Press Releases

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is investigating the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) decision to act against the COVID-19 booster shot recommendation issued by the CDC’s own advisory panel in favor of an unnecessarily broad and potentially politically motivated recommendation. On September 23, 2021, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended against booster shots for those in ...

WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) will hold a hearing titled “Unsuitable Litigation: Oversight of Third-Party Litigation Funding.” This full committee hearing will investigate how left-wing activists are funding litigation against companies and agencies to achieve liberal policy goals. In addition, the hearing will ...

WASHINGTON— Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) will hold a hearing titled “A Dangerous Strategy: Examining the Biden Administration’s Failures on Iran.” The hearing will examine how the Biden administration has repeatedly engaged in secret negotiations with Iran, ignoring the emerging threats ...

WASHINGTON – Today,House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Committee Republicans sent a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg requesting a briefing, documents, and communications related to DOT’s efforts to investigate and remediate a disturbing pattern of aviation and rail safety failures that have put the safety of Americans across the country at risk.  “The Committee ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today issued six subpoenas to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Secret Service after DHS employees blocked the Secret Service from sending information to Congress regarding the Justice Department’s misconduct in the Hunter Biden criminal investigation. Chairman Comer’s subpoenas compel DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to provide all documents and communications regarding the Biden ...

WASHINGTON — Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is advancing the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic’s investigation into dangerous gain-of-function research by pressing the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) to reveal all coronavirus-based and gain-of-function research connected to the University’s work or conducted in coordination with individuals or institutions in China. Legislation has been recently introduced before the Wisconsin State Legislature which would ban ...

Request information after Biden Administration Chief of Staff calls on federal agency heads to return employees in-person WASHINGTON— House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas), and Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) are continuing oversight of the Biden Administration’s telework policy for federal employees. In a letter to White House Chief of ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Representative Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) today are calling on the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to provide documents, communications, and manifests related to then-Vice President Biden’s misuse of Air Force Two and Marine Two. “Then-Vice President Joe Biden abused Air Force Two by allowing his son to jet set around the world to sell ‘The Brand’ to enrich the ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is pressing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to explain how billions of American taxpayer dollars, allocated to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, were stolen by international criminal organizations and foreign actors. Estimates suggest criminals in the U.S. and overseas pilfered approximately $280 billion of COVID-19 aid that was intended for struggling American families, businesses, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) and House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY) issued the following statement regarding the reinstatement of Gregory Bovino as Chief Patrol Agent for the El Centro Sector: “We congratulate Chief Bovino on his rightful reinstatement as Chief Patrol Agent for the El Centro Sector and look forward to his continued dedicated ...