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WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability will hold a hearing tiled “Oversight of the Food and Drug Administration.” The hearing will examine the Oversight Committee’s ongoing investigations into the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) response to several issues, including the infant formula crisis and food safety, drug shortages, facility inspections, hemp ...

WASHINGTON — Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), Committee on Energy and Commerce (E&C) Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), E&C Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), and E&C Subcommittee on Health Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) announced that EcoHealth Alliance (EcoHealth) President Dr. Peter Daszak will appear ...

WASHINGTON — Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) invited the respective Editors-in-Chief of Science, Nature, and The Lancet to testify before the Select Subcommittee on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. The hearing seeks to examine any potential inappropriate influence exerted by the federal government over research publications related to COVID-19 and ensure that the federal government is not granted undue access to the ...

WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered opening remarks at a congressional forum in Jamestown, Kentucky titled “A Burden to Business: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Assessment of Administrative Fees.” In his opening statement, Chairman Comer emphasized information obtained by the ...

Calls on the President to provide answers about his involvement in the Bidens’ pay-for-influence schemes WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is offering President Joe Biden the opportunity to testify at a hearing in furtherance of the House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry and is calling on President Biden to answer questions about his participation in his family’s pay-for-influence ...

WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) traveled to Lake Cumberland in Jamestown, Kentucky to hold a congressional forum titled “A Burden to Business: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Assessment of Administrative Fees.” At the forum, Chairman Comer emphasized that a study conducted by the Government ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is today furthering an investigation into United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) lack of commitment to a comprehensive consultation process which resulted in its decision to abandon longstanding, bipartisan positions on digital trade. In a letter to top officials at five NGO entities, Chairman Comer requests the NGOs preserve documents related to the committee’s inquiry for potential future ...

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) invited U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm to testify at a scheduled oversight hearing on May 15, 2024. In a letter to DOE Secretary Granholm, Chairman Comer highlighted how DOE has failed to provide information to the Oversight Committee on the Department’s misuse of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, pause on liquified natural gas exports, taxpayer-funded summer 2023 ...

WASHINGTON— House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is conducting oversight of the Biden Administration’s series of embassy closures and partial evacuations around the world. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Chairman Comer requests a briefing on how the U.S. plans to meet foreign policy objectives in areas with closed or reduced-service posts amid heightened security concerns. “The Committee on Oversight and ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on the Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas), co-leaders of the Improper Payments Working Group, today issued statements on the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report, “Improper Payments: Information on Agencies’ Fiscal Year 2023 Estimates.” “As our national debt continues to balloon, it’s ...