Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and National Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) sent a letter to U.S. Department of State Secretary Antony Blinken and U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin requesting their commitment to testify at an oversight hearing of the Biden Administration’s poor execution of the Afghan withdrawal.“We request that you both commit to testify in front ...

Urge Democrats to join their efforts  WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) sent a letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Subcommittee Chairman Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) regarding their recent decision to forgo joining the Republicans’ request for the full unedited video from Greenpeace Unearthed of an interview that occurred with Exxon employee, ...

Demand Oversight Hearing on Afghanistan Withdrawal and Related Devastation in Kabul WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Subcommittee on National Security Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.), U.S. Representative Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio), and Oversight Republicans sent a letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) requesting an immediate full Committee hearing to conduct congressional oversight of the ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Republicans wrote Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure demanding answers for the massive number of improper payments made by the Medicaid program. In fiscal year 2020, one out of every five Medicaid payments was improper and amounted to $86.9 billion. “According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), there is no program ...

WASHINGTON — House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) sent a letter to Greenpeace Unearthed requesting information regarding deceptive videos their team produced that appear to be substantially edited and fail to provide proper context and a true record of the conversation that occurred with Exxon employee, Keith McCoy. “We are writing to request information regarding recent ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) issued the following statement in response to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s announcement that he intends to resign from office: “Governor Cuomo’s predatory behavior has traumatized countless women, and his disastrous leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic led to the deaths of thousands of senior citizens in nursing homes. ...

WASHINGTON – Today, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on National Security Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.), and Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D-Mass.), the Chairman of the Subcommittee, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III demanding information about the January 5, 2020, terrorist attack against U.S. personnel at Cooperative ...

WASHINGTON—Today, Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) and Congressman Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) wrote Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig regarding the substantial backlog at the IRS. This backlog is having a detrimental effect on all Americans, especially those applying for Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) through the Small Business Administration. To receive an EIDL loan, applicants must submit tax transcripts and other ...

Request NCSL Provide Information on State-by-State Voter ID Requirements WASHINGTON—Representative Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today wrote the National Conference of State Legislatures President Robin Vos regarding state legislatures implementing voter identification requirements.  “There is increasing bipartisan ...

Blasts Democrats’ political theater and reiterates urgent call for needed congressional oversight on border, inflation, and more WASHINGTON—Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties hearing on Texas Democrats’ superspreader stunt by calling out Democrats for using the hearing as a spectacle while failing to conduct real oversight. Ranking Member Comer emphasized Democrats continue to ignore waste, fraud, ...