Press Releases

WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability has released an interim staff memorandum providing an update on the Committee’s ongoing investigation into the United States Coast Guard (USCG) following allegations of pervasive sexual assault and misconduct. The memorandum details how the USCG concealed “Operation Fouled Anchor” from Congress, failed to address both historic and persistent sexual misconduct at the USCG Academy, and neglected to help victims and hold ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is investigating the Selective Service System’s promotion of a false and offensive social media post that compared President-elect Donald Trump to Nazi Germany and implied the draft would be mandatory. In a letter to Acting Director of the Selective Service System Joel Spangenberg, Chairman Comer requests all documents and communications related to the agency’s internal investigation into the ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) is requesting the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) continue to support efforts to conduct oversight of U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and its failure to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse within the Department. In a letter to GAO Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, Subcommittee Chairman Sessions requests GAO’s ongoing assistance in analyzing the results of DOD’s fiscal ...

WASHINGTON—House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has been selected to serve again as Chairman of the Committee for the 119th Congress. He issued the following statement: “It is an honor to continue serving the American people as Chairman of the House Oversight Committee. The American people have made it clear they want President Trump and Congress to clean up the federal government and make it more accountable to them. Oversight Committee Republicans are ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered remarks today at a hearing on “Oversight of the U.S. Postal Service.” Chairman Comer credited Postmaster General Louis DeJoy with delivering a plan to fix the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) but expressed concerns that USPS continues to lose money. He urged Postmaster General DeJoy to remain focused on ...

WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability today held a hearing titled, “Oversight of the U.S. Postal Service.” The American people rely on the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for critical services and members emphasized that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy deserves credit for implementing a long-term strategy to improve USPS operations. However, members stressed that many Americans ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) today are calling on the Biden Administration to cease its efforts to “Trump-proof” the federal bureaucracy. In his final weeks in office, President Biden is misusing federal labor law to put even more power in the hands of federal employees and entrench policies the American people rejected in November. In letters to 24 federal agencies, Chairman ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today praised the House of Representatives’ passage of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Reauthorization Act of 2024 (H.R. 9598). This bipartisan legislation reauthorizes the ONDCP and related programs, ensuring federal agencies are properly equipped to hold drug traffickers accountable, particularly at the southwest border. “Today, the House of Representatives took ...

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing titled, “Exposing the Truth on LNG: How the Administration Played Politics with America’s Energy Future.” Members discussed how the Biden-Harris Administration’s effective ban on LNG exports has harmed the U.S. domestic energy industry and ...

WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered remarks today at a hearing on “Oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau.” Chairman Comer expressed concerns over the Census Bureau’s Post-Enumeration Survey—which measures Census count accuracy—after it revealed that significant errors and flaws occurred in the 2020 Census. He stressed that these ...