Press Releases

WASHINGTON — Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) issued an interim staff report detailing the Select Subcommittee’s comprehensive investigation into the suppression of the lab-leak hypothesis by America’s leading public health officials through the drafting, publication, and critical reception of the infamous “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2” (“Proximal Origin”) publication. The report titled “The Proximal Origin of a ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas) today announced a hearing titled “Cancelling Consumer Choice: Examining the Biden Administration’s Regulatory Assault on Americans’ Home Appliances” to bring transparency to the Department of Energy’s wave of new regulatory burdens on American consumers’ home appliances. “The Department of Energy’s wave of new standards on everyday appliances from ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing titled “The Proximal Origin of a Cover-Up” by emphasizing the importance of investigating whether senior government officials had an insufficient basis and political motivations for tipping the scales towards their preferred zoonotic COVID-19 origin theory. Chairman Wenstrup lays out three potential motivations for abandoning scientific vigor in favor of political ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) will hold a hearing titled “Getting Nowhere: DoD’s Failure to Replace the Defense Travel System.” The subcommittee hearing will examine the Department of Defense’s (DOD) quarter-century old legacy travel system. This system has diverted hundreds of millions of dollars annually from warfighting due to its inefficiencies and  generation of improper payments. ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) today announced a hearing titled “Why Expanding Medicaid to DACA Recipients Will Exacerbate the Border Crisis.” The hearing will examine the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule to expand taxpayer-funded federal health benefits to illegal immigrants benefiting from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program created unilaterally by the Obama ...

WASHNGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) are seeking additional information from Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board (Fed Board), on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). In a letter sent today, the lawmakers highlight that the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank (SF Fed) has failed to produce documents that satisfy the Committee’s ...

Requests a briefing and information from U.S. Secret Service Director Cheatle WASHINGTON— Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) sent a letter to United States Secret Service (USSS) Director Kimberly Cheatle requesting a briefing and information related to the discovery of cocaine in the White House. In the letter, Chairman Comer emphasizes that the alarming development requires the Oversight Committee to assess White House ...

DOD recently overestimated the value of weapons sent to Ukraine by $6.2 billion dollars. WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) are raising concerns following reports indicating the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) failed to properly assess taxpayer funds after overestimating the value of weapons and wartime stockpiles ...

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced a markup of several bills that aim to reform government spending, prohibit the Biden Administration’s regulatory overreach, and ensure federal government cybersecurity improvements. “The House Oversight Committee continues to hold this Administration accountable and address areas in the federal government that are inefficient and vulnerable to fraud, ...

WASHINGTON— Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glen Grothman (R-Wis.) and Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) will hold a joint hearing titled “Beyond the Budget: Addressing Financial Accountability in the Department of Defense.” The joint ...