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Recent News About House Committee On Oversight and Accountability
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Comer Applauds Senate Passage of Resolution Blocking D.C.’s Anti-Police Bill
On May 16, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) applauded bipartisan Senate passage of a joint resolution (H. J. Res. 42) blocking the D.C. Council’s anti-police bill from taking effect. Washington, D.C. is facing a crime crisis resulting from soft-on-crime policies and the D.C.
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Mace Questions DHS About New AI Task Force
Requests staff level briefing to understand how AI Task Force will advise DHS’s border crisis response
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Comer, Foxx, Sessions: Department of Education’s Student Loan Self-Certification Opens Door to Fraud
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), and Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) today are calling on Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to provide answers about the Department’s decision to waive income verification requirements for student loan borrowers who enroll in income-driven repayment plans.
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Hearing Wrap Up: Coronaviruses Confer Robust Natural Immunity, Government Officials Should Have Considered in Policy Decisions
The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing titled “Investigating Pandemic Immunity: Acquired, Therapeutic or Both” to examine the role COVID-19 vaccinations and naturally acquired immunity played in public health discussions and final government policies.
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Grothman: U.S. Naval Shipbuilding Capacity Must Compete With China & Russia
National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) opened today’s subcommittee hearing on “Strengthening the Fleet: Challenges and Solutions in Naval Surface Ship Construction ” by outlining how the Navy has struggled to produce a coherent long-term, 30-year shipbuilding strategy that is able to compete with China and Russia.
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Wenstrup: COVID-19 Naturally Acquired Immunity Could Have Been a Force Multiplier for Good
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing on “Investigating Pandemic Immunity: Acquired, Therapeutic or Both” by asking why naturally acquired immunity was never considered in the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chairman Wenstrup called attention to global research and data that quickly proved those who contracted COVID-19 had antibodies that provided some level of immunity against reinfection.
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McClain: The FDA Must Act to Improve Internal Controls and Prevent Crises from Happening Again
Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) opened a subcommittee hearing titled “FDA Oversight Part II: Responsibility for the Infant Formula Shortage” by discussing how today’s hearing is crucial in continuing the subcommittee’s investigation into the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) response to the infant formula crisis.
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Hearing Wrap Up: Lack of Commercial Investment, Unclear Goals, and Manufacturing Failures Have Given Maritime Advantage to China Over U.S.
The Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs held a hearing titled, “Strengthening the Fleet: Challenges and Solutions in Naval Surface Ship Construction.”
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Hearing Wrap Up: FDA’s Food Safety Director Acknowledges ‘Less Than Ideal’ Slow Response to Formula Crisis
On May 11, the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services held a hearing titled “FDA Oversight Part II: Responsibility for the Infant Formula Shortage.”
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Wenstrup to Hold Hearing on COVID-19 Nursing Home Policy Failures
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) will hold a hearing titled “’Like Fire Through Dry Grass’: Nursing Home Mortality & COVID-19 Policies” to gather facts about pandemic-era, nursing home policy decisions — specifically in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania — that led to the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans. Instead of protecting the most vulnerable population, Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) and other state officials disregarded available options and mandated that nursing homes and long-term care facilities accept thousands of positive COVID-19 patients.
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Comer: ESG is Just Window Dressing for Liberal Activism and Far-left Ideology
On May 10, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing titled “ESG Part I: An Examination of Environmental, Social, and Governance Practices with Attorneys General.
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Comer Reveals New Evidence in Biden Family’s Influence Peddling Schemes
Web of LLCs, efforts to hide sources of money, direct China cash, influence peddling in Romania
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ICYMI: Comer & Oversight Committee Members Present Evidence of Influence Peddling by Biden Family
On May 10, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republican lawmakers held a press conference detailing evidence uncovered during the committee’s investigation into the Biden family’s influence peddling schemes.
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Mace: Aging Federal IT Systems are Vulnerable to Cyberattacks
Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Subcommittee Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) opened today’s subcommittee hearing on “Risky Business: Costly Inaction on Federal Legacy IT” by highlighting how aging and outdated information technology systems used by the federal government pose major national security risks.
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Hearing Wrap Up: ESG Agenda Prioritizes Leftist Ideology Over the Interests of the American People
On May 10, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing titled “ESG Part I: An Examination of Environmental, Social, and Governance Practices with Attorneys General.”
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Comer and Grassley on FBI Failing to Comply with Subpoena Deadline
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statements on the FBI failing to comply with Chairman Comer’s subpoena seeking an unclassfied FBI generated FD-1023 form that allegedly details a bribery scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national.
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Hearing Wrap Up: Identifying and Modernizing Aging Federal IT Infrastructure is Crucial to Protecting Cyber Security
On May 10, the Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Subcommittee held a hearing titled “Risky Business: Costly Inaction on Federal Legacy IT.”
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Comer, Fallon Renew Concerns Over FERC Commissioner’s Failure to Disclose Financial Interests and Appropriate Recusals
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 renewing concerns over Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Allison Clements’ potential conflicts of interest after a review of public records raised more questions about her failure to separate her FERC commissioner duties from her personal relationships with her past employers.
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Sessions to Hold Hearing with U.S. Postmaster General on Postal Service Reforms
Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) today announced a hearing titled “Tracking the Postal Service: An Update on the Delivering for America Plan.
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Fallon Announces Hearing on Radical New EPA Vehicle Emissions Standards Rules
Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas) will hold a hearing titled “Driving Bad Policy: Examining EPA’s Tailpipe Emissions Rules and the Realities of a Rapid Electric Vehicle Transition.