Press Releases

Dr. Fauci’s recently released emails make it imperative for him to testify WASHINGTON—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.) today renewed their request to Democrat leadership on both panels to investigate the origins of COVID-19 and hold the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accountable. On May 24, 2021, Ranking Members ...

“Our Committee should not stand on the sidelines simply because a Democrat occupies the White House.” WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans sent a third letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) calling for a hearing on the crisis at the southern border with Biden Administration officials to hold them accountable for policies fueling the border crisis. Recently there were over ...

Demand answers from Biden Administration for combatting the self-made inflation crisis WASHINGTON—Today, Republicans on the Oversight and Reform Committee led by Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) called on National Economic Council Director Brian Deese to provide answers about how the Biden Administration plans to fix its self-made inflation crisis. The Biden Administration’s economic policies have disproportionately impacted middle class Americans, especially those ...

Members raise concerns NIH grantee knew of CCP’s cover-up and failed to inform U.S. government WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today launched a probe into a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant awarded to EcoHealth Alliance which then awarded taxpayer funds to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in China to study bat ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) sent a letter to Tammy L. Whitcomb, Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service, expressing concerns about reports that the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) is using the Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP) to perform intelligence operations on First Amendment activity. “These activities raise serious questions ...

WASHINGTON—Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform passed four good governance bills, including the No CORRUPTION Act (H.R. 3327), the Performance Enhancement Reform Act (H.R. 2617), the Air America Act of 2021 (H.R. 1297), and

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) applauded the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General for launching an investigation into a massive, no-bid contract awarded to Endeavors Inc.—a nonprofit linked to the Biden-Harris Transition Team.  “The Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General is right to launch an investigation into the Biden Administration’s suspicious no-bid ...

Blasts removal of Lt. Col. Lohmeir as a political act WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) today blasted the removal of Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeir for expressing concerns that Critical Race Theory indoctrination could detrimentally affect military unit cohesion and military readiness. He was removed from his post as commander of the 11th Space Warning Squadron at Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado and the Department ...

Select Subcommittee and Oversight Republicans have repeatedly called on Democrats to hold CCP accountable WASHINGTON—Today, 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.) called on the Democrat leadership on both panels to investigate the origins of COVID-19. In a letter to Select Subcommittee Chairman James Clyburn (D-S.C.) ...

WASHINGTON—Today, Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.); Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) and Subcommittee Chairman Gerry Connolly (D-Va.); National Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) and Chairman Stephen F. Lynch (D-Mass.); House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Mike Bost (R-Ill.) and Chairman Mark Takano (D-Calif.); Economic Opportunity ...