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WASHINGTON — Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) announced a subpoena to compel the New York State Executive Chamber, now led by Governor Kathy Hochul, to hand over documents related to former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s disastrous COVID-19 pandemic response and nursing home policies. During Chairman Wenstrup’s opening statement at today’s hearing with Mr. Cuomo, he confronted the former Governor with evidence of New York’s ...

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce today held a hearing titled “Where Do We Go From Here? Examining a Path Forward to Assess Agencies’ Efforts to Prevent Improper Payments and Fraud” to examine the effectiveness of existing oversight mechanisms in federal agencies to ...

Announces Subpoena for the New York State Governor’s Office WASHINGTON — Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) delivered opening remarks at “A Hearing with former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.” Chairman Wenstrup began his statement by explaining that the Select Subcommittee has been threatened twice this Congress — once by the Chinese Communist Party and a second time by Mr. Cuomo through his attorney. The ...

Cuomo will testify before COVID Select at a 2:00pm public hearing tomorrow WASHINGTON — Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) released a staff memorandum titled “Findings from the Select Subcommittee’s Investigation into the Cuomo Administration’s March 25 Directive Admitting COVID-Positive Patients into Nursing Homes.” This memo presents evidence that former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and his team ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 8333, the BIOSECURE Act, introduced by Reps. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.). The bipartisan, bicameral bill prohibits U.S. taxpayer dollars from flowing to biotechnology companies that are owned, operated, or controlled by China or other foreign adversaries and specifically names five companies with extensive ties ...

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce held a hearing this week titled “Assessing the Federal Government’s Response to the 2023 Maui Wildfires” to assess federal recovery efforts in Lahaina as the community responds to the devastating 2023 Maui wildfires that claimed 102 lives with two missing. At the hearing, ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chair Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) are today reiterating requests to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for information related to the development of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. In letters to HHS Secretary Becerra and USDA Secretary Vilsack, the lawmakers are again requesting ...