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Comer, Foxx, Oversight Republicans Investigate Use of COVID Relief Funds for Schools

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Education and Labor Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), and several Oversight Committee Republicans are launching an investigation into the Biden Administration’s oversight of pandemic relief funds for school districts amid concerns funds are not being adequately targeted to remedy learning losses resulting from school closures. In a letter to Department of Education ...

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Cloud and Economic & Consumer Policy Subcommittee Republicans: Biden Administration’s Reckless Spending Policies Have Led to Recession

Seek to understand Biden Administration’s current perception of U.S. economic status WASHINGTON — Today, Economic and Consumer Policy Subcommittee Ranking Member Michael Cloud (R-Texas) and Republican lawmakers on the panel sent a letter to President Joe Biden raising concern that the Biden Administration’s reckless spending policies have led to a recession of the U.S. economy. The Republican lawmakers are seeking a briefing to better understand the Biden ...

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Comer Blasts Biden’s Student Loan Bailout

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today blasted President Biden’s plan to provide a $10,000 student loan bailout for borrowers and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients who earn up to $125,000 annually: “President Biden’s student loan bailout is unfair to hardworking Americans who do not hold a college degree or who made tough financial decisions to pay for their college education. This bailout also raises ethical ...

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Scalise: Democrats Refuse to Investigate Biden’s Failed COVID Response

WASHINGTON—House Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today blasted Democrats’ latest coronavirus report that fails to investigate the Biden Administration’s botched pandemic response: “Today’s report is further proof that Speaker Pelosi only set up this sham panel to carry out a political vendetta against former President Trump. Democrats continue to try covering up President Biden’s failed pandemic ...

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Comer, Biggs, and Oversight Republicans: Biden’s Push for Electric Vehicles is Killing American Jobs

The Administration-endorsed EV future is already eliminating American jobs while benefiting China WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Congressman Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), and Oversight Republican lawmakers are calling out U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the Biden Administration’s false claims about the impact of electric vehicles (EVs) on the American job market. Recently, ...

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ICYMI: Comer Joins The Ingraham Angle, Informs Dr. Fauci that Retirement Can’t Protect Him from Congressional Oversight

WASHINGTON — House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) joined “The Ingraham Angle” with Laura Ingraham on Fox News to discuss Dr. Fauci’s announced retirement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and why that will not help him skirt congressional oversight. “We have a lot of questions for Dr. Fauci,” said Ranking Member Comer. “We’ve already told Dr. Fauci to preserve all of his documents and all of his ...

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Comer: Retirement Can’t Shield Dr. Fauci from Congressional Oversight

WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement after Dr. Fauci announced his intent to retire from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in December 2022:  “Retirement can’t shield Dr. Fauci from congressional oversight. Emails obtained by Oversight Committee Republicans reveal what Dr. Fauci said publicly about COVID origins was very different than what was said privately. Dr. Fauci was ...

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Scalise Statement on Fauci Retirement

WASHINGTON —Today, House Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) issued the following statement after Dr. Anthony Fauci's announcement that he will be retiring at the end of the year: "For over two years, Congressional Democrats have refused to hold a single hearing on the origins of COVID, or our government's possible financial involvement in gain-of-function research. That will change when House Republicans ...

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Comer Slams NIH for Continuing to Award Taxpayer-Funded Grants to EcoHealth Alliance

EcoHealth conducted gain of function research on bat coronaviruses in Wuhan WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today slammed the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) for continuing to award EcoHealth Alliance taxpayer-funded grants and contracts despite being found to have been out of compliance with the terms of their grant. EcoHealth Alliance, an NIH grantee, awarded taxpayer funds to the Wuhan Institute of ...

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Comer, Scalise, Jordan: D.C.’s Vaccine Mandate Locks Students Out of Classrooms

Call on Mayor Bowser to immediately halt enforcement of COVID vaccine mandate for students WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.), and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today wrote to District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser calling on her to immediately stop the enforcement of the ...