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Comer Seeks Information from DOJ on Vision Care Market Consolidation, Resulting in Higher Prices and Fewer Choices for Americans

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is continuing the Committee’s investigation into how consolidation in vision care markets is affecting consumers by driving up costs and limiting choices. In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Chairman Comer requests a briefing and documents to evaluate the impact of the consolidation of vision insurance plans and their vertical integration with manufacturers and retailers on ...

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Hearing Wrap Up: COVID Select Holds Final Hearing on Preparing for the Next Pandemic

WASHINGTON — The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held its final hearing titled “Preparing for the Next Pandemic: Lessons Learned and the Path Forward” to evaluate the most effective strategies for improving America’s public health response during a future crisis and identify important lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic. Members pressed public health officials from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ...

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Comer Announces Full Committee Markup on November 20

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced a markup will take place on Wednesday, November 20th at 10:30 am ET to consider a series of legislation. WHAT: Full Committee Markup H.R. 9491, the Presidential Library Donation Reform Act: Requires presidential library fundraising organizations to keep records associated with covered ...

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Chairman Wenstrup Delivers Opening Remarks at COVID Select’s Final Hearing

Members and government witnesses set to evaluate lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing titled “Preparing for the Next Pandemic: Lessons Learned and the Path Forward” by detailing the serious flaws in the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health agencies failed the American people in many ways, such as by issuing ...

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Comer Probes Biden-Harris Administration’s Scientific Integrity Committees for Enabling Bureaucratic Overreach and Weaponization

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is investigating the Biden-Harris Administration’s government-wide scientific integrity committees that are politicizing science and empowering federal bureaucrats to dictate agency policy. In letters to the heads of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Chairman Comer requests information to assist with the Committee’s investigation ...

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Mace & Grothman Open Joint Hearing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena

WASHINGTON— Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) and Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) delivered opening statements at today’s joint subcommittee hearing on “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth.” The lawmakers emphasized that ...

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Comer Applauds House Passage of Bills to Improve Government Efficiency, Transparency, and Security

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today applauded the House of Representatives’ passage of five bills aimed at enhancing efficiency, transparency, accountability, and security across the federal government. These bills previously passed out of the Oversight Committee, receiving broad bipartisan support. “The House of Representatives has advanced several bipartisan bills to make the federal government more efficient ...

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Hearing Wrap Up: Transparency and Accountability Needed to Provide Accurate Information on UAPs to the American People

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation and the Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs held a joint hearing titled, “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth.” Members discussed the Department of Defense (DoD) and the intelligence community’s lack of transparency regarding UAPs, ...

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Comer, Higgins & Nehls Press GAO to Assess U.S. Treasury Compliance with Law to Protect U.S. Shrimp Industry

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), Congressman Clay Higgins (R-La.), and Congressman Troy Nehls (R-Texas) are pressing the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to examine whether the U.S. Treasury Department is following legal requirements to oppose international economic assistance projects that threaten American industries, including the shrimp industry. “It has come to our attention that the U.S. Treasury ...

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Comer Announces Hearing with FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell

WASHINGTON—Following recent major disasters that impacted Americans and reports indicating a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) official instructed relief workers to bypass hurricane-impacted homes displaying campaign signs for President Trump, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today announced an upcoming hearing titled, “Oversight of the ...