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WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today spoke on the House floor opposing H.R. 2662, the Inspector General Independence and Empowerment Act, expressing concern it could lead to the politicization of offices of inspectors general.   In his statement, Ranking Member Comer outlined the shortfalls of H.R. 2662, which includes the failure to ensure proper protections for former federal employees and maintaining the President’s ...

WASHINGTON—Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Inspector General Independence and Empowerment Act (H.R. 2662) to empower partisan inspectors general: “The recent politicization of inspectors generals combined with the Democrats’ bill is the perfect storm to undermine the effectiveness and trust the American people and Congress have in our inspectors general. ...

WASHINGTON—Today, Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and Republican lawmakers held a forum entitled “Led By Science: The COVID-19 Origin Story.” At the forum, the Republican lawmakers heard from Members of ...

Writes 10 agency Inspectors General requesting investigation before Biden Administration expands telework policies WASHINGTON—Today, Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) called on Inspectors General from numerous federal agencies to assess the impact of telework on federal agencies’ mission, employee performance, and service to the American people during the pandemic.  The Biden Administration recently announced it plans to ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s hearing on the Democrats’ bill to dramatically expand federal paid leave by chastising Democrats for their hypocrisy. Democrats entitled this hearing “Leading by Example,” yet held today’s hearing remotely regardless of the fact the science indicates it’s safe to conduct business in-person. Ranking Member Comer also called out Democrats’ distorted priorities seeking ...

Democrats creating ‘Gilligan’s Island’ for federal employees WASHINGTON—Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) delivered remarks at today’s hearing chastising Democrats for disregarding the substantial costs additional paid leave for federal employees, both financially and in service, would place on the American people. Subcommittee Ranking Member Hice emphasized Democrats are handing federal employees substantial benefits ...

Hearing Wrap Up: Democrats Seek to Give Bureaucrats Full-Time Pay for Part-Time Work Bill’s cost and impact on the federal government’s service to Americans are unknown WASHINGTON—Although federal workers have job security and some of the best benefits in America, today the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a remote hearing on Democrats’ proposal to dramatically expand paid leave for federal employees. Under their proposal, an ...

Forum to be held with expert witnesses on Tuesday, June 29 WASHINGTON—On Tuesday, June 29 at 12:00 p.m. ET, Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and Select Subcommittee Republican lawmakers will hold a forum with expert witnesses to examine the origins of the coronavirus. For more than a year now, Republicans ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Ranking Member Michael Cloud (R-Texas) opened today’s hearing on vaping by outlining the importance of preventing youth from accessing e-cigarettes and calling for more progress to protect our nation’s children from these products.

Comer & Oversight Republicans call on Maloney to resume in-person business WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Republicans called on Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to resume in-person committee business immediately. Even though the House of Representatives has been convening in-person without masks or social distancing and mask mandates as social distancing requirements have been ...