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National Archives’ general counsel told the committee the agency was prevented from making a public statement    WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is calling on White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients to answer whether White House staff suppressed the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) from issuing a public statement regarding President Biden’s mishandling of classified ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is blasting the Department of Treasury for refusing to provide an official to testify at this week’s hearing on “The Biden Family Investigation: The Department of the Treasury.” Chairman Comer is now calling on Jonathan Davidson, Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, to appear for a transcribed interview on March 14 at 10:00am.  “Treasury Department officials have ...

Investigating DOD’s failure to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse after its failure to account for 61% of its $3.5 trillion in assets WASHINGTON — House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) are probing the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for its failure to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse after the department failed its fifth consecutive ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced a hearing to examine the Department of Treasury’s failure to provide the suspicious activity reports (SARs) generated by the Biden family and their associates' unusual foreign or high-dollar transactions. Chairman Comer wrote to Secretary Yellen on January 11, 2023, requesting access to these SARs, ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) will hold a full committee hearing titled “Oversight of Our Nation’s Largest Employer: Reviewing the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.” The hearing will examine the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) administration of human capital policy for the federal workforce and benefits for federal workers and their families, how OPM intends to strengthen the merit-based civil service system to ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) will hold a subcommittee hearing titled “Inflation: A Preventable Crisis” to examine the inflationary crisis brought on by Democrats’ reckless government spending, how record-high inflation has impacted Americans and the economy, and policies to prevent future inflationary crises. “The Biden Administration and Congressional Democrats’ trillions of dollars in rushed spending ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) will hold a hearing titled “Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Go Viral: Inspectors General on Curing the Disease.” This subcommittee hearing will examine ways the federal government can limit improper payments in vulnerable pandemic relief funds and ensure federal agencies are moving aggressively to implement measures to better protect taxpayer funds. “It is well documented ...

WASHINGTON — Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) will hold a subcommittee hearing titled “Force Multipliers: Examining the Need for Additional Resources to Disrupt Transnational Crime at the Border and Beyond.” This subcommittee hearing will explore the ways the Department of Homeland Security uses force multipliers and intelligence to slow the scourge of crime, drugs, and human trafficking that are plaguing the U.S ...