Press Releases

WASHINGTON—House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement after the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking (ICCPUD) — a specialized panel within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — released a draft report that promotes an unscientific, predetermined narrative about the effects of alcohol on health. Notably, the findings of ICCPUD are intended to inform the 2025 dietary ...

WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today held its first hearing of the 119th Congress titled, “The Stay-at-Home Federal Workforce: Another Biden-Harris Legacy.” Ahead of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Biden Administration officials have collaborated with employee unions to guarantee federal workers long-term telework privileges. ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today welcomed new and returning Republican members to the committee for the 119th Congress: "We have a fantastic team lined up for the 119th Congress and are ready to hit the ground running. Americans elected President Trump and a Republican Congress to clean up Washington. With the Oversight Committee’s unique jurisdiction, we will take action to improve the efficiency and ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered opening remarks at today’s Committee organizational meeting for the 119th Congress. In his remarks, Chairman Comer emphasized the Committee’s commitment to its core mission to root out waste, fraud, and abuse from the federal government and ensure federal agencies are delivering ...

WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on U.S. Attorney and Special Counsel David Weiss’ final report on Hunter Biden: “Special Counsel David Weiss just released an incomplete 27-page report because President Joe Biden issued his son an unprecedented pardon. This sweeping pardon prevents the Special Counsel from holding Hunter Biden accountable for the international influence peddling racket ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today criticized the Biden Administration’s last-ditch effort to thwart President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to unleash American-made energy production. In a letter to Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland, Chairman requested an immediate briefing regarding President Biden’s executive memorandum instructing the DOI to restrict hundreds of millions of acres of U.S. ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Ala.) are investigating the Biden Administration’s politically-motivated efforts to remove essential investor protections for U.S. companies from free trade agreements. Recent reports indicate that the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is working rapidly to withdraw these necessary investor protections in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today announced the committee will hold its first hearing of the 119th Congress, “The Stay-at-Home Federal Workforce: Another Biden-Harris Legacy,” on Wednesday, January 15, 2025. At the hearing, the Oversight Committee will examine how the Biden-Harris Administration failed to ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) released a statement following a report by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) revealing Secretary Jennifer Granholm’s 2023 electric vehicle (EV) road trip was ripe with waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer funds. “Today’s OIG report is further evidence of the Biden Administration failing to protect taxpayer dollars and leaving funds exposed ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today praised the Department of Labor Office of the Inspector General for its efforts to combat pandemic unemployment insurance (UI) fraud. These efforts have led to over 2,000 individuals being charged with crimes. Chairman Comer also called for reforms to prevent future theft of taxpayer dollars. “I applaud the Department of Labor Office of the Inspector General’s ...