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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 ...

Emphasizes the failures of the Election Assistance Commission Inspector General who ignored repeated calls for investigation into questionable California contract WASHINGTON – Today, the Government Operations Subcommittee held a hearing on the Federal Offices of Inspector Generals. In his opening statement, Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) voiced concerns that the lack of appropriate staffing makes it impossible for inspectors ...

WASHINGTON—Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today called on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to provide a plan to address the public health crisis at the border and stem the flow of illegal immigration. At last week’s Select Subcommittee hearing, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Advisor to President Biden,

WASHINGTON—In an op-ed published by Real Clear Politics, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) outlined the major policy errors and unconstitutionality of H.R. 51, Democrats’ bill to grant statehood without amending the Constitution. “This bill is flatly unconstitutional and would be tied up in the court system for ...

“Our recent trip to the border gave us additional insights that make answers to our previous questions even more pressing.” WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans renewed their request to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for information regarding the pause in construction of the border wall and the Administration’s plan to address the ...

Voices opposition to granting statehood, reiterates need for Committee to oversee District actions WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) wrote Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser regarding the solitary confinement of more than 1,500 men and women within the District of Columbia’s jail as reported by the Washington ...