Press Releases

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is investigating whether an unlicensed lab in California owned by Prestige Biotech, a Chinese company, posed a threat to public health for allegedly conducting dangerous research related to COVID-19. In March 2023, city and state officials, in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, executed a search warrant on the property, while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is today announcing the Committee’s investigation into the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) role in Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) negotiations. In a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan, Chairman Comer acknowledges the importance of the IPEF in countering China’s influence in the region but raises concerns that the FTC is going beyond its authority to dictate provisions related to digital trade ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is calling on the Department of the Treasury to release detailed information regarding the potential misuse of $350 billion in COVID-19 aid allocated to state, local, territorial, and tribunal governments.  The Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) program was created — through the American Rescue Plan — to address pandemic-era economic challenges faced by states ...

WASHNGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) requesting information to understand whether DOJ is hindering the DOJ OIG’s efforts to investigate the serious allegations made by Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblowers regarding ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is furthering the Committee’s ongoing oversight of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) by investigating whether the FTC subverted U.S. due process rights by improperly coordinating with foreign officials and European Union (EU) agencies. In a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan and top officials at the FTC, Chairman Comer is requesting documents and information between FTC and European governing ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is calling on the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to provide then-Vice President Joe Biden’s records regarding his duties as Vice President that overlapped with his son’s activities in Ukraine. Chairman Comer is requesting all unredacted documents and communications in which then-Vice President Joe Biden used a pseudonym; Hunter Biden, Eric Schwerin, or Devon Archer is ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today released the transcript for the former FBI supervisory special agent (SSA). The former FBI SSA, who worked for the FBI for 20 years and retired in June 2022, corroborated IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley’s testimony that FBI headquarters tipped off Secret Service ...

“All of the federal agencies have great processes. But it prevents them at times from fulfilling the purpose.” WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce held a field hearing in Ft. Myers, Florida last week titled “Weathering the Storm: ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on Attorney General Merrick Garland designating U.S. Attorney for Delaware David Weiss as special counsel for the Biden criminal investigation: “This move by Attorney General Garland is part of the Justice Department’s efforts to attempt a Biden family coverup in light of the House Oversight Committee’s mounting evidence of President Joe Biden’s role in ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) today opened a subcommittee field hearing titled “Weathering the Storm: Oversight of the Federal Response and Recovery Efforts in Southwestern Florida Following Hurricane Ian” in ...