Press Releases

WASHINGTON—Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today blasted the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ politicization of Governor Ron DeSantis’ efforts to ensure seniors have access to the COVID-19 vaccine: “Democrats’ approach to the pandemic ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today blasted House passage of the $1.9 trillion Pelosi Payoff to Progressives Act: “The Pelosi Payoff to Progressives Act is another instance of the swamp taking care of the swamp rather than hardworking Americans. The bill contains a $350 billion bailout for locked-down, poorly managed states with no strings attached. The sneaky formula used by Democrats ensures that most of the money ...

Committee holds hearing on largest cyber breach in U.S. history WASHINGTON - House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s hearing on “Weathering the Storm: The Role of Private Tech in the SolarWinds Breach and Ongoing Campaign,” emphasizing the need to better understand the nature and scope of the 2020 cyberattack. The attack, a massive intelligence gathering operation likely conducted by Russia, successfully compromised ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today exposed the cost, corruption, and liberal wish-list contained in the Pelosi Payoff to Progressives Act during House consideration of the $1.9 trillion bill.    Below are Ranking Member Comer’s floor remarks as prepared for delivery. This bill isn’t about COVID.  It isn’t about providing relief to struggling Americans. This massive $1.9 ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans today called on Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to hold a series of hearings on child welfare and reopening schools. “Children are more at risk from school closures than the coronavirus itself,” said Ranking Member Comer. “The science and experts have made it abundantly clear that we can reopen schools safely, but radical unions continue with their ...

WASHINGTON—Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today released a timeline of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s order mandating COVID-19 positive patients to be admitted to nursing homes and long-term care facilities, his actions to cover up the scandal, and his obstruction of congressional oversight and justice. “The facts are simple: Governor Cuomo issued an order sending thousands of contagious COVID-19 ...

Call for an end to Democrats’ mailbox myths and unsubstantiated partisan rhetoric WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) opened today’s hearing about the United States Postal Service (USPS) with calls for bipartisan reforms and an end to the unsubstantiated, partisan attacks against Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. In his remarks, Comer ...

WASHINGTON—In an op-ed published on Fox News, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Budget Committee Ranking Member Jason Smith (R-Mo.) outline how Pelosi’s Payoff for Progressives is the wrong bill, at the wrong time, for all the wrong reasons and emphasize the goal is to satisfy a political agenda and bail out political ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans today called on Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to issue subpoenas for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s testimony before the Oversight Committee and for the documents, information, and communications Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Republicans have requested repeatedly from Governor Cuomo related to his order mandating contagious coronavirus patients to be ...

WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Reform today held a hearing on the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to discuss the need for substantive reforms to improve the Postal Service’s fiscal sustainability and service to the American people. Republicans repeatedly called for Democrats to cease their partisan and unsubstantiated rhetoric about the Postal Service and encouraged their colleagues across the aisle to work with them on reasonable reforms.