House Committee On Oversight and Accountability
Recent News About House Committee On Oversight and Accountability
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Comer: Americans Must Have Confidence That Our Nation’s Elections Are Free and Fair
On June 7, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered opening remarks at a joint committee hearing titled “American Confidence In Elections: The Path To Election Integrity In The District Of Columbia.”
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Hearing Wrap Up: Americans Should Be Confident that Elections are Safe and Secure
Lawmakers champion the ACE Act, which will ensure a safe, accessible, and secure election system
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Comer Forces the FBI to Cooperate and Allow All Oversight Committee Members to Review Biden Bribery Record
Committee removes scheduled contempt of Congress markup
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Grothman: Biden Administration Policies on the Border Have Exacerbated Staffing Challenges
National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) opened today’s subcommittee hearing on “Help Wanted: Law Enforcement Staffing Challenges at the Border” by outlining how the Biden border crisis and Administration’s mishandling of resources have debilitated law enforcement and worsened existing staffing challenges.
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Fallon, McClain: Democrats Gamble with Americans’ Investments and Retirement to Fund Woke ESG Policies
Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas) and Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) delivered opening remarks at today’s joint hearing titled “ESG Part II: The Cascading Impacts of ESG Compliance.”
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Hearing Wrap Up: Biden Border Crisis Exacerbating Staffing Challenges, Causing Law Enforcement Morale to Plummet
The Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs held a hearing titled, “Help Wanted: Law Enforcement Staffing Challenges at the Border
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Comer on FBI Briefing: Unclassified Record Generated by Trusted Informant, Active During Obama-Biden Administration, Being Used in Ongoing Investigation
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement after receiving a briefing from the FBI about the unclassified record alleging then-Vice President Joe Biden engaged in a $5 million bribery scheme with a foreign national in exchange for certain actions:
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Comer, Scott Demand Answers as the Biden Administration Coordinates with EU on Progressive Climate Agenda
he Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, James Comer (R-Ky.), and the Ranking Member of the SenateCommittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Tim Scott (R-S.C.), are demanding answers from the Biden administration about its role in facilitating the European Union’s (E.U.) efforts to impose its progressive climate agenda on American companies. In letters to the Department of the Treasury and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the lawmakers rebuked the agencies for circumventing America’s elected representatives by purportedly coordinating with the E.U. to advance the international application of European climate-related disclosure policies, as well as human rights and social justice initiatives.
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Wenstrup Continues to Insist CDC Explain Political Interference in COVID-19 School Reopening Guidance Following Two Months of Stonewalling
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is insisting upon transparency and cooperation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as it has continued to stonewall legitimate Congressional oversight for the past two months.
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CDC Director Rochelle Walensky Agrees to Testify Before Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) received confirmation today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has finally agreed to allow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky to publicly testify on June 13, 2023.
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Comer Presses White House Over IG Vacancies at Departments of State, Treasury & USAID
Urges President Biden to nominate highly qualified candidates to fill these vacancies
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Comer Probes Federal Trade Commission Chair Khan’s Abuses of Power
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is today opening an investigation into President Biden’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appointee Chair Lina Khan.
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Comer & Grassley to Wray: Provide the Unclassified Documents or Face Contempt
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today issued the following statements after their discussion with FBI Director Christopher Wray about producing to Congress the unclassified, FBI-generated record alleging a criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national.
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Grothman, National Security Subcommittee Members Investigate Human Trafficking Risks as Biden Administration Moves to End DNA Testing at the Border
Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) and members of the subcommittee are launching an investigation after reports indicated that the Biden Administration will end familial DNA testing used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to confirm claimed family unit relationships.
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Hearing Wrap Up: Silicon Valley Bank Collapse is a ‘Case of Failed Supervision’
On May 25, the House Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) held a hearing titled “A Failure of Supervision: Bank Failures and the San Francisco Federal Reserve.
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Comer & Grassley Blast FBI for Refusing to Provide Subpoenaed Record Alleging Then-VP Biden Engaged in a Bribery Scheme
Comer threatens to initiate contempt of Congress proceedings if Director Wray continues to defy subpoena
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Comer & Foxx: Biden Administration Hijacking the Court System to Enact a Radical Student Loan Cancellation Agenda
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) today are raising concerns about the Biden administration’s ongoing efforts to hijack the court system to enact a radical student loan cancellation agenda.
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Wenstrup Reveals NIH “Bio-Safety Concern” at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Requests Further Explanation
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is calling on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explain its letter to the University of California, Irvine (Irvine) in which the NIH suspended all subgrant funds previously allocated to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) under claims that the WIV “has been conducting research at its facilities in China that pose serious bio-safety concerns.
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Fallon: Biden Administration Looking to Regulate Gas Stoves Out of Existence
Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas) opened today’s subcommittee hearing on “Consumer Choice on the Backburner: Examining the Biden Administration’s Regulatory Assault on Americans’ Gas Stoves ” by outlining how the Department of Energy’s (DOE) proposed rules further strangle American consumer choice and is just one in a series of recent actions that embody the Biden Administration’s whole-of-government approach to over-regulate Americans’ day-to-day lives
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Comer: Pharmacy Benefit Managers Are Making Billions at the Expense of Patients and Taxpayers
n May 23, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing titled “The Role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers In Prescription Drug Markets Part I: Self-Interest Or Health Care?