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Following interviews with key witnesses, Chairman Comer invites Hunter Biden and his business associates to testify at a public hearing   WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today invited Hunter Biden and his business associates to testify at an upcoming hearing titled, “Influence Peddling: Examining Joe Biden’s Abuse of Public Office.” Following interviews with key witnesses, this hearing ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) will hold a hearing titled “Addressing Real Harm Caused by Deepfakes.” In November, the Subcommittee held a hearing focused on advances in deepfake technology enabled by artificial intelligence. The new hearing will examine how the increasing proliferation of deepfakes of ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today issued a statement after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a new climate disclosure rule. “Nearly two years ago, at the urging of leftist activists and the self-appointed policy makers of big finance, the SEC wildly stepped outside its mandate and proposed a climate rule. The proposed rule was a disaster which would have added cascading layers of recordkeeping ...

WASHINGTON— House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement after the Department of Defense (DoD) announced it is removing the grounding order on the V-22 Osprey aircraft on March 7, 2024: “DoD is lifting the Osprey grounding order despite not providing the Oversight Committee and the American people answers about the safety of this aircraft. The House Oversight Committee has yet to receive adequate information ...

WASHINGTON — The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing titled “Examining the White House’s Role in Pandemic Preparedness and Response” to discuss the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy’s (OPPR) role in responding to and preventing future pandemics. The newly appointed Director of OPPR, Major General Paul Fredrichs, explained that the office’s main purpose is to convene pandemic preparedness and response groups from across the federal ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) will speak at an event hosted by The Hill on Wednesday, March 6 to discuss bipartisan efforts aimed at reforming Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability had held multiple hearings during the 118th Congress to examine how Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) have monopolized the pharmaceutical marketplace and pushed ...

WASHINGTON — Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) announced a subpoena to compel former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to appear for a deposition on May 24, 2024. On March 25, 2020, Governor Cuomo issued a mandate that forced New York nursing homes and long-term care facilities to admit or re-admit potentially contagious and untested COVID-19 patients. This order recklessly exposed New York’s most vulnerable population to ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas.) today announced a hearing titled “The Power Struggle: Examining the Reliability and Security of America’s Electrical Grid” to examine the risks associated with Biden Administration actions to rapidly expand electric power demand across ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is today investigating the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) secretive communications with ideologically aligned groups and lack of commitment to a comprehensive consultation process for decisions to abandon longstanding, bipartisan positions on digital trade. The lack of transparency has led USTR to make decisions which put the best interest of U.S. competitiveness, innovation, jobs, and ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today released the transcript from the committees’ transcribed interview with Jason Galanis. The full transcript can be found here.