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Hearing Wrap Up: ORR Director Fails to Answer Questions About 85,000 Lost Unaccompanied Alien Children, Flawed Vetting of Sponsors, and More
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.
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Hearing Wrap Up: Biden Administration’s Massive Spending Exacerbates Waste, Fraud, and Abuse at DOE
The Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing titled, “Spending on Empty: How the Biden Administration’s Unprecedented Spending Increased Risk of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse at the Department of Energy.
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Comer on Biden Family & Associates’ Financial Records
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement after he and several lawmakers went to the U.S. Department of the Treasury to view financial records related to the Biden family and their associates’ business transactions:
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Comer: FDA Must Provide Americans Guidance on CBD Products
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.
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McClain Requests Transcribed Interview with FDA’s Food Safety Director on Infant Formula Crisis
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.
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Comer: Biden Administration’s Telework Policy is “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
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:
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Comer: Republicans Have Returned the Oversight Committee to Its Mission
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:
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Comer Requests GAO Review Improper Payments in Medicaid Program
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is requesting U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro initiate a review of the high number of improper payments in the Medicaid program. Chairman Comer is also requesting GAO review actions the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) can take to coordinate with state auditors and improve Medicaid program integrity.
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Comer & Langworthy Launch Investigation into HHS’s Failure to Provide COVID Relief Funds to Low-income Hospitals
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.
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Comer & Fallon Probe Biden’s EPA Rule Empowering Climate Activists, Increasing Energy Costs
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.
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Comer & Oversight Republicans Press CMS on Medicaid Redeterminations to Reduce Improper Payments
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and several Oversight Committee Republican lawmakers are calling on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to provide documents and communications related to its handling of Medicaid redeterminations after the unwinding of pandemic-era Medicaid continuous enrollment provisions.
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Comer: Ranking Member Raskin Playing Lawyer for the Biden Family Instead of Conducting Oversight
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement on the Democrats’ latest antics in the Biden family investigation:
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Wenstrup Invites American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten to Testify on Pandemic-Era School Closures
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) invited Ms. Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), to testify at a hearing titled “The Consequences of School Closures, Part 2:
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Comer, Foxx, Wenstrup Investigate Misuse of COVID Education Funds on Left-Wing Agendas
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) are continuing their investigation into the misuse of pandemic-era education funds intended to address students’ historic learning losses.
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Mace, McClain, Sessions Probe Biden Admin’s Compliance with Outsourcing Law
Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), and Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) are pressing the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for information on the Biden Administration’s implementation of a law designed to help federal agencies determine what work tasks should be outsourced to the private sector.
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Chairman Comer’s Statement on Transcribed Interview with Kathy Chung
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on today’s transcribed interview with Kathy Chung, who served as assistant to Joe Biden when he was Vice President:
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ICYMI Comer on Hannity: Subpoena in Biden Family Investigation Reveals New Family Member Involved; Treasury Allows Committee to View SARs
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) joined “Hannity” on Fox News to provide an update on the Committee’s investigation into the Biden family’s influence peddling and business schemes.
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Comer: Treasury Department Caves, Provides Access to Biden Family & Their Associates’ SARs
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of the Treasury finally is providing the committee in camera review of the suspicious activity reports generated by the Biden family and their associates’ unusual foreign or high-dollar transactions:
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Comer: Hunter’s Art Dealer Hiding Information and Obstructing Congressional Oversight
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is again pressing Georges Bergès, owner of the Georges Bergès Gallery, to provide information related to Hunter Biden’s anonymous, high-dollar art transactions.
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Hearing Wrap Up: Existing Flaws, Structural Weaknesses, and Unprecedented Levels of Spending Led to Rampant Fraud in Pandemic Relief Programs
The Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce held a hearing yesterday titled, “Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Go Viral: Inspectors General on Curing the Disease.