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Comer Launches Probe into Governor Walz’s Extensive Engagement with China and CCP Entities

Walz’s connections to China raise questions about possible CCP influence in his decision-making as governor—and should he be elected, as vice president. WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is launching an investigation into Minnesota Governor Timothy Walz, Kamala Harris’s recently announced vice-presidential running mate, following reports detailing the Governor’s longstanding connections to Chinese ...
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Comer Seeks Information from Google and Meta on Potential Censorship of President Trump Assassination Attempt 

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is launching an investigation following recent concerning reports indicating Meta’s AI assistant and Google Search’s Autocomplete function generated inaccurate or nongermane information related to the assassination attempt of President Donald Trump. The Committee has long been concerned with how large technology companies leverage their businesses to influence public opinion, especially against the ...
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Comer Pushes DOT for Details on Amtrak’s Use of Eminent Domain to Assert Control of D.C.’s Union Station

Threatens the compulsory process if DOT continues to fail to provide the Committee information WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is continuing to investigate Amtrak’s use of heavy-handed tactics, including eminent domain, to assert control over Washington, D.C.’s Union Station. To date, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has failed to provide the Committee any information related to Amtrak’s use of ...
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Comer Continues Probe into Biden-Harris Administration’s Collusion with Anti-Second Amendment Groups

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is continuing to investigate the Biden-Harris Administration’s potential collusion with anti-Second Amendment plaintiffs. In the latest letter to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Director Steven Dettelbach, Chairman Comer is requesting phone records from the ATF Director after the Committee learned Director Dettelbach used text messages and/or encrypted apps to communicate ...
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Comer Calls on OIG to Initiate Review of USDA’s Enforcement of the Horse Protection Act

Requests additional USDA documents and communications to better understand how the department has enforced the HPA WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is conducting oversight of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) enforcement of the Horse Protection Act (HPA) and its promulgation of a final rule titled Horse Protection Amendments. Considering information obtained by the Oversight Committee and recent ...
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Comer Requests Transcribed Interviews with Climate Advisor Podesta and SPEC Employees

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is today continuing the committee’s investigation into the office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC). After the Biden-Harris Administration has repeatedly suppressed records requests by the Oversight Committee regarding the SPEC office and its activities, the Oversight Committee is requesting transcribed interviews to assist in its investigation. In a letter to White House Senior ...
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Comer Probes Vice President Harris’s Role in the Worst Border Crisis in U.S. History

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is investigating Vice President Kamala Harris’s role in creating the worst border crisis in American history as President Biden’s “border czar.” In a letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner Troy Miller, Chairman Comer is requesting documents and communications between CBP and the Executive Office of the Vice President related ...
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Comer Investigates the Biden-Harris Administration’s Role in Negotiating 9/11 Terrorist Plea Deal

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is opening an investigation into the Biden-Harris Administration’s role in the recently announced plea deal for three terrorists who plotted the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. In a letter to President Joe Biden, Chairman Comer requests documents and communications about the plea deal for the three terrorists who have been charged with murdering nearly 3,000 people. “The ...
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Comer, Grothman Probe DOJ’s Process Used to Investigate Foreign, Non-Traditional Intelligence Officers Spying on the U.S.

WASHINGTON—As part of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability’s investigation of Chinese espionage efforts targeting U.S. military bases, Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) are calling on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to examine the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) methods used to investigate and prosecute foreign nationals sent to the United States to collect ...
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Comer & Grothman Seek Testimony from Former U.S. Coast Guard Officials Related to Misconduct Investigation

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on National Security, the Border and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) are continuing the Committee’s investigation into the U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) mishandling of serious misconduct, including racism, hazing, discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and the failure to disclose internal investigations into those issues to Congress. The lawmakers are ...