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WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today announced a hearing on “The Government Accountability Office’s 2025 High-Risk List.” The Government Accountability Office (GAO), a nonpartisan agency in the legislative branch, issues a report at the start of each Congress to identify which federal programs are most susceptible to ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), newly appointed chairwoman of the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, today announced the following Republican members will serve on the panel: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), chairwomanRep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.)Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.)Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.)Rep. Eric Burlison ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) today introduced the Reorganizing Government Act of 2025. This legislation ensures Congress takes an up or down vote on government-wide reorganization plans submitted to Congress by President Donald Trump in order to streamline government operations to better serve the American people. "Americans elected President Trump to reform Washington, and his team is ...

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) held its inaugural hearing today titled “The War on Waste: Stamping Out the Scourge of Improper Payments and Fraud” to investigate the hundreds of billions of taxpayers’ dollars wasted annually on improper payments and fraud. Expert witnesses shared step-by-step plans to improve payment ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) Chairwoman Marjorie Taylor Greene delivered an opening statement at the Subcommittee’s first hearing titled “The War on Waste: Stamping Out the Scourge of Improper Payments and Fraud.” Subcommittee Chairwoman Greene began her remarks with a critique of the soaring national debt, which has now reached a staggering $36 trillion. President Trump’s Department ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered an opening statement at the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) first hearing titled “The War on Waste: Stamping Out the Scourge of Improper Payments and Fraud.” In his remarks, Chairman Comer commended President Trump’s swift efforts to equip Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency ...

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services held 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. Members explained how the bloated welfare state encourages dependency on federal assistance, ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced the establishment of a task force titled the “Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets.” The task force’s mission is to examine the declassification of materials in the public interest and will be led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.). This announcement follows President Trump’s executive order entitled “Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations of ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) delivered opening remarks at the Subcommittee’s first hearing of the 119th Congress titled “Examining the Growth of the Welfare State, Part 1.” Subcommittee Chairman Grothman began his remarks by describing how the rapid expansion of welfare programs has increased dependency on federal government assistance. He explained ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) will hold a press conference on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at 3:00pm ET to announce the creation of a new Oversight Committee task force of national interest. Who: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James ComerRepresentative Anna Paulina Luna What: ...