Press Releases

Blasts Democrats for prioritizing an intrusive bill requiring federal surveys to ask about sexual orientation and gender identity WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today delivered remarks on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 4176, the LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Act, a bill that requires federal agencies to collect highly sensitive information from the American people. Ranking Member Comer blasted Democrats for ...

Renew request for briefing and all communications from White House Chief of Staff   WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Ranking Member Michael Cloud (R-Texas) reiterated serious concerns over the Biden Administration’s failure to address the United States’ worsening infant formula crisis. In another letter to White House Chief of Staff Ron ...

Calls for hearing to examine domestic extremist attacks targeting crisis pregnancy centers and religious institutions across the country WASHINGTON— Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee Ranking Member Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) today called on Subcommittee Chairman Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) to hold an immediate hearing to examine the recent string of domestic extremist attacks targeting crisis pregnancy centers and religious institutions across the ...

WASHINGTON — House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s hearing on “Examining the NFL’s Handling of Workplace Misconduct at the Washington Commanders” by emphasizing no individual should face harassment in the workplace, but that Congress is not the proper forum to examine workplace misconduct in a single private organization. Ranking Member Comer called on Democrats to return the Oversight Committee to its mission to hold the ...

WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement on Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney’s (D-N.Y.) intent to subpoena the owner of the Washington Commanders, Dan Snyder.    “Democrats have not held a single hearing this Congress with a Biden Administration cabinet-level official, but Chairwoman Maloney intends to subpoena the owner of an NFL team. This is a misuse of congressional oversight authority ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today slammed the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for obstructing the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction’s (SIGAR) audits and congressionally mandated reviews. The Inspector General informed congressional leaders the agencies have refused to provide information and assistance, among other issues, about compliance with laws and ...

Call for briefing on proposed rule implementing President Biden’s executive order requiring project labor agreements for large-scale construction projects WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Committee Republicans today sent a letter to top officials at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) raising concerns about efforts to implement President Biden’s Executive Order 14063, “Use of Project Labor ...

Blasts Democrats for holding this year’s first subcommittee hearing on flea and tick collars WASHINGTON—Economic and Consumer Policy Subcommittee Ranking Member Michael Cloud (R-Texas) today blasted Democrats for holding this year’s first subcommittee hearing on flea and tick collars instead of on historic inflation, record breaking gas prices, out of stock infant formula, the surge in fentanyl overdoses, and President Biden’s border crisis. He pointed out that ...

WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), and Oversight Committee Republicans raised concerns about the Biden Administration’s lack of constitutional and statutory authority to enact the Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting, E.O. 14019. In letters to U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Robin Carnahan and U.S. Office of Personnel ...

WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee on Education and Labor Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) raised ethical questions about Biden Administration officials poised to receive a financial windfall from the administration’s proposal to forgive at least $10,000 in student debt for millions of federal student loan borrowers. In a letter to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Director Emory Rounds, the ...