Press Releases

Last week, Republicans on the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis laid out their bipartisan vision for what the panel should focus on: safely reinvigorating America’s economy and holding the Chinese Communist Party accountable for its actions. This contrasts starkly with the approach taken by the Select Subcommittee’s Democrats, who have so far charted a blatantly partisan course that would put American steelworkers, welders, and truckers out of work by attacking their ...

Today the Trump Administration announced the details of Operation Warp Speed, a groundbreaking and aggressive effort in America’s war against the coronavirus. The project will work to dramatically shorten the development timeline for Coronavirus vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics and get them to the front lines as quickly as possible. When President Trump saw the proposed timelines for getting critical tests, treatments, and ...

Today the Republican members of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent a letter to Postmaster General Megan Brennan requesting that she finally provide the Committee with the USPS proposal for a sustainable, long-term business plan that was promised over a year ago. The letter follows just one day after a

Today the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report illustrating that the United States Postal Service’s financial problems were a problem well before the current COVID-19 and that it is “essential” for Congress to step in and reform the agency’s failing business model. Since 1970, Congress designed USPS to be a self-sustaining, business-like entity that would pay for its operating costs primarily with revenue from postage and postal-related products and services; ...

Today, the top Republicans from seven different House committees — led by Oversight Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH) — sent a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos asking for information about the Chinese Communist Party’s investment in American colleges and universities to further its strategic and propaganda goals. What the letter says: “China has ...

Today – Ranking Member Jim Jordan — joined by the five ranking members of the Oversight Committee Subcommittees —sent a letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney urging her to hold hearings on the “Communist Party of China (CCP) and its widely criticized response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.” The lawmakers sent the letter in response to a letter Maloney sent earlier this month ...

Today, Republicans on the House Oversight Committee criticized Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis” as a redundant, partisan platform to further their political agenda and attack President Trump using taxpayers’ money. As Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH) explained during his opening remarks to the House Rules Committee Wednesday night, there are already eight different oversight mechanisms to keep tabs on the federal government’s pandemic response. ...

Today, Ranking Member Jim Jordan, joined by other Committee Republicans, called out Washington Democrats for their cynical efforts to exploit the coronavirus pandemic “to advocate for their extreme changes in immigration policy,” and lauded the Trump administration’s effort to enforce America’s laws and defend our borders while prudently working to mitigate the impact of the disease. “This concept ought to be simple: We should not turn our back on the citizens and lawful immigrants ...

MYTH VS. FACT: The Truth About Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Chairwoman Maloney’s April 8 press release “New Document Shows Inadequate Distribution of Personal Protective Equipment and Critical Medical Supplies to States”[1] is flawed and misleading. The Chairwoman utilized information that is outdated, does not reflect current needs or realities on the ground, and ignores the administration’s tireless, whole-of-government effort to address ...

Today Ranking Member Jim Jordan called on Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney to halt conducting Oversight Committee business over the popular teleconference platform “Zoom” in a letter citing concerns about cybersecurity as well as the China-based performance of many of the company’s operations. Excerpts from the letter: “While used by a number ...