Press Releases

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.) today are pressing U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to release documents to the Committee as part of its investigation of U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) mishandling of serious misconduct at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. “It has been made clear that the ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced a hearing titled “Defending America from the Chinese Communist Party’s Political Warfare, Part III.” This is the third hearing in the Committee’s government-wide investigation of the Chinese Communist ...

WASHINGTON—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 today sending a letter to Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Anne Milgram reiterating a request for documents and communications related to the growing number of critical drug shortages impacting Americans’ medical care. In the letter, the lawmakers raise the potential for the compulsory ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced a markup will take place on Wednesday, September 18th at 10:00 am ET to consider a series of legislation. WHAT: Full Committee Markup H.R. 3642, the Executive Branch Accountability and Transparency Act of 2023 H.R. ____, the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of ...

Demands additional information following the FBI’s failure to cooperate with the committee’s investigation WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is renewing his request to FBI Director Christopher Wray for all information, documents, and communications in the FBI’s possession related to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) connected entities and officials Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has engaged and partnered ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today announced a Full Committee hearing titled, “A Legacy of Incompetence: Consequences of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Policy Failures,” to bring transparency to the Administration’s poor policy decisions and subsequent consequences for the American ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) today is calling on President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to provide all White House communications with social media companies and between federal employees about efforts to pressure social media platforms to censor online content. The Biden-Harris Administration has a track record of bullying social media companies to censor content by suppressing ...

WASHINGTON — The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing titled “A Hearing with former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo” to examine the former governor’s role in issuance of unscientific guidance that forced New York nursing homes and long-term care facilities to admit COVID-19 positive patients. Ahead of the hearing, the Select Subcommittee released a

Provides recommendations to protect taxpayers and prevent fraud in unemployment insurance programs in the future WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) released a staff report titled “Widespread Failures and Fraud in Pandemic Unemployment Relief Programs.” The report details information, documents, and ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) today opened a hearing titled “Where Do We Go From Here? Examining a Path Forward to Assess Agencies’ Efforts to Prevent Improper Payments and Fraud” by discussing findings in the Oversight Committee’s staff ...