Press Releases

Writes 10 agency Inspectors General requesting investigation before Biden Administration expands telework policies WASHINGTON—Today, Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) called on Inspectors General from numerous federal agencies to assess the impact of telework on federal agencies’ mission, employee performance, and service to the American people during the pandemic.  The Biden Administration recently announced it plans to ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s hearing on the Democrats’ bill to dramatically expand federal paid leave by chastising Democrats for their hypocrisy. Democrats entitled this hearing “Leading by Example,” yet held today’s hearing remotely regardless of the fact the science indicates it’s safe to conduct business in-person. Ranking Member Comer also called out Democrats’ distorted priorities seeking ...

Democrats creating ‘Gilligan’s Island’ for federal employees WASHINGTON—Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) delivered remarks at today’s hearing chastising Democrats for disregarding the substantial costs additional paid leave for federal employees, both financially and in service, would place on the American people. Subcommittee Ranking Member Hice emphasized Democrats are handing federal employees substantial benefits ...

Hearing Wrap Up: Democrats Seek to Give Bureaucrats Full-Time Pay for Part-Time Work Bill’s cost and impact on the federal government’s service to Americans are unknown WASHINGTON—Although federal workers have job security and some of the best benefits in America, today the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a remote hearing on Democrats’ proposal to dramatically expand paid leave for federal employees. Under their proposal, an ...

Forum to be held with expert witnesses on Tuesday, June 29 WASHINGTON—On Tuesday, June 29 at 12:00 p.m. ET, Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and Select Subcommittee Republican lawmakers will hold a forum with expert witnesses to examine the origins of the coronavirus. For more than a year now, Republicans ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Ranking Member Michael Cloud (R-Texas) opened today’s hearing on vaping by outlining the importance of preventing youth from accessing e-cigarettes and calling for more progress to protect our nation’s children from these products.

Comer & Oversight Republicans call on Maloney to resume in-person business WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Republicans called on Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to resume in-person committee business immediately. Even though the House of Representatives has been convening in-person without masks or social distancing and mask mandates as social distancing requirements have been ...

Raises alarms over potential efforts to create patronage system WASHINGTON—Today, Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) called for an urgent investigation into reports that the Biden Administration is targeting certain career civil servants at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). In his letter to the Inspector General of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and Consumer Federal Protection Bureau, Hice raises alarms ...

WASHINGTON—House Republican Whip and Ranking Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Steve Scalise (R-La.)’s opening statement at today’s Select Subcommittee’s hearing about the Federal Reserve’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic asks Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, to address the alarming rising inflation under the Biden Administration. Whip Scalise notes that the Consumer Price Index is at its highest level since 2008. Additionally, Whip ...

Members previously sounded the alarm on California’s rampant unemployment fraud WASHINGTON—House Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today joined Representatives Darrell Issa(R-Calif.) and Gary Palmer (R-Ala.) in calling on Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to expeditiously schedule a hearing on hundreds of billions of stolen pandemic unemployment benefits. Press reported unemployment fraud could reach ...