Press Releases

Blasts Democrats for continuing Trump obsession and ignoring crises impacting Americans WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today blasted Democrats for taking up a bill to resurrect their sham investigations into the past administration rather than address the many crises created by President Biden impacting Americans today.In his floor statement during the House of Representatives’ consideration of the ...

WASHINGTON – Today, the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held a hearing to examine the need for civil asset forfeiture reform. In her opening statement, Subcommittee Ranking Member Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) emphasized civil asset forfeiture creates a “seize-first, ask questions later” incentive for authorities and too often subverts an individual’s right of due process. When an asset is seized, she described the difficulty owners have navigating complicated ...

WASHINGTON –Subcommittee on National Security Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) opened today’s hearing on “Examining the Worldwide Threat of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Other Foreign Terrorist Organizations” by blasting Committee Democrats for refusing to hold a hearing on President Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. He emphasized the Biden Administration’s failure resulted in the deaths of 13 servicemembers and created a national security and humanitarian crisis. ...

Tens of billions of taxpayer dollars lost to fraud by transnational and state-sponsored organizations WASHINGTON—Representative Scott Franklin (R-Fla.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and Oversight Republicans today called on the Justice Department to provide an update on its efforts to combat and pursue COVID-19 relief stolen by transnational and state-sponsored organizations. A recent report reveals tens of billions of ...

Bill puts protection of bureaucrats before improving service to Americans WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today slammed Democrats’ proposal to foster more unaccountable bureaucracy at the Office of Personnel Management. In his statement at the committee’s markup of the Strengthening the Office of Personnel Management Act (H.R. 6066), Ranking Member Comer emphasized federal agencies must be equipped to ...

Slams Democrats for ignoring Biden’s self-inflicted crises that are negatively impacting Americans WASHINGTON — House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s markup by slamming Committee Democrats for prioritizing a bill to create more bureaucracy and emphasized the American people are more concerned with skyrocketing inflation, broken supply chains, soaring energy prices, and an out-of-control border crisis.

Calls for comprehensive discussion to return OPM to its core missions Below are Ranking Member Hice’s remarks as prepared for delivery. Thank you for calling this hearing on the future of the federal ...

Calls for executive privilege to be waived using Biden Administration’s own criteria  WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) sent a letter to President Joe Biden, U.S. Department of State Secretary Antony Blinken, and U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin demanding the Administration preserve all documents and communications related to the disastrous withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan. The ...

Lawmakers also call on Democrats to cease partisan investigation into America’s oil & gas industry WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), and Oversight Republicans sent a letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) urging Committee Democrats to cease their reckless, partisan investigation into America’s oil and gas industry and instead ...

Raise concerns again about get out the vote contract awarded to Biden’s main campaign advisory firm WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), and Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) today called on newly appointed Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Inspector General Brianna Schletz to provide information about efforts ...