Press Releases

WASHINGTON—Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today called out Subcommittee Democrats for ignoring the Biden Administration’s potential political interference in the coronavirus response and demanded the Democrats expand their investigation to include the current administration. In a letter to Chairman James Clyburn (D-S.C.), Scalise points out that the Biden Administration chastised U.S. Centers for Disease ...

Call on Secretary Yellen, Treasury Inspector General to Investigate Funding Distribution WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on Ways and Means Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-Texas) today wrote Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and U.S. Department of Treasury Deputy Inspector General Richard Delmar calling for accountability and transparency regarding the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF), part of the CARES ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today announced the ranking members and membership of the panel’s five subcommittees for the 117th Congress. “The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has a talented lineup of Republican Members and our new leadership team will be instrumental in our efforts to hold the federal government accountable and make it more transparent to the people it serves,” said Ranking ...

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Representative Yvette Herrell (R-N.M.), and Committee Republicans sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting all documents and communications related to President Joe Biden’s unilateral decision to halt construction of the southern border wall. The Biden Administration’s sudden push to lighten border security and propose amnesty for ...

WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s hearing by emphasizing the humanitarian and national security crisis at our southern border is being left unchecked by Congressional Democrats and fueled by President Joe Biden’s radical, far-left immigration policies. In his opening statement, Ranking Member Comer notes the Biden Administration has completely gutted interior enforcement priorities, halted the deportation ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Education and Labor Committee Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), Representative Michael Cloud (R-Texas), and Representative Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) today wrote to the Biden-Harris Transition Team and White House Counsel’s office about President Biden’s “unprecedented removal” of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Peter Robb and Deputy General Counsel Alice Stock, who ...

WASHINGTON—Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today blasted the Biden administration for taking steps to vaccinate illegal immigrants. “President Biden’s plan to vaccinate illegal immigrants ahead of Americans who are currently being denied the COVID-19 vaccine is a slap in the ...

Lack of transparency and uniformity exacerbates pandemic related financial struggles WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today wrote the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding the lack of transparency and uniformity of fees charged to marina owners and businesses. Ranking Member Comer is requesting documents from the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers regarding their fees to ensure marina businesses are not unfairly charged and ...

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and House Education and Labor Committee Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) sent a letter to the President of the University of Pennsylvania, Amy Gutmann, expressing concerns over the university’s close relationship with the Biden family and recent revelations regarding their potentially illicit ties to China. The lawmakers ...

NY Attorney General finds Governor Cuomo undercounted COVID nursing home deaths by up to 50% 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 deadly must admit order following a scathing report ...