Press Releases

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today blasted Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ so-called “plan” to address President Biden’s border crisis: “Let’s be clear: the only plan Secretary Mayorkas has is to make President Biden’s border crisis worse by continuing to ...

The lawmakers are investigating what role Hunter Biden played in managing his father’s finances WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and several Oversight Committee Republican lawmakers today sent a letter to Eric Schwerin, the former president of Hunter Biden’s company, Rosemont Seneca Partners, regarding him receiving and facilitating the transfer of then-Vice President Joe Biden’s tax refund check to Hunter ...

Despite a court order to reimplement the program, DHS’s arbitrary requirements render it useless WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and several Oversight Committee Republican lawmakers who recently traveled to the southern border raised concerns in a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that the Biden Administration is actively working to sabotage the Migrant Protection ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), and the Science Committee’s Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight Ranking Member Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) today probed Big Tech’s influence and access at the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and across the Biden ...

WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) blasted Democrats for using the Committee’s taxpayer-funded resources to push a sham investigation into the National Football League’s (NFL) Washington Commanders. In a letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member Comer emphasized the importance of returning the Committee to its mission of rooting out waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in the federal government and ...

WASHINGTON —Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) opened today’s hearing examining the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by emphasizing how the agency has failed to properly modernize its operations and Americans are suffering the consequences. Hice explained how millions across the country are having difficulties accessing their tax refunds and highlighted how the Democrats’ push to simply throw more taxpayer dollars at the agency won’t solve the ...

WASHINGTON — Today, Subcommittee on Environment Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) and Oversight Republicans raised concerns over reports indicating the Biden Administration is inappropriately awarding taxpayer-funded government contracts and loans to political allies with a history of donating to Democrats and President Biden’s 2020 campaign. In a letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young, the lawmakers requested all documents and communications ...

Treasury’s list of public sanctions excludes Elena Baturina, Russia’s wealthiest woman who paid Hunter Biden’s company over $3 million in 2014 WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Committee Republican lawmakers today pressed Department of the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen about the exclusion of Elena Baturina from the public sanctions list of Russian elites and oligarchs. Elena Baturina, Russia’s ...

WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) called on Twitter to preserve all documents and communications related to the decision to censor the October 2020 New York Post article on Hunter Biden’s laptop. In a letter to Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal, Ranking Member Comer blasted the social media company for suppressing critical information during the 2020 presidential election cycle and emphasized how the American ...

WASHINGTON – Today, the top Republican on the Oversight and Reform Committee, James Comer (KY-01), the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), and the top Republican on the Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions Subcommittee, Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), sent a letter to ...