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Comer Reintroduces Legislation Requiring Federal Workers to Show Up to the Office

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today reintroduced the Stopping Home Office Work’s Unproductive Problems (SHOW UP) Act (H.R. 473) for the 119th Congress. This bill, which previously passed the House last Congress, prevents agencies from locking in long-term levels of pandemic-era telework without developing plans to justify how telework supports agency performance and lowers ...
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House Oversight Committee Releases Report on the Biden-Harris Administration’s Efforts to Keep Federal Bureaucrats at Home

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) released a majority staff report detailing the committee’s assessment of federal employee telework during the Biden-Harris Administration, including its investigative findings. The report, “The Lights Are On, But Everyone Is at Home: Why the New Administration Will Enter ...
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Comer Opens First Hearing of the 119th Congress on the Biden Administration’s Efforts to Cement a Stay-at-Home Federal Workforce

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered remarks today at a hearing on “The Stay-at-Home Federal Workforce: Another Biden-Harris Legacy.” Chairman Comer reminded Americans of President Trump’s promise to reverse the Biden Administration’s harmful telework policies and return federal employees to in-person work ...
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Comer Issues Statement on Biden Administration’s Failed Effort to Shape Alcohol Consumption Guidelines

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 ...
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Hearing Wrap Up: The Biden Administration’s Enhanced Telework for Bureaucrats Jeopardizes Agency Missions and Critical Services to the American People  

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. ...
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Comer Welcomes New and Returning Members to the Oversight Committee for the 119th Congress

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 ...
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Comer Opens Committee Organizational Meeting for 119th Congress

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 ...
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Comer Statement on Special Counsel David Weiss’ Report on Hunter Biden

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 ...
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Comer Blasts Biden’s Move to Restrict U.S. Energy Production; Demands Briefing from Department of the Interior

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. ...
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Comer, Palmer Investigate the Biden Administration’s Last-Ditch Effort to Strip Investor Protections from Free Trade Agreements

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) ...