Press Releases

Seek to understand safeguards in place to prevent researchers from potentially creating another pandemic  WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and U.S. Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) sent a letter to U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power, expressing concerns over the cooperative agreement between USAID and Washington State University (WSU) requiring the ...

The lawmakers call on USDA to delay implementation until it has a plan to make up for potential loss in staff WASHINGTON—Representative Clay Higgins (R-La.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and Oversight Republicans called on U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to delay the implementation of President Biden’s vaccine mandate for USDA employees until the department can explain how it will make up for the ...

Seek opportunity to examine Mr. Kerry’s dealings and how the Administration’s climate policies are impacting the American economy WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) released the following statements after sending a letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney requesting Democrats convene a hearing with White House “Climate Czar” John Kerry. ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today introduced the Fairness for Federal Contractors Act of 2021 (H.R. 6016) to ban President Biden from requiring the employees of federal contractors to be vaccinated against COVID-19. “American workers should not be forced to get the jab to keep their job. President Biden’s authoritarian mandate on employees of federal contractors requiring vaccination or termination is unfair ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s forum on “Reviewing the Role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers in Pharmaceutical Markets” by emphasizing congressional oversight of rising prescription drugs must include an examination of pharmacy benefit managers’ (PBMs) role. In his opening remarks, Ranking Member Comer outlined how PBMs’ ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement after the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama issued a permanent injunction against a provision included in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) which imposed coercive restrictions on the States’ ability to make their own fiscal decisions. Specifically, the ARPA provision prohibited a State’s freedom to lower taxes if they received ...

WASHINGTON—House Republican Whip and Ranking Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Steve Scalise’s (R-La.) opening statement at today’s Select Subcommittee’s hearing calls out several of the Democrats' misinformation campaigns throughout the pandemic, including disputing the origins of the virus and about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines in development under Operation Warp Speed. Whip Scalise emphasizes that during the 2020 election, then-Vice President Biden ...

Forum explored PBMs’ anticompetitive tactics that are harming patients WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and lawmakers held a forum entitled, “

Calls for discussion on efforts to disrupt attacks and urges Democrats to hold more hearings on the many issues facing Americans WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s hearing on “Cracking Down on Ransomware: Strategies for Disrupting Criminal Hackers and Building Resilience Against Cyber Threats” by emphasizing how these attacks have the ability to disrupt Americans’ daily lives and called for ...

Forum to be held with witnesses on Wednesday, Nov. 17 WASHINGTON—On Wednesday, November 17 at 10:00 a.m. ET, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and lawmakers will hold a forum on the impact of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in pharmaceutical markets with experts, pharmacists, physicians, and PBMs. “As Congress reviews the rising costs of prescription drugs in America, we must evaluate all aspects that are driving up ...