Climate Action.” In his opening statement, Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) questioned the legitimacy of Democrats’ so-called “investigation” of America’s oil and gas companies and emphasized the Democrats’ ...

The lawmakers are seeking information from OPM, OMB and GSA WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) sent a letter to the Director of U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Kiran Ahuja, Acting Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Shalanda Young, and Administrator for the U.S. General Services ...

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to initiate a Department of Justice investigation into whether EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. violated federal law by failing to disclose information after using taxpayer funds to perform gain-of-function research on potentially deadly pathogens in Wuhan, ...

Comer, Fallon once again request hearing and call on Secretary Mayorkas, CBP, and ICE to testify WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Representative Pat Fallon (R-TX) sent a letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney and Committee Democrats lamenting their continued and persistent inaction on conducting oversight over the deteriorating situation along the United States Southern Border. In the seven months ...

WASHINGTON - Today, Ranking Member James Comer (KY-01) and Congressmen Andy Biggs (AZ-05) and sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas demanding answers on DHS’ “Guidelines for the Enforcement of Civil Immigration Law” that will prevent ICE agents from enforcing our immigration laws.   “Enough is enough. The Biden administration has created a crisis at our southern border and now Secretary Mayorkas is directing ICE agents not ...

Cloud, Republicans request information from FCC on broadband access issues  WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Ranking Member Michael Cloud (R-Texas), and Oversight Republicans sent a letter to the Acting Chairwoman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Jessica Rosenworcel, requesting information regarding the status of Internet Service Providers ...

Joined Fox News to discuss NIH confirming dangerous, taxpayer funded Wuhan experiments WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) joined “The Ingraham Angle” with Laura Ingraham to discuss the confirmation by the National Institute of Health (NIH) that taxpayer funds were used for dangerous gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. In a

Ranking Members Comer, McHenry request an immediate briefing and background information on USPS’s new paycheck-cashing services. WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on Financial Services Ranking Member Patrick McHenry (R-NC) wrote a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy expressing their concerns regarding a United States Postal Service (USPS) pilot program offering ...