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Grothman, Sessions: Financial Accountability at Department of Defense Critical to Safeguarding Taxpayer Dollars

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) and Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) delivered opening remarks at today’s joint hearing titled “Beyond the Budget: Addressing Financial Accountability in the Department of ...

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Joint Hearing Wrap Up: Failed Control Systems and Inability to Accurately Account Funds is Causing DOD to Lose Billions of U.S. Taxpayer Dollars

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce held a joint hearing titled, “Beyond the Budget: Addressing Financial Accountability in the Department of Defense.” Members discussed with officials from the Department of Defense (DOD) and ...

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Comer Opens Markup of Legislation to Reform Government Spending, Address Regulatory Overreach, and Improve Cybersecurity

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s markup of several bills aimed at reforming government spending, addressing regulatory burdens, and improving cybersecurity. Chairman Comer urged the committee to pass legislation to address the federal ...

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Key Whistleblowers to Testify on the Biden Family’s Influence Peddling Schemes

Comer announces hearing scheduled for July 19   WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) will hold a hearing titled “Hearing with IRS Whistleblowers About the Biden Criminal Investigation.” At this full committee hearing, the American people will hear from IRS whistleblowers who possess critical information related to the committee’s investigation into the Biden family’s influence peddling schemes. In addition, ...

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Oversight Committee Passes Bills to Root out Waste, Fraud, and Abuse, Improve Federal Government Efficiency

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) held a markup of several bills aimed at reforming government spending, addressing regulatory burdens, and improving cybersecurity. Chairman Comer released the following statement after passage of these bills: “The American people deserve a government that is transparent, efficient, and effective. These bills bring solutions to modernize our government, root out inefficiencies, target ...

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Hearing Wrap Up: Suppression of the Lab Leak Hypothesis Was Not Based in Science

WASHINGTON — The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing titled “Investigating the Proximal Origin of a Cover Up” to examine the potential conflicts of interest and suppression of scientific discourse by the National Institutes of Health surrounding the drafting, publication, and critical reception of the infamous “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2” (Proximal Origin) correspondence. Select Subcommittee members asked Dr. Kristian Andersen and Dr. Robert Garry ...

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Comer Seeks FBI Record Containing Information About Bidens’ CEFC Deal

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is requesting FBI Director Christopher Wray provide an unredacted copy of the FBI’s report that was created after Dr. Gal Luft met with Department of Justice and FBI officials in Brussels in March 2019. During the meeting, Dr. Luft allegedly provided information about the Bidens’ financial transactions with CEFC, a CCP-linked energy company. “The Committee on Oversight and ...

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Wenstrup Releases Alarming New Report on “Proximal Origin” Authors, NIH Suppression of the COVID-19 Lab Leak Hypothesis

WASHINGTON — Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) issued an interim staff report detailing the Select Subcommittee’s comprehensive investigation into the suppression of the lab-leak hypothesis by America’s leading public health officials through the drafting, publication, and critical reception of the infamous “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2” (“Proximal Origin”) publication. The report titled “The Proximal Origin of a ...

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Fallon to Hold Hearing on DOE’s New Regulatory Burdens on Americans’ Home Appliances

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas) today announced a hearing titled “Cancelling Consumer Choice: Examining the Biden Administration’s Regulatory Assault on Americans’ Home Appliances” to bring transparency to the Department of Energy’s wave of new regulatory burdens on American consumers’ home appliances. “The Department of Energy’s wave of new standards on everyday appliances from ...

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Chairman Wenstrup Opens Hearing with Authors of Infamous “Proximal Origin” Publication: Assumptions are not Science

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing titled “The Proximal Origin of a Cover-Up” by emphasizing the importance of investigating whether senior government officials had an insufficient basis and political motivations for tipping the scales towards their preferred zoonotic COVID-19 origin theory. Chairman Wenstrup lays out three potential motivations for abandoning scientific vigor in favor of political ...