Press Releases

Whistleblowers allege inhumane treatment of children, HHS’s failure to ensure contractors have prior childcare experience WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Republicans sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra expressing concerns over massive, no-bid contracts totaling billions of dollars for the care of unaccompanied alien children. The Biden ...

Express concerns over border crisis negatively impacting mission-critical functions of HHS WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Republicans wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra over reports indicating HHS diverted hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars—without authorization—to cover services for those unlawfully crossing the U.S. Southern border. Once ...

Committee Democrats ignored previous request and failed to hold the Biden Administration accountable WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on National Security Ranking Member Glenn Grothman R-Wis.) sent a letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Subcommittee Chairman Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) requesting a full Committee hearing with Inspectors General as soon as possible on President ...

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Representative Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) wrote Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko and the Lead Inspector General for Overseas Contingency Operations requesting they declassify the classified annexes of their most recent Quarterly Reports on Afghanistan Reconstruction and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. “The classified annex presents new ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House 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.) sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expressing concerns that the Biden White House was pressuring career FDA officials to recommend booster shots before the agency saw research showing that booster shots are necessary. In ...

Doubles down on request for information on federal volunteers assisting on U.S. Southern Border WASHINGTON – Today, Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) released the following statement on his second letter to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) which doubles down on his request for information on the total number of federal employees diverted from their normal positions in order to assist in the care of ...

WASHINGTON – Today, Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Ranking Member Michael Cloud, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and Oversight Republicans wrote Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Zach Ducheneaux regarding the staffing shortages at FSA that are having a detrimental effect on America’s agricultural community. “Countless farmers in our districts have reached out concerned about staffing shortages in their local ...

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.) released the following statements on President Biden’s expected executive order requiring all federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. “The COVID-19 pandemic has taken the lives of far too many Americans. President Trump’s Operation Warp Speed gave us vaccines in record time, and they have ...

Raises red flag over potential for artwork purchases to be abused due to shady White House policy on sales  WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) wrote Georges Bergès—owner of Georges Bergès Gallery—requesting documents and information regarding the unprecedented prices the gallery set for selling Hunter Biden’s art. Given the history of foreign governments using high value art to evade U.S. sanctions, the ...

Republicans demand oversight over Dr. Frey’s affiliation with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology WASHINGTON – Today, Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) and Subcommittee Republicans sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan expressing serious concerns over Dr. Chris Frey, a high-level EPA political appointee, who maintains an affiliation with a Chinese university and previously ...