Press Releases

Chastises Hearing Held to Promote Political Allies WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today's hearing purportedly about holding the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma accountable by criticizing Democrats for using it to promote Democrat donor Patrick Radden Keefe’s book about the family. Given the timing of the hearing, Democrats risk improperly influencing a court case to hold the Sackler family and Purdue ...

WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Reform today held its second hearing on the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma to review their role in the opioid epidemic. Republicans criticized Democrats for using another hearing for show rather than taking any action on the drug crisis at the southern border. Republicans were clear, if Democrats were serious about addressing the opioid epidemic, they would secure the border where fentanyl and other drugs are coming across in record ...

Calls on Oversight Committee to Hold Hearings on Border, COVID-19 Origins, and More WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Ranking Member Michael Cloud (R-Texas) opened today’s hearing on the dangers of the Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play—an infant recliner that was recalled in April 2019—and the failures of infant product safety by emphasizing the need for Fischer-Price and Mattel to answer for the deaths of infants due to their product, and any ...

Republican members outline enormous toll the crisis is having on taxpayer funds, federal agencies, and U.S. foster care system WASHINGTON—With billions in taxpayer funds reallocated, hundreds of volunteers deployed to the border, and the U.S. foster care system reaching a breaking point, the consequences of President Biden’s border crisis are intensifying. Committee on Oversight and Reform Republican Leader James Comer (R-Ky.) and Ways and Means Republican ...

GAO: “Without addressing these and other long-standing management and operational weaknesses, DHS OIG is not well positioned to fulfill its oversight mission.” WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), House Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member John Katko (R-N.Y.), and House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Bennie G. ...

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 ...