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WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) today blasted the Biden Administration’s policy guidance which needlessly delays the return of federal employees to the workplace. “The Biden Administration’s guidance puts unions and federal employees first, and Americans last. Delaying ...

WASHINGTON—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.) today blasted Chairman Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) and Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) for officially refusing to investigate the origins of COVID-19. “In a Friday evening news dump, two of Speaker Pelosi’s top lieutenants, Chairs Clyburn and Maloney made it official—they refuse to ...

If Democrats wanted answers, they would compel Pittman’s testimony WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today blasted Acting Chief of the United States Capitol Police Yogananda Pittman for refusing to testify at tomorrow’s oversight hearing on the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. “If Democrats really wanted answers, they would have invited Acting Chief Pittman to testify at one of their two ...

Request Attorney General Garland provide an update on investigative efforts and bring those responsible to justice WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and House Committee on Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to swiftly investigate the massive leak of sensitive tax information from the IRS and ...

Republican lawmakers have repeatedly called for a hearing on the humanitarian and national security crisis at the border WASHINGTON—Tomorrow marks 100 days since House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans first called on Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to hold a hearing on President Biden’s border crisis.

Fauci’s comments from 2012 about gain-of-function research contradict sworn congressional testimony WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) pressed Dr. Anthony Fauci to explain the discrepancy in his sworn congressional testimony about taxpayer-funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). “House ...

Demand Biden Administration Answer for Unnecessary Extra Unemployment Benefits, Continued School Closures  WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Ways and Means Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-Texas), House Committee on Education and Labor Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), and House Committee on the Budget Ranking Member Jason Smith (R-Mo.) wrote National Economic Council Director Brian Deese ...

Chastises Hearing Held to Promote Political Allies WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today's hearing purportedly about holding the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma accountable by criticizing Democrats for using it to promote Democrat donor Patrick Radden Keefe’s book about the family. Given the timing of the hearing, Democrats risk improperly influencing a court case to hold the Sackler family and Purdue ...

WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Reform today held its second hearing on the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma to review their role in the opioid epidemic. Republicans criticized Democrats for using another hearing for show rather than taking any action on the drug crisis at the southern border. Republicans were clear, if Democrats were serious about addressing the opioid epidemic, they would secure the border where fentanyl and other drugs are coming across in record ...

Calls on Oversight Committee to Hold Hearings on Border, COVID-19 Origins, and More WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Ranking Member Michael Cloud (R-Texas) opened today’s hearing on the dangers of the Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play—an infant recliner that was recalled in April 2019—and the failures of infant product safety by emphasizing the need for Fischer-Price and Mattel to answer for the deaths of infants due to their product, and any ...