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WASHINGTON— House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today issued a subpoena to a key official at U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to further investigate the USDA’s arbitrary enforcement of the Horse Protection Act (HPA) and the final rule titled Horse Protection Amendments. Information obtained by the Oversight Committee, along with recent actions at Tennessee Walking Horse shows, reveals USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is continuing the Committee’s investigation into how consolidation in vision care markets is affecting consumers by driving up costs and limiting choices. In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Chairman Comer requests a briefing and documents to evaluate the impact of the consolidation of vision insurance plans and their vertical integration with manufacturers and retailers on ...

WASHINGTON — The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held its final hearing titled “Preparing for the Next Pandemic: Lessons Learned and the Path Forward” to evaluate the most effective strategies for improving America’s public health response during a future crisis and identify important lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic. Members pressed public health officials from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced a markup will take place on Wednesday, November 20th at 10:30 am ET to consider a series of legislation. WHAT: Full Committee Markup H.R. 9491, the Presidential Library Donation Reform Act: Requires presidential library fundraising organizations to keep records associated with covered ...

Members and government witnesses set to evaluate lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing titled “Preparing for the Next Pandemic: Lessons Learned and the Path Forward” by detailing the serious flaws in the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health agencies failed the American people in many ways, such as by issuing ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is investigating the Biden-Harris Administration’s government-wide scientific integrity committees that are politicizing science and empowering federal bureaucrats to dictate agency policy. In letters to the heads of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Chairman Comer requests information to assist with the Committee’s investigation ...