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Comer Probes Amtrak’s Use of Eminent Domain to Assert Control of D.C.’s Union Station

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is investigating Amtrak’s use of heavy-handed tactics, including eminent domain, to assert control over Washington, D.C.’s Union Station. In a letter to Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Chairman Comer requests documents and information on the proposed justification for the use of eminent domain for the planned renovations and overhaul at Union Station.
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Hearing Wrap Up: DOD Says Security Clearance Process Updates are ‘Unacceptably Late’

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce held a hearing yesterday titled “Security at Stake: An Examination of DOD’s Struggling Background Check System” to examine how the Department of Defense (DOD) has fallen short in its mission to modernize the personnel vetting process with the National Background Investigation ...
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Comer Opens Hearing on Unlawful DEI Programs and EEOC’s Duty to Enforce Title VII of the Civil Rights Act

WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today delivered opening remarks at a hearing titled “Standing Up for the Rule of Law: Ending Illegal Racial Discrimination and Protecting Men and Women in U.S. Employment Practices.” Chairman Comer stressed that the Equal Employment Opportunity ...
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Mace Opens Hearing on Biden Administration’s Project Labor Agreements

WASHINGTON – Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled “Cutting Competition in Contracting: The Administration’s Pricey Project Labor Agreement Mandate.”In her opening statement, Subcommittee Chairwoman Mace ...
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Hearing Wrap Up: The Biden Administration’s EEOC is Failing to Hold Companies Accountable for Pushing Unlawful DEI Initiatives

WASHINGTON – The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing today titled, “Standing Up for the Rule of Law: Ending Illegal Racial Discrimination and Protecting Men and Women in U.S. Employment Practices.” At the hearing, witnesses testified that U.S. companies are pushing unlawful diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) ...
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Comer: The Federal Bureaucracy is Incapable of, or Unwilling to, Address the CCP’s Political Warfare Campaign Against America

WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today delivered opening remarks at a hearing titled “Defending America from the Chinese Communist Party’s Political Warfare, Part II.” To date, the Committee’s government-wide
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Sessions: DOD Has Long Passed the Deadline for Personnel Vetting System Reform

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) today delivered opening remarks at a hearing titled “Security at Stake: An Examination of DOD’s Struggling Background Check System.” Subcommittee Chairman Sessions discussed how the Department of Defense (DOD) has not delivered on its task to reform ...
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Hearing Wrap Up: Federal Agencies Have Succumbed to CCP Influence and the Oversight Committee is Demanding Answers

WASHINGTON – The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing today titled, “Defending America from the Chinese Communist Party’s Political Warfare, Part II.” At the hearing, experts detailed how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has successfully waged an influence and infiltration campaign that jeopardizes critical U.S. industries, ...
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Comer Presses American Muslims for Palestine to Produce Requested Information Related to the Funding of Illegal, Pro-Hamas Activities

WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is pressing American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) to cooperate with congressional oversight, avoid further delays, and produce the requested documents and communications in their custody related to the funding of pro-Hamas propaganda and illegal encampments across the United States. In another letter sent to AMP Executive Director Dr. Osama Abuirshaid, Chairman Comer reiterates that substantial ...
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Comer Announces Hearing to Examine EEOC’s Efforts to Enforce Title VII and Protect Men and Women in the Workplace

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced a hearing titled “Standing Up for the Rule of Law: Ending Illegal Racial Discrimination and Protecting Men and Women in U.S. Employment Practices.” This hearing will examine the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) duty to enforce Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against U.S. companies in instances where unlawful employment practices discriminate on the basis of ...