Press Releases

WASHINGTON—House Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.), Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), House Small Business Committee Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.), Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.), and Congressman Bob Good (R-Va.) this week introduced the Guidance Out Of Darkness (GOOD) Act, which requires agencies to publish their regulatory guidance on the Internet ...

WASHINGTON—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.), House Education and Labor Committee Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) today called for a bipartisan investigation into the effects school closures are having on children with disabilities, and state and local ...

WASHINGTON – With new revelations that political aides to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo deliberately interfered with state public health officials in order to mask the true magnitude of COVID-19 nursing home deaths in the state, Republican Congressional leaders urged their House Democrat counterparts to hold a joint hearing regarding the undercounting of COVID-19 deaths in New York nursing homes. The letter was signed by Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans sent a letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) expressing concerns over the current crisis occurring at the southern border stemming from President Biden’s open borders policies. Recent reports indicate container facilities holding unaccompanied children are now nearly overflowing and a surge of illegal immigration has become inevitable due to President ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) joined “America Reports” on Fox News today to discuss the current crisis occurring at the southern border stemming from President Biden’s open borders policies. Ranking Member Comer noted container facilities holding unaccompanied children are nearly overflowing and President Biden plans to open even more facilities to accommodate the surge of illegal immigration. He concluded the interview ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement after Democrats passed H.R. 1, the "For the Politicians Act." “The ‘For the Politicians Act’ isn’t a bill to protect America’s vote; it’s a swamp takeover of America’s elections. Through this bill, Democrats nationalize America’s elections, placing Washington in control rather than following the Constitution and allowing states to determine their ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Inspector General report exonerating former Secretary Elaine Chao of any wrongdoing: “Today’s report makes clear the Democrats’ partisan attacks launched against former ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s hearing on the 2021 Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) High Risk List by emphasizing the need to root out government waste, fraud, and abuse and protect taxpayer dollars. The High Risk List is released at the start of every new Congress and is comprised of federal programs and agencies deemed to be vulnerable to “fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement” and are viewed as ...

Amendment passes by voice vote WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today spoke on the House floor advocating for his amendment to H.R. 1, the “For the Politicians Act,” which would add the ethics requirements Democrats wanted to impose on President Trump last Congress back in the bill to ensure Democrats’ ethics rules apply equally regardless of party.

WASHINGTON—Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a hearing on the GAO’s High Risk List with U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro. The list is released at the start of each Congress and is comprised of federal programs and agencies deemed to be vulnerable to waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement. It provides a roadmap to the Committee in its mission to ensure government accountability. At the hearing, Republicans voiced concerns over repeat offenders on the ...