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Washington, D.C. – A coalition of congressional leaders from the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Oversight and Reform today urged the Biden administration to finalize a rule to reform the organ procurement system in the United States.  The letter, sent to Acting Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Norris Cochran was signed by Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore.; Senators Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Todd Young, ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement in response to Committee Democrats scheduling a legislative hearing on H.R. 51, an unconstitutional bill to grant statehood to the District of Columbia. “D.C. statehood is all about Speaker Pelosi and liberal democrats consolidating their power to enact radical policies nationwide like the Green New Deal, packing the Supreme Court, and eliminating the ...

Subcommittee Hearing Examines the Future of Artificial Intelligence   WASHINGTON – Subcommittee on National Security Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) opened today’s joint hearing by emphasizing Congress has the responsibility to thoroughly examine artificial intelligence (AI) prior to investing billions of taxpayer dollars in the technology and ensure Americans’ privacy is protected.  In his opening statement, Subcommittee Ranking Member ...

WASHINGTON—Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statements on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s call to “wait for the facts:” “Governor Cuomo calls on New Yorkers and the American people to wait for the facts about his sexual harassment scandal, but it is Governor Cuomo himself who needs to give us the facts ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on President Biden’s speech marking the one-year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns: “President Trump started America’s recovery and President Biden must decide if he will finish it. Thanks to President Trump’s strong leadership and support for Operation Warp Speed, more Americans today have been vaccinated than those who have contracted ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today blasted House passage of the $1.9 trillion Pelosi Payoff to Progressives Act, which now heads to President Biden’s desk to be signed into law: “Pelosi’s Payoff is the Swamp at its worst. Pelosi’s Payoff has little to do with providing pandemic relief to hardworking American families and has everything to do with advancing their left-wing agenda. The bill spends hundreds of ...

Previous Republican inquiries remain unanswered as border facilities are pushed to the brink  WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans sent another letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas reiterating their concerns about the Biden Administration’s recent actions to unravel the former administration’s deterrent-focused border policies and their failure ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s announcement it encountered over 100,000 illegal immigrants in February, a 28 percent increase over January 2021: “The facts don’t lie: President Biden has created a crisis at the southern border. On day ...

WASHINGTON—House Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.), Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), House Small Business Committee Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.), Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.), and Congressman Bob Good (R-Va.) this week introduced the Guidance Out Of Darkness (GOOD) Act, which requires agencies to publish their regulatory guidance on the Internet ...