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McClain to Hold Hearing on Expanding Taxpayer-Funded Services to DACA Recipients

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) today announced a hearing titled “Why Expanding Medicaid to DACA Recipients Will Exacerbate the Border Crisis.” The hearing will examine the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule to expand taxpayer-funded federal health benefits to illegal immigrants benefiting from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program created unilaterally by the Obama ...

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Comer & McClain Seek Additional Information from Fed Board on Silicon Valley Bank Failure

WASHNGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) are seeking additional information from Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board (Fed Board), on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). In a letter sent today, the lawmakers highlight that the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank (SF Fed) has failed to produce documents that satisfy the Committee’s ...

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Comer: Oversight Committee Must Assess White House Security Practices After Discovery of Cocaine

Requests a briefing and information from U.S. Secret Service Director Cheatle WASHINGTON— Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) sent a letter to United States Secret Service (USSS) Director Kimberly Cheatle requesting a briefing and information related to the discovery of cocaine in the White House. In the letter, Chairman Comer emphasizes that the alarming development requires the Oversight Committee to assess White House ...

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Comer & Grothman Request Briefing After DOD’s Failure to Properly Track Taxpayer Funds

DOD recently overestimated the value of weapons sent to Ukraine by $6.2 billion dollars. 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 raising concerns following reports indicating the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) failed to properly assess taxpayer funds after overestimating the value of weapons and wartime stockpiles ...

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Comer Announces Markup of Bills to Reform Government Spending, Reduce Regulatory Burdens, and Improve Cybersecurity

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced a markup of several bills that aim to reform government spending, prohibit the Biden Administration’s regulatory overreach, and ensure federal government cybersecurity improvements. “The House Oversight Committee continues to hold this Administration accountable and address areas in the federal government that are inefficient and vulnerable to fraud, ...

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Grothman, Sessions Announce Joint Hearing Addressing Financial Accountability in the Department of Defense

WASHINGTON— Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glen Grothman (R-Wis.) and Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) will hold a joint hearing titled “Beyond the Budget: Addressing Financial Accountability in the Department of Defense.” The joint ...

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McClain Requests Transcribed Interviews from FDA Officials Related to Infant Formula Shortage

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) today is calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make officials who have information relevant to the 2022 infant formula shortage available for transcribed interviews. “The more the Oversight Committee uncovers in our investigation into internal failures at the FDA which led our nation into an infant formula crisis, the more questions we have for the FDA. ...

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Mace Probes DoD’s Cancellation of Contract Modernizing Defense Travel System; Sends Requests for Testimony at Upcoming Hearing

WASHINGTON— Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) sent a letter to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gilbert Cisneros requesting information on the Defense Department’s (DoD) sudden cancellation of a $374 million contract aimed at replacing its archaic, quarter-century old Defense Travel System (DTS) with MyTravel, a subscription-based, software as a service system. “The ...

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Comer, Jordan, Smith Seek Over a Dozen Transcribed Interviews Related to Agency Misconduct in Hunter Biden Investigation

WASHINGTON—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.) today are calling on senior leaders at the U.S. Department of Justice, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and U.S. Secret Service (USSS) to make over a dozen employees available for transcribed interviews who possess information concerning allegations of politicization and misconduct at ...

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Wenstrup Reveals Explosive Emails from Fauci Ally, Requests Additional Communications

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is investigating a potential violation of federal record keeping laws at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) by Senior Scientific Advisor Dr. David Morens. Emails acquired by the Select Subcommittee reveal concerning, potentially illegal actions taken by Dr. Morens to evade accountability to the American people — including the use of his personal email to avoid the ...