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Raises concerns about conditions of facilities at southern border, understaffing, low morale WASHINGTON—Today, Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) wrote U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner, Troy Miller, regarding the negative impact the Biden Border Crisis is having on Border Patrol agents. “The Biden Administration reversed course on successful Trump ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) wrote Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) calling for an emergency hearing on the inhumane treatment of D.C. inmates over the course of the pandemic. Last week, the Washington Post reported incarcerated residents are essentially in universal solitary confinement as they are confined to their cells for 23 hours a day. The result has had a severe effect on the inmates, including many sleeping at odd ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on the 2020 Census’ apportionment population count results that will determine each state’s representation in the U.S. House of Representatives:  “The 2020 Census results show Americans are fleeing many liberal states with excessive government mandates for other states that value freedom and individual liberty. Americans are tired of high taxes, ...

“The left has regrettably resorted to fear tactics to scare people into action regarding climate change”  Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) opened today’s hearing on the role of fossil fuel subsidies by acknowledging the progress the United States has made on climate change and how the country under President Trump became a global leader in the pursuit to reduce carbon emissions and grow the economy.  In his remarks, ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 51, the Democrats’ unconstitutional bill to grant D.C. statehood. In his opening statement, Ranking Member Comer criticized Democrats for forcing through an unconstitutional bill simply to consolidate power and outlined H.R. 51’s constitutional flaws, including the need for a constitutional amendment to grant the District statehood.

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today blasted House passage of H.R. 51, which would grant the District of Columbia statehood without a constitutional amendment: “H.R. 51 will take the swamp’s radicalism from coast-to-coast. This bill is yet another power grab by Speaker Pelosi to ram a radical agenda rejected by the American people through Congress. Democrats are pushing D.C. statehood to pack the U.S. Senate with two ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), along with 30 Republican lawmakers, wrote U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General Louis DeJoy demanding a briefing on the Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP). According to

WASHINGTON—Today, Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) wrote to U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Acting Director Kathleen McGettigan regarding the deployment of volunteer federal employees to assist the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services in caring for unaccompanied alien children (UACs) coming to the southern border as a result of the Biden Border Crisis. Ranking Member Hice is requesting information ...

As border conditions worsen, massive contract appears to be funneled to Democrat insiders WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member John Katko (R-N.Y.), along with Republicans on the House Oversight and Reform and House Homeland Security Committees, wrote U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra regarding a “massive, sole source ...

Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) released the following statements on the Democrats’ plan to reintroduce the Green New Deal:  “The Green New Deal is a socialist super-package which will only saddle hard-working taxpayers with debt and displace millions of Americans from their jobs. Under the Trump Administration, we saw economic growth, job creation, and ...