Press Releases

Raises alarms over potential efforts to create patronage system WASHINGTON—Today, Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) called for an urgent investigation into reports that the Biden Administration is targeting certain career civil servants at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). In his letter to the Inspector General of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and Consumer Federal Protection Bureau, Hice raises alarms ...

WASHINGTON—House Republican Whip and Ranking Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Steve Scalise (R-La.)’s opening statement at today’s Select Subcommittee’s hearing about the Federal Reserve’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic asks Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, to address the alarming rising inflation under the Biden Administration. Whip Scalise notes that the Consumer Price Index is at its highest level since 2008. Additionally, Whip ...

Members previously sounded the alarm on California’s rampant unemployment fraud WASHINGTON—House Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today joined Representatives Darrell Issa(R-Calif.) and Gary Palmer (R-Ala.) in calling on Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to expeditiously schedule a hearing on hundreds of billions of stolen pandemic unemployment benefits. Press reported unemployment fraud could reach ...

WASHINGTON— House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), and Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) today released the following statement after learning the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) will audit the 2020 elections grants in California, including the $35 million grant awarded to Joe Biden’s main campaign ...

Comer calls for Capitol Police Chief and Mayor Bowser to testify WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Reform held its second hearing on the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Republicans criticized Democrats for holding another hearing without witnesses who could provide needed, updated information. Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement after the hearing: “Democrats are all about a partisan show when it comes to ...

Introduces Bill to Update U.S. Park Police with Pay and Benefits to Address Severe Shortage of Officers WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) today introduced the U.S. Park Police Modernization Act (H.R. 3924) to update pay and benefits for the U.S. Park Police to resemble other area law enforcement. The goal of the legislation is to increase retention rates and provide incentives for more individuals to pursue positions with ...

Massive government mandates will only hamper America’s pandemic recovery   WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) opened today’s hearing on “Jumpstarting Main Street: Bringing Jobs & Wealth Back to Forgotten America,” by emphasizing how the Biden Administration’s radical policies, such as the American Jobs Plan and the Green New Deal, would place an enormous financial burden on all Americans, stifle affordable ...

Voice concerns over potential political acts at IRS and decreasing trust in institution WASHINGTON—Today, House Oversight and Reform Committee Republicans, led by Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), wrote Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) urgently calling for a hearing on the IRS leaking thousands of Americans’ sensitive tax information. Last week, ProPublica published an article containing details of federal tax filings going back more than a decade, ...

New report finds the governor’s deadly order resulted in additional deaths and should have been reversed sooner WASHINGTON—Following a new report from the New York State Bar Association finding Governor Andrew Cuomo’s deadly nursing home order resulted in more deaths and should have been ended sooner, House Committee on ...

Voices support for the bill but expresses concern over lack of regular order WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered remarks during the House of Representatives’ consideration of the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act (S. 475). In his remarks, he voiced support for this bill celebrating the emancipation of African Americans in the United States but expressed concern it was not considered under ...