Press Releases

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) and Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) are today opening a probe into allegations of fraudulent billing of pediatric gender transition care by medical providers to Medicaid programs. In a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the lawmakers request documents and ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today subpoenaed U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to appear at a hearing, “Oversight of the U.S. Secret Service and the Attempted Assassination of President Donald J. Trump,” on Monday, July 22 at 10:00a. “Americans demand ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) will hold a hearing titled “Wasteful Spending and Inefficiencies: Examining DoD Platform Performance and Costs.” The subcommittee hearing will examine multiple programs within the Department of Defense (DoD) which are behind schedule and ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) are continuing to investigate long-term problems regarding the reliability of the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor military aircraft which has been involved in multiple crashes resulting in the loss of U.S. servicemembers. In a letter to U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Lloyd Austin, the lawmakers ...

WASHINGTON—As part of an ongoing investigation into Pharmacy Benefit Managers’ (PBMs) role in rising health care costs, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today announced an upcoming hearing titled, “The Role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers in Prescription Drug Markets Part III: Transparency ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) today announced a hearing titled “Oversight of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency” to examine the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency’s (CIGIE) operations, legislative priorities, coordination ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement after the federal judge overseeing President Trump’s classified documents prosecution dismissed the case, citing a violation of the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution: “I applaud the judge’s decision to dismiss the classified documents case. Democrats’ efforts to weaponize the legal system against Republicans are unraveling before ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) will hold a full committee hearing titled “Oversight of the U.S. Secret Service and the Attempted Assassination of President Donald J. Trump.” The hearing will conduct oversight of the U.S. Secret Service to gather information from Director Kimberly ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans today sent a letter to U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle requesting information regarding the assassination attempt of President Trump and calling for the preservation of documents and communications regarding the Butler, Pennsylvania campaign rally. “The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement after the assassination attempt of President Trump at his rally in Pennsylvania: “My prayers are with President Trump and the victims of the assassination attempt at today’s rally in Pennsylvania. I thank the brave Secret Service members who put their lives at risk to protect President Trump and for the American patriots in the audience who helped ...