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Oversight Republicans Press FDA on Operation Snail Speed

Biden’s FDA has failed to process numerous EUA applications for lifesaving COVID therapeutics WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Republican lawmakers today pressed U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock on the agency’s failure to process numerous pending Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) applications for lifesaving COVID-19 therapeutics and treatments. In the letter ...

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Scalise: Biden’s COVID Response is in Tatters

WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republican Whip and Ranking Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Steve Scalise’s (R-La.) opening statement at today’s Select Subcommittee’s hearing calls out President Biden for breaking his promise to “shut down the virus” and saying there "is no federal solution" to defeat COVID. Whip Scalise urges President Biden to listen to medical experts, instead of teacher union bosses, on whether or not students should ...

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Comer: Democrats Recycle Old Hearing, Refuse to Hold Biden Administration Accountable

Blasts Democrats for ignoring the mounting crises impacting Americans’ daily lives WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today blasted Democrats for holding a recycled hearing while refusing to conduct meaningful oversight of the Biden Administration’s many failures impacting Americans’ daily lives. At a hearing on “Price Gouging in Military Contracts: New Inspector General Report Exposes Excess Profit ...

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Comer Launches Probe of Hunter Biden’s Chinese-Backed Cobalt Mine Deal

Hunter Biden facilitated a Chinese company’s purchase from a U.S. company WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today launched a probe into Hunter Biden’s involvement in the sale of a cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from an American company to a Chinese company in 2016. Cobalt is one of the most important components of electric car batteries, solar panels and other forms of renewable energy, and the ...

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ICYMI: Comer Slams Biden for Failing to ‘Shut Down’ COVID-19, Highlights His Broken Promises to the American People

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) joined a House Republican Leadership press conference slamming the Biden Administration for failing to "shut down" COVID-19, a promise President Biden repeatedly made to the American people. During his remarks, Ranking Member Comer outlined many of President Biden’s broken promises, including failing to listen to experts and follow science, the abandonment of a national plan, vaccine ...

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Comer: Biden’s Energy Crisis Hurts American Workers & Families

President Biden and Democrat allies prioritize expensive Green New Deal pipedreams over affordable, American energy      WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and the Congressional Western Caucus held a joint forum titled, “Holding the Biden Administration Accountable for Skyrocketing Prices & Failing Energy Policies.” In his opening statement, Ranking Member Comer emphasized the American people, under ...

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Norman: Democrats’ Policies Destroy Our Domestic Energy Industry

WASHINGTON – Today, Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) opened today’s joint forum with the Congressional Western Caucus on “Holding the Biden Administration Accountable for Skyrocketing Prices & Failing Energy Policies” by stating Congress must focus on the energy issues impacting Americans and emphasized the consequences of the Democrats’ unrealistic climate agenda. Instead of conducting meaningful oversight over the Biden ...

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Comer, Norman Probe Biden Administration’s Taxpayer-Funded Solar Loan to Political Donor

WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Environment Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) sent a letter to U. S. International Development Finance Institution (DFC) Acting Chief Executive Officer Dev Jagadesan expressing concerns over a $500 million loan to First Solar Inc., a manufacturing company owned by prolific Democrat donor Lukas Walton. Mr. Walton donated $300,000 to the Biden campaign ...

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Oversight Republicans, Western Caucus to Host Joint Forum on Rising Energy Prices

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, January 19 at 2:00 PM ET, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Republicans and the Congressional Western Caucus will host a virtual joint forum on rising American energy prices titled, “Holding the Biden Administration Accountable for Skyrocketing Prices & Failing Energy Policies.”WHEN: January 19, 2022 at 2:00 PM ET WHAT: Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Vice Chair and Oversight ...

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VIDEO: Comer Encourages U.S. Law Enforcement Officers Battling America’s Opioid Crisis to Share Information

Recommends officers send information to the Committee’s confidential tip line fentanyltips@mail.house.gov WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) released a video calling on U.S. law enforcement officers on the frontlines of America’s ongoing fentanyl crisis to share their stories with the House Committees on Oversight and Reform and Energy and Commerce. Synthetic opioids, mainly fueled by fentanyl, accounted ...