Interior Newswire Report News
Senator Collins Questions Secretary of the Air Force on Alarming Leak of Classified Document
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
At a hearing to review the fiscal year 2024 budget request for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee and the Ranking Member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, questioned the Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall about the alarming leak of classified documents by a junior member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard.
Comer Announces Hearing on the 2023 GAO High-Risk List
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) will hold a hearing titled “The Government Accountability Office’s 2023 High-Risk List.”
McClain Announces Hearing on Chinese Money Laundering Operations Assisting Cartels, Killing Americans
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) will hold a hearing titled “China in Our Backyard: How Chinese Money Laundering Organizations Enrich the Cartels.
Hearing Wrap Up: D.C. Health Exchange Head Struggles to Explain Huge Data Breach
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Following a data breach which impacted the personally identifiable information and protected health information of tens of thousands of individuals at the D.C. Health Exchange, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation and the House Administration Committee’s Oversight Subcommittee held a joint hearing titled “Data Breach at the D.C. Health Exchange.”
FDA’s Food Safety Director Agrees to Testify on Infant Formula Crisis
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
To assist in the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability’s ongoing investigation into the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) response to the 2022 nationwide infant formula shortage, Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) has called upon Dr. Susan Mayne, Director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition at the FDA, to appear before the Subcommittee
Wenstrup to Hold Hearing on Consequences of Pandemic-Era School Closures with American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) will hold a hearing titled “The Consequences of School Closures, Part 2: The President of the American Federation of Teachers Ms. Randi Weingarten” to delve into any role Ms. Weingarten and the AFT may have played in editing the CDC’s COVID-19 school reopening guidance and keeping schools closed longer than necessary.
Comer: President Biden’s Poor Leadership and Planning Led to the Catastrophic Afghanistan Withdrawal
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing titled “The Biden Administration’s Disastrous Withdrawal from Afghanistan, Part I: Review by the Inspectors General.”
COVID Origins, Part 2 Hearing Wrap Up: Intelligence Community Officials Provide Further Evidence that COVID-19 Originated in a Wuhan Lab
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing on “Investigating the Origins of COVID-19, Part 2: China and the Available Intelligence” to explore declassified intelligence related to COVID-19 origins and examine China’s complicity in suppressing the origination of the global pandemic.
Mace: D.C. Health Data Breach Resulted in Sale of Thousands of Individuals’ Information on the Dark Web
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.). today delivered opening remarks at a joint hearing with House Administration’s Subcommittee on Oversight
Hearing Wrap Up: Americans Deserve Answers on President Biden’s Catastrophic Afghanistan Withdrawal
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing titled “The Biden Administration’s Disastrous Withdrawal from Afghanistan, Part I: Review by the Inspectors General.
Grothman: Biden Open Border Policies Led to Historic Encounters of Unaccompanied Alien Children
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) today delivered opening remarks at today’s subcommittee hearing titled “Oversight of the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s Unaccompanied Alien Children Program.”
Fallon: Biden Administration’s Spending Spree Has Left DOE Vulnerable to Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas) opened today’s hearing by slamming the Biden Administration for its rampant spending which more than doubled the Department of Energy’s (DOE) budget without ensuring proper guardrails exist to protect U.S. taxpayer dollars.
Wenstrup: Intelligence Community Plays an Essential Role in COVID-19 Origins Investigation
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing on “Investigating the Origins of COVID-19, Part 2: China and the Available Intelligence” by emphasizing the importance of listening to intelligence experts and following the facts.
Hearing Wrap Up: ORR Director Fails to Answer Questions About 85,000 Lost Unaccompanied Alien Children, Flawed Vetting of Sponsors, and More
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
TheSubcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs today held a hearing titled “Oversight of the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s Unaccompanied Alien Children Program.
Comer: FDA Must Provide Americans Guidance on CBD Products
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is investigating the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) failure to regulate cannabidiols (CBD) products as dietary supplements. In a letter to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs at the FDA, Dr. Robert M. Califf, Chairman Comer raises concern that the agency’s failure to regulate CBD products could allow dangerous products to come to market and is requesting documents and information to enable oversight of the FDA’s failure to provide Americans with regulatory guidance.
McClain Requests Transcribed Interview with FDA’s Food Safety Director on Infant Formula Crisis
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) is requesting the appearance of Dr. Susan Mayne, Director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since 2015, for a transcribed interview to assist in an investigation of the FDA’s response to the 2022 infant formula shortage.
Comer: Biden Administration’s Telework Policy is “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) newly released memorandum that contains vague guidance on getting the federal workforce back to the workplace and subsequent staff briefing with the agency:
Comer: Republicans Have Returned the Oversight Committee to Its Mission
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today released the committee’s accomplishments for the first 100 days of the Republican majority:
Comer & Langworthy Launch Investigation into HHS’s Failure to Provide COVID Relief Funds to Low-income Hospitals
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Representative Nick Langworthy (R-N.Y.) launched an investigation following reports indicating the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) misallocated COVID-19 relief funds intended to help low-income hospitals.
Comer & Fallon Probe Biden’s EPA Rule Empowering Climate Activists, Increasing Energy Costs
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas) are continuing their probe into the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed regulatory actions that will increase the cost of energy for Americans and deputize climate activists to monitor energy production sites.