Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) sent letters to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Alibaba Group, Daniel Yong Zhang and President and Chief Executive Officer of Ebay Inc., Jamie Iannone, expressing concerns regarding their platforms allowing the sale and importation of foreign plant and animal products in the United States. After thousands of Americans received unsolicited seed packages, Ranking Member Comer requests ...

WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) today raised concerns about the District of Columbia’s universal mail-in ballot process and the threat it poses to the integrity of the election. According to recent reports, the D.C. Board of Elections is sending mail-in ballots to individuals across D.C. to addresses where ...

WASHINGTON – Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) opened today’s hearing on federal information technology modernization at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by emphasizing that the agency needs to meet modern day challenges, steward taxpayer dollars, and ensure the success of its critical mission. At the hearing, Subcommittee Ranking Member Hice warned that many agencies continue to spend money on the operations and maintenance of old systems rather than ...

WASHINGTON – Today, the Republicans on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis released a report on President Trump’s whole of America response to protect American lives, reopen the economy, and defeat the virus. The report, “President Trump’s Plan: A Whole of America Response,” dispels the Democrats’ partisan attacks on the Trump Administration’s strong leadership and response ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) opened today's Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing with Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar by offering his support and prayers for the President and First Lady in their fight against coronavirus. Whip Scalise dismantled Democrat claims that President Trump did not have a national plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic by detailing ...

WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Reform this week held a two-part hearing on lowering drug prices. At the hearing, Republicans highlighted the Trump administration’s actions to lower drug prices, House Republicans’ proposal to decrease drug prices, the importance of removing regulatory barriers to continue healthcare innovations and discoveries, and ways to improve drug affordability and access. Democrats continued to push for more government mandates and intervention in ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today issued the following statement on the Democrats’ partisan report on prescription drug prices. “Reducing the cost of prescription drugs for Americans should be a bipartisan endeavor, but Democrats continue to play politics by proposing a socialist healthcare regime that would do little to reduce drug prices and prevent life-saving therapies from being made available to the American people. Much ...

WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s two-part hearing on prescription drug prices by emphasizing the Trump administration’s actions to lower drug prices and the importance of removing red tape to unleash more innovation in the healthcare sector. In his opening statement, Ranking Member Comer warned that the Democrats’ continued attacks on vaccine development and proposals to increase government mandates in the healthcare ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today issued the statement below following the announcement that the Supreme Court will fast-track its consideration of whether illegal immigrants must be included in the reapportionment of congressional seats. “I welcome today’s announcement from the Supreme Court and hope it will swiftly rule to ensure the sanctity of ...

WASHINGTON – Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Ranking Member Chip Roy (R-Texas) opened today’s hearing by emphasizing that Democrats are continuing to perpetuate a false narrative that law enforcement is inherently racist and primarily composed of white supremacists. In his opening statement, Subcommittee Ranking Member Roy notes that evidence suggests there is no structural bias in our criminal justice system regarding arrests, prosecution or sentencing. Instead, ...