Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Representative Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) wrote Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko and the Lead Inspector General for Overseas Contingency Operations requesting they declassify the classified annexes of their most recent Quarterly Reports on Afghanistan Reconstruction and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. “The classified annex presents new ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expressing concerns that the Biden White House was pressuring career FDA officials to recommend booster shots before the agency saw research showing that booster shots are necessary. In ...

Doubles down on request for information on federal volunteers assisting on U.S. Southern Border WASHINGTON – Today, Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) released the following statement on his second letter to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) which doubles down on his request for information on the total number of federal employees diverted from their normal positions in order to assist in the care of ...

WASHINGTON – Today, Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Ranking Member Michael Cloud, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and Oversight Republicans wrote Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Zach Ducheneaux regarding the staffing shortages at FSA that are having a detrimental effect on America’s agricultural community. “Countless farmers in our districts have reached out concerned about staffing shortages in their local ...

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) released the following statements on President Biden’s expected executive order requiring all federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. “The COVID-19 pandemic has taken the lives of far too many Americans. President Trump’s Operation Warp Speed gave us vaccines in record time, and they have ...

Raises red flag over potential for artwork purchases to be abused due to shady White House policy on sales  WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) wrote Georges Bergès—owner of Georges Bergès Gallery—requesting documents and information regarding the unprecedented prices the gallery set for selling Hunter Biden’s art. Given the history of foreign governments using high value art to evade U.S. sanctions, the ...

Republicans demand oversight over Dr. Frey’s affiliation with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology WASHINGTON – Today, Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) and Subcommittee Republicans sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan expressing serious concerns over Dr. Chris Frey, a high-level EPA political appointee, who maintains an affiliation with a Chinese university and previously ...

Rushed markup ignores pressing issues facing the American people WASHINGTON—Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s House Committee on Oversight and Reform markup by slamming Committee Democrats for failing to conduct meaningful oversight over President Biden’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal which resulted in the deaths of 13 servicemembers and has left Americans stranded and seeking an escape.In addition, Ranking Member Comer criticized ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer and House Committee on Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations Ranking Member Don Bacon (R-Neb.) wrote Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack about the 27% increase in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. SNAP benefits are intended to help low-income Americans provide food for their families. SNAP benefits are increased annually to match ...

Thanks Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction for heeding Republican calls for briefing, voices disappointment for lack of answers from Biden Administration WASHINGTON—House Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement after the committee received a briefing from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). Republicans pressed SIGAR for a briefing on August 19, 2021. The ...