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Democrats Reject Republican Attempts to Make H.R. 51 Constitutional, Practical WASHINGTON—Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a markup of H.R. 51, an unconstitutional bill to grant D.C. statehood aimed at consolidating Democrats’ power in Washington. Republicans offered a dozen amendments to address major flaws within the bill, but Democrats rejected every amendment. After passage of H.R. 51, Ranking Member James Comer ...

WASHINGTON–Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Congressman Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) re-introduced the bipartisan and bicameral Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act (ACMRA) to create a single website on which Congress and the public can easily search, sort, and download all agency congressional reports. This bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives in the 116th Congress unanimously.  “Good governance ...

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.) released the following statement regarding the “retirement” of U.S. Election Assistance Commission Inspector General Patricia Layfield: “Inspector General Layfield’s departure is long overdue. Since October, she ignored multiple calls to ...

WASHINGTON– House Committee on Oversight and Reform Republican Leader James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Gene Sperling – who was recently appointed by President Biden to provide oversight of the $1.9 trillion spending bill enacted last month – regarding concerns that the State of New York may be funneling billions of federal dollars to illegal immigrants. The letter notes that the reportedly $2.1 billion sum ...

Washington, D.C. (Apr. 9, 2021)—Today, Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Chairman Raja Krishnamoorthi and Subcommittee Ranking Member Michael Cloud, joined by Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Ranking Member James Comer, and Rep. Katie Porter, released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finished its review and affirmed it would carry out a

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan seeking all documents and communications related to their decision to abruptly fire 40 Trump administration appointed members of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and Science Advisory ...

WASHINGTON—Rep. Jody B. Hice, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter to President Joseph R. Biden requesting that he prioritize nominations to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). “We write to ...

Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) are requesting that information provided to House committees regarding January 6th be shared equally with Republicans and ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) blasted the World Health Organization’s report on the origins of COVID-19, emphasizing the report’s conclusions were compromised by the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts to manipulate the facts and avoid ...

WASHINGTON—In an op-ed published by The Hill, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) called on House Democrats to end their partisanship and work together to reform the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to ensure the beloved institution is put on the right path. He urges Congress to carefully consider the business reform plan ...