Press Releases

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is investigating whether an unlicensed lab in California owned by Prestige Biotech, a Chinese company, posed a threat to public health for allegedly conducting dangerous research related to COVID-19. In March 2023, city and state officials, in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, executed a search warrant on the property, while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is today announcing the Committee’s investigation into the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) role in Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) negotiations. In a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan, Chairman Comer acknowledges the importance of the IPEF in countering China’s influence in the region but raises concerns that the FTC is going beyond its authority to dictate provisions related to digital trade ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is calling on the Department of the Treasury to release detailed information regarding the potential misuse of $350 billion in COVID-19 aid allocated to state, local, territorial, and tribunal governments.  The Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) program was created — through the American Rescue Plan — to address pandemic-era economic challenges faced by states ...

WASHNGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) requesting information to understand whether DOJ is hindering the DOJ OIG’s efforts to investigate the serious allegations made by Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblowers regarding ...