Press Releases

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement after receiving a briefing from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) regarding the business reform plan released earlier this week: “Postmaster General DeJoy and the Board of Governors have put forth a serious plan that makes hard decisions, seeks to bring the Postal Service into the 21st century, and ensures it is financially solvent for the ...

WASHINGTON—Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today applauded President Biden for following Republicans’ advice to set a new vaccine goal of administering 200 million vaccines in 100 days: “Over two months ago, Republicans called on President Biden to set a more ambitious goal of administering 200 million vaccines in 100 days, and I’m glad he followed the roadmap we presented. Because of President ...

Debunks Democrats’ myths about successful program that supported 51 million jobs WASHINGTON—Today, Representative Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) opened today’s Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing by welcoming Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) to the Select Subcommittee and calling out Speaker Pelosi and Democrats for seeking to overturn her election.  During his remarks, Jordan touted the successes of the Paycheck Protection Program, ...

Committee Democrats remain silent as crisis worsens Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans renewed their request to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) for a hearing on the crisis at the border. The Republican lawmakers called out the Democrats’ hypocrisy on this issue, noting they held several hearings and conducted site visits at border facilities during the previous administration, and urged ...

Voices concerns for Democrats’ censorship efforts targeted at certain speech WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement after Parler exposed Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney’s blatantly partisan and baseless attacks against the company: “Today Parler fully debunked Chairwoman ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) opened today’s hearing about equal pay emphasizing that any two individuals with equal education working the same job should receive the same compensation regardless of any other facts, such as sex, race, or any other irrelevant characteristic. In his remarks, Ranking Member Comer discussed how school closures and lockdowns have had a disproportionate, ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today commended U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and the United States Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors on the creation and delivery of a business reform plan: “Congress has waited several years for the Postal Service to provide a business plan and Postmaster General DeJoy has delivered a serious plan that warrants thorough consideration. Postmaster General DeJoy and the Board of ...

Cost of D.C. statehood will rest on the backs of American taxpayers WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) opened today’s hearing about D.C. statehood by calling out Democrats’ unconstitutional power grab. The Republicans outlined the unconstitutionality of H.R. 51 and the District’s failure to determine how to make up for the massive ...

Outline Constitutional, Fiscal, and Practical Issues with H.R. 51 WASHINGTON—Today, the House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing on the Democrats’ unconstitutional legislative proposal, H.R. 51, to grant statehood to the District of Columbia. During the hearing, Republicans warned the Democrats’ bill is an unconstitutional power grab that will result in the District receiving greater benefits than citizens of any other state. H.R. 51 would make D.C. the ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today released a timeline detailing actions taken by the Biden Administration to erode immigration enforcement and border security, culminating in President Biden’s border crisis. Starting on January 20, 2021, President Biden has issued a series of executive orders and actions to revoke the former administration’s deterrence-focused policies aimed at preventing illegal immigration and human ...