Press Releases

WASHINGTON— House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is continuing to investigate the Sixteen Thirty Fund’s role in the secretive Chorus influencer program, a prominent dark money operation involved in efforts to undermine media ethics standards and circumvent federal campaign finance disclosure laws enforced by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Following Sixteen Thirty Fund’s failure to fully comply with ...

Kick off Task Force with letter investigating fraud in Ohio’s Medicaid program WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today announced Representative Brandon Gill (R-Texas) will chair the newly created Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses. The Task Force will focus on defending constitutional rights in the face of institutions that work to abuse and undermine historic pillars ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency Chairman Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) today announced a roundtable titled “Getting Taxpayers a Better Bang for their Buck from Military Contracts.” During the roundtable, members will assess the scope of the U.S. Department of War’s (DOW) spending on acquisition of weapons systems and identify the ...

WASHINGTON—Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released the transcript of Ted Waitt’s transcribed interview as part of its review of the federal government’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell cases. Waitt appeared on April 30, 2026. The Committee also released the 

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) delivered opening remarks at today’s hearing on “DOW Financial Management: Examining Progress and New Audit Approaches.” In his opening statement, Subcommittee Chairman Sessions emphasized the need for the Department of War to be financially transparent and accountable, since the agency is responsible for nearly half of the federal government’s discretionary spending. He also highlighted DOW’s ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is raising concerns about the harmful influence of global left-wing activist groups on American businesses and on the work of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). In a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology Craig Burkhardt, Chairman Comer emphasized the importance of international standards-setting bodies, ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is conducting oversight of taxpayer-funded payouts to federal employees used to settle and often side-step employment disputes. The House Oversight Committee is concerned that persistent gaps in data collection and transparency, growing costs to taxpayers, and institutional incentives that favor informal resolutions over taxpayer interests may be creating incentives for federal ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement Chairman Clay Higgins (R-La.) today announced a hearing on “Privacy Protections & the Second Amendment: Examining ATF’s Relationship to the Tiahrt Amendment.” During the hearing, members will discuss the purpose of the Tiahrt Amendment and the consequences of the Bureau of Alcohol, ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) today announced a roundtable on “Reducing America’s National Debt: Rooting Out Federal Waste, Fraud, and Overregulation.” During the roundtable, members will survey how America’s historically high and continuously growing national debt ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) today announced a hearing titled “DOW Financial Management: Examining Progress and New Audit Approaches.” This hearing builds on the Subcommittee’s