Press Releases

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) are probing allegations made by a credible whistleblower that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials have retaliated against a witness in the committees’ investigation of President Biden’s border crisis. In a letter to the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner Troy A. Miller, Chairmen Comer and ...

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs will hold a hearing titled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency.” The subcommittee hearing will explore firsthand accounts of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and assess the federal government’s transparency and accountability regarding UAPs’ possible threats to U.S. national ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) today announced a hearing titled “Hemp in the Modern World: The Yearslong Wait for FDA Action” to examine the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s failure to regulate hemp-derived and cannabidiol (CBD) products under existing authorities for years. “The FDA has failed for too long to do its job to ensure the safety of legalized hemp-derived products. Without these regulations, ...

Opens hearing with IRS whistleblowers on Biden criminal investigation Below are Chairman Comer’s remarks as prepared for delivery. Since assuming our Republican majority in January, the House Oversight and Accountability Committee has made ...

WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability today held a hearing with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblowers on the Biden criminal investigation. IRS whistleblowers who investigated Hunter Biden’s evasion of taxes on his $8.3 million in income today exposed the Department of Justice’s politicization and misconduct during the investigation. The Department of Justice prevented investigators from following evidence that could have led to Joe Biden; divulged ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas) today opened a hearing titled “Cancelling Consumer Choice: Examining the Biden Administration’s Regulatory Assault on Americans’ Home Appliances.”  In his remarks, Chairman Fallon warned that the Department of Energy’s burdensome ...

WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability today released a timeline of the Biden family’s influence peddling schemes. The timeline includes significant dates beginning in the Obama-Biden Administration, including when then-Vice President Biden traveled to Ukraine, Romania, and China on official business and Biden family influence peddling schemes in those countries. President Biden has repeatedly denied knowing anything about his family’s business dealings despite ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-S.C.) are taking action to further their investigation into the Biden administration’s Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) coordination with European Union (EU) regulatory authorities on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) climate-related measures that impact U.S. businesses. In ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) opened today’s hearing titled “Why Expanding Medicaid to DACA Recipients Will Exacerbate the Border Crisis” by examining how the Biden Administration is seeking to rewrite laws to extend taxpayer-funded healthcare benefits to DACA recipients. ...

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs today held a hearing titled “Cancelling Consumer Choice: Examining the Biden Administration’s Regulatory Assault on Americans’ Home Appliances” to continue an investigation into the Biden Administration’s wave of new regulatory burdens on American consumers’ ...