Press Releases

WASHINGTON—In an op-ed published on Fox News, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Budget Committee Ranking Member Jason Smith (R-Mo.) outline how Pelosi’s Payoff for Progressives is the wrong bill, at the wrong time, for all the wrong reasons and emphasize the goal is to satisfy a political agenda and bail out political ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans today called on Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to issue subpoenas for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s testimony before the Oversight Committee and for the documents, information, and communications Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Republicans have requested repeatedly from Governor Cuomo related to his order mandating contagious coronavirus patients to be ...

WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Reform today held a hearing on the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to discuss the need for substantive reforms to improve the Postal Service’s fiscal sustainability and service to the American people. Republicans repeatedly called for Democrats to cease their partisan and unsubstantiated rhetoric about the Postal Service and encouraged their colleagues across the aisle to work with them on reasonable reforms.

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) opened today’s hearing on the federal workforce by outlining several of the effective reform efforts President Trump established to improve the federal bureaucracy and make it more accountable to the American people. In his remarks, Hice chastised Democrats for seeking to undo President Trump’s reform efforts and emphasized morale improved in the federal workforce under President Trump.

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Government Operations today held a hearing on reforming the federal workforce. At the hearing, Republicans continued to advocate for making the federal workforce more efficient, effective, and accountable to the American people. Republicans also discussed President Trump’s successful efforts to implement meaningful change and improve morale across the federal workforce. Republican members emphasized the need for a merit-based system to address federal ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Ranking Member Michael Cloud (R-Texas) today wrote letters to leaders at American Oversight and Accountable US regarding their joint effort, “Campaign Against Corporate Complicity,” that aims to blacklist public servants who served in the Trump Administration from future employment. The campaigns are an aggressive effort to discriminate against Republicans for executing the policies of a duly elected president. “The ...

Biden Administration’s policies are leading to more illegal immigration, which could soon lead to widespread COVID infections WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas raising concerns over the Biden Administration’s recent actions to limit enforcement and weaken border security, potentially leading ...

Subcommittee hearing examines pathway for peace in Afghanistan WASHINGTON – Subcommittee on National Security Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) opened today’s hearing by emphasizing that President Trump spearheaded successful efforts to reduce U.S. armed forces in Afghanistan and negotiated an unprecedented peace agreement which will help create a safe and prosperous Afghanistan by ensuring that the region will no longer provide safe harbor for ...

Question effectiveness of Election Assistance Commission Inspector General amid inaction, recommend resignation WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), and Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) wrote U.S. Election Assistance Commission Inspector General Patricia Layfield demanding immediate action on the California ...

Calls for transcribed interviews with Dr. Howard Zucker and Melissa DeRosa WASHINGTON—Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today renewed his call for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to provide all data on nursing home deaths related to his must admit order and requested transcribed interviews with top officials involved with the deadly mandate. On February 11, 2021, it was revealed that Melissa ...