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WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is investigating the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) influence over federal employees by weaponizing its designation of “hate group” to target conservative organizations. In a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, Chairman Comer requests all communications between the Department of Education and the SPLC to determine how extensively federal employees are utilizing ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) and Representative Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) are pressing former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s top aid, Melissa DeRosa, for answers following recent claims that she was not involved in New York’s deadly COVID-19 nursing home directive. Less than seven hours after the Select Subcommittee requested Ms. DeRosa sit for a transcribed interview and provide documents related to New York’s ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) are opening a probe into the U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) mishandling of serious misconduct, including racism, hazing, discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape, and the withholding of internal investigations into these offenses from Congress and the public. “Recently, it ...

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation held a hearing titled, “White House Policy on AI.” Subcommittee members discussed with industry experts the scope and impact of the nearly 150 requirements associated with White House’s AI Executive Order (EO), and how the EO and corresponding draft guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) could ...

Reps. Cloud, Waltz to join the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today announced changes to Committee membership. Reps. Michael Cloud (R-Texas.) and Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) are joining the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability as members, filling vacancies left by Reps. Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.) and Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) who have received new ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) made the following statement on Hunter Biden facing a nine-count felony indictment, including failure to file and pay taxes, and filing a false return: “Two brave IRS whistleblowers, Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, placed their careers on the line to blow the whistle on misconduct and politicization in the Hunter Biden criminal investigation. The Department of Justice got caught in its ...