Press Releases

WASHINGTON— House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is continuing to investigate organizations reported to be funding and organizing illegal actions, including at institutions of higher education, by individuals spreading pro-Hamas propaganda and engaging in antisemitic harassment and civil rights violations against Jewish students. In a letter to National Students for Justice in Palestine (National SJP), sent care of American Muslims for Palestine ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) will hold a full committee hearing titled “Oversight of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.” The hearing will conduct oversight and gather information from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan on the Biden Administration’s push of excessive ...

Dr. Fauci will testify before the COVID Select Subcommittee on Monday, June 3 WASHINGTON — Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is requesting access to Dr. Anthony Fauci’s personal email accounts and cellphone records. New evidence suggests that Dr. Fauci may have used his personal email account to communicate about official government business during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an email from Dr. Fauci’s Senior Advisor ...

Did NIH’s “FOIA lady” teach Dr. Fauci’s team how to thwart federal law? WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is investigating a potential conspiracy at the highest levels of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) — specifically the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Evidence suggests NIH officials received instructions on how to evade the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and ...

“What Was Anthony Fauci’s Top Aide Hiding?” WASHINGTON – “Emails released last week by the U.S. House reveal how Anthony Fauci’s former top adviser worked to keep the public in the dark and thwart investigations into Covid’s origins,” Wall Street Journal Editorial Board member Allysia Finley writes. In a new op-ed, Finley lays out the damaging evidence uncovered during the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic’s investigation ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) will hold a hearing titled “A Hearing with Dr. Anthony Fauci” on Monday, June 3, 2024. This hearing is the first time Dr. Fauci will testify publicly since retiring from public service. Earlier this year, Dr. Fauci appeared in front of the Select Subcommittee for a closed-door, two-day, 14-hour transcribed interview. Read more about Dr. Fauci’s transcribed interview

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued a report outlining how the Biden Administration’s Green New Deal energy policies have led to higher gas prices, growing uncertainty in America’s power sector, confusion in the market for new cars and appliances, and a labyrinth of expensive regulatory hurdles which have led to—and will continue to lead to—increased costs for all American consumers and ...

WASHINGTON— House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered opening remarks at today’s hearing titled “Oversight of the U.S. Department of Energy.” In his remarks, Chairman Comer blasted Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm and the Biden Administration for pursuing Green New Deal energy policies that have jeopardized economic ...

WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) applauded today’s passage of H.R. 192, legislation sponsored by Rep. Pfluger (R-Texas), which prohibits non-citizens from voting in District of Columbia local elections.“Voting is a pillar of American democracy and a constitutional right that undeniably needs to be protected and preserved for citizens of this country. Two years ago, the D.C. City Council recklessly allowed ...

WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Representative Katie Porter (D-Ca.) joined “Special Report” with Bret Baier on Fox News to discuss the Presidential Ethics Reform Act, a bipartisan effort to deliver transparency to the American people and enable robust congressional oversight. The landmark ethics reform legislation introduced by the lawmakers would require presidents and vice presidents to disclose foreign ...