Press Releases

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is pressing Dana Remus, former White House Counsel, about information that contradicts important details from the White House’s and President Biden’s personal attorney’s statements about the discovery of classified documents at the Penn Biden Center, including the timeline, location, and security of the classified documents. In a letter to Dana Remus, Chairman Comer requests documents and ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) will hold a hearing titled “Investigating Pandemic Immunity: Acquired, Therapeutic or Both” to examine the role COVID-19 vaccinations and naturally acquired immunity played in public health discussions and final government policies. Global vaccination research and available coronavirus studies proved that antibodies acquired through previous infection provided robust immunity against COVID-19 ...

Follows claims by Secretary of the Navy that U.S. cannot compete with Chinese shipyards WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) will hold a hearing titled “Strengthening the Fleet: Challenges and Solutions in Naval Surface Ship Construction.” The subcommittee hearing will examine overall U.S. shipbuilding capacity and projects that have cost taxpayers billions and failed to perform their intended ...

WASHINGTON—Health Care and Financial Services Subcommittee Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) today announced a hearing titled “FDA Oversight Part II: Responsibility for the Infant Formula Shortage.” The hearing will continue the Oversight Committee’s investigation into the 2022 nationwide infant formula crisis and examine the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) response. “The Oversight Committee is investigating the decisions that led our nation into an infant ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas) are pressing for more information on recent actions by the Biden Administration to upend the regulatory review and analysis process that would open the doors to vast economy-crushing regulations. In a letter to the Director of the OMB and Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory ...

Follows recent EPA Office of Inspector General Report which identified the disclosure loophole within the reporting system WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is investigating the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) administration of research grants that open the door to foreign influence in U.S. taxpayer-funded research. In a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, Chairman Comer requests a staff-level ...

Considers subpoena to compel testimony WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is reiterating his request to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA) for U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves to testify at an upcoming oversight hearing on the District of Columbia, including crime, safety, and city management. In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) will hold a hearing titled “ESG Part I: An Examination of Environmental, Social, and Governance Practices with Attorneys General.” This full committee hearing will examine the concerns of state attorneys general related to the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards by asset managers and how these ESG principles are being used by activist shareholders to shape corporate ...

Congressional subpoena seeks specific FBI document WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member and long-time whistleblower advocate Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today are demanding the FBI produce an unclassified record alleging a criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national. The document, an FBI-generated FD-1023 form, allegedly details ...

Recent media reports show new NFIP methodology has caused premiums to increase, causing flood insurance to be unattainable for many WASHINGTON —House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), Republican Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and a bipartisan group of lawmakers are investigating the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) after recent reports show that for nearly four million ...