Press Releases

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today delivered opening remarks at a hearing on “Oversight of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.” Chairman Comer detailed how the EPA under the Biden Administration has pushed a whole-of-government climate agenda, including the implementation of burdensome regulations and sweeping ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is calling on several federal agencies to respect the limits placed on their regulatory authority following the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. In letters to the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council, General Services Administration (GSA), and Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Chairman Comer requests information about their interpretations of ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today issued subpoenas to three key White House staff who are reportedly running interference for President Biden and doing the President’s job for him amid his declining cognitive state. According to one former Biden aide, these three employees – Annie Tomasini, Anthony Bernal, and Ashley Williams ...

WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing today titled, “Oversight of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.” Members exposed how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Biden Administration has operated outside its rulemaking authority and implemented burdensome regulations and sweeping executive orders to advance President ...

Raises concerns that Dr. O’Connor’s medical assessments of President Biden have been influenced by his involvement in the Bidens’ business schemes WASHINGTON—Following evidence of President Joe Biden’s declining mental state, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is calling on President Biden’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, to appear for a transcribed interview regarding his medical assessments of President Biden ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) will hold a full committee hearing titled “Oversight of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.” The hearing will conduct oversight and gather information from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan on the Biden Administration’s push of excessive environmental ...

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation held a hearing titled, “Cutting Competition in Contracting: The Administration’s Pricey Project Labor Agreement Mandate.” Subcommittee members discussed how the Biden Administration’s mandate that firms doing federally-contracted construction ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on the Supreme Court overturning the Chevron doctrine, under which courts were allowed to defer to agency interpretations of statutes they administer: “Today’s Supreme Court decision stops the unelected, unaccountable federal bureaucracy’s aggressive regulatory overreach. This is a win for the American people, small businesses, and our ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is investigating Amtrak’s use of heavy-handed tactics, including eminent domain, to assert control over Washington, D.C.’s Union Station. In a letter to Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Chairman Comer requests documents and information on the proposed justification for the use of eminent domain for the planned renovations and overhaul at Union Station.

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce held a hearing yesterday titled “Security at Stake: An Examination of DOD’s Struggling Background Check System” to examine how the Department of Defense (DOD) has fallen short in its mission to modernize the personnel vetting process with the National Background Investigation ...