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WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation held a hearing titled, “Transgender Lab Rats and Poisoned Puppies: Oversight of Taxpayer Funded Animal Cruelty.” Subcommittee members discussed how the federal government wastes millions of dollars on cruel and unnecessary animal research. Subcommittee ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing titled “Rightsizing Government.” In his opening statement, Chairman Comer emphasized that President Donald Trump is delivering on his promise to eliminate Washington waste and reform the bloated federal bureaucracy. He noted that there has long been bipartisan concern ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today announced that the mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver, and New York City have confirmed their attendance to testify at a full committee hearing on March 5, 2025. Last week, Chairman Comer announced an investigation into the policies of sanctuary ...

WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today held a full committee hearing titled, “Rightsizing Government.” At the hearing, members highlighted how President Donald Trump created and empowered the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to conduct a government-wide audit to root out waste, fraud, and abuse and protect taxpayer dollars. To date, the Trump Administration is ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) will hold a hearing titled “Examining the Growth of the Welfare State, Part 1” to scrutinize the enormous expansion of welfare programs over the last 60 years and evaluate strategies to reform deficiencies in the welfare system. Annually, the federal government spends nearly $1.2 trillion on more than 80 welfare programs. This system breeds dependency on federal assistance, penalizes married ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) Chairwoman Majorie Taylor Greene today invited the Chief Executive Officers of National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) to testify at a hearing concerning the systemically biased news coverage produced on behalf of federally funded radio and TV stations. NPR and PBS have repeatedly undermined public trust by ignoring stories that were damaging to the Biden Administration, dismissing genuine ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) will hold a hearing titled “Transgender Lab Rats and Poisoned Puppies: Oversight of Taxpayer Funded Animal Cruelty.” The federal government misuses billions of taxpayer dollars on unnecessary animal experiments every year. Non-animal testing alternatives, driven by increasingly sophisticated technological tools, can more accurately model human biology and replace ...

WASHINGTON—House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency Chairwoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) are probing the outgoing Biden Administration’s overuse of collective bargaining agreements to entrench telework and cement policies that hinder the Trump Administration’s agenda. Ahead of President Trump’s inauguration, the Biden Administration agreed to numerous collective bargaining agreements ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced the committee will hold a hearing titled, “Rightsizing Government,” on Wednesday, February 5, 2025. At the hearing, the Oversight Committee will examine the dramatic growth in the size and complexity of the federal government, which has led to excess costs and duplicative and inefficient services for the American people. The Committee will explore reform pathways and consider the ...

WASHINGTON—House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced today an investigation into the policies of sanctuary jurisdictions and their impact on public safety and federal immigration enforcement. In letters sent to the mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver, and New York City, Chairman Comer requested documents and communications related to their cities' sanctuary policies. He also called on the mayors to testify at a committee hearing scheduled for ...