Press Releases

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) applauded passage of a resolution to hold U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for defying lawful subpoenas requiring the Department of Justice to produce the audio recordings of President Joe Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur. “Congress cannot serve as a necessary check on the presidency if the executive branch is free to defy duly ...

WASHINGTON— House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is continuing the Committee’s investigation into the Biden Administration’s decision to restore U.S. funding to the United Nation’s Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in 2021. In the latest letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Chairman Comer reiterates the previous requests for documents and information and in addition, a transcribed interview with Assistant Secretary of State for the ...

WASHINGTON— House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.), and Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) are continuing to investigate the U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) mishandling of serious misconduct and ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on today’s verdict in the Hunter Biden gun trial: “Hunter Biden’s sweetheart plea deal was smoked out after scrutiny by a federal judge. Today’s verdict is a step toward accountability but until the Department of Justice investigates everyone involved in the Bidens’ corrupt influence peddling schemes that generated over $18 million in foreign ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chair Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) are today furthering an investigation into the 2023 Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse and the San Francisco Federal Reserve’s failed supervision that enabled the collapse. In a letter to the Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the lawmakers are requesting documents and communications related to ...

WASHINGTON — The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic will conduct a transcribed interview with former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo this upcoming Tuesday, June 11, 2024. Governor Cuomo will be asked to explain the circumstances surrounding his issuance of New York’s deadly “must-admit” COVID-19 nursing home guidance. “Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo implemented nursing home policies that had deadly consequences for New York’s most vulnerable ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas), and Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) are today conducting oversight of the use of “official time” by government employees for union activities. In letters to top officials at 23 federal government agencies, the lawmakers are requesting documents and information related to the use of official time by ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is today furthering the Committee’s review of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies and their impact on American businesses, consumers, and the economy. Chairman Comer is seeking more information to determine whether ESG related actions by retirement plan administrators violate the “exclusive benefit” requirements of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). In a letter to IRS Commissioner ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) will hold a hearing titled “Addressing Oversight and Safety Concerns in the Department of Defense’s V-22 Osprey Program.” The subcommittee hearing will explore the numerous deadly Osprey crashes, the risks it presents to service ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on the Judiciary Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and House Committee on Ways and Means Jason Smith (R-Mo.) today sent criminal referrals to the Department of Justice recommending Hunter and James Biden be charged with making false statements to Congress about key aspects of the impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden. These false statements implicate Joe Biden’s knowledge of and role in his ...