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Hearing Wrap Up: Biden Admin Ignored Warnings that Trillions in Spending Would Damage the Economy and Spur Inflation
The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services held a hearing yesterday titled “Inflation: A Preventable Crisis
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Comer: OPM Policies Must Put the American People First
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered opening remarks at a hearing titled “Oversight of Our Nation’s Largest Employer: Reviewing the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.” In his opening statement, Chairman Comer emphasized that oversight of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is critical as it oversees personnel management policies and benefits for a workforce of over two million employees.
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Wenstrup, McClain, Select Subcommittee Republicans Press for Information, Transcribed Interviews on Political Interference in Vaccine & Booster Approvals
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio.), Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), and Select Subcommittee Republicans are pressing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to provide documents and communications related to the FDA’s COVID-19 vaccine approval, as well as any coordination between the Biden Administration and the FDA related to administering guidance to the American people on booster shots
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Hearing Wrap Up: Artificial Intelligence Poses Great Risks but Safe Integration Will Yield Positive Results
The Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation held a hearing yesterday titled “Advances in AI: Are We Ready For a Tech Revolution?”
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Comer, McMorris Rodgers, Jordan Applaud House Passage of Bill to Protect Americans from Censorship
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), and House Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) applauded House passage of the Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act (H.R. 140).
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McClain: President Biden Doubled Down on Reckless Spending Despite Warnings, Worsened Inflation for American Families
Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) opened today’s subcommittee hearing examining how the Biden Administration’s reckless spending under the American Rescue Plan and the Inflation Reduction Act have driven inflation to 40-year highs.
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Hearing Wrap Up: Waste and Mismanagement at OPM is Reducing Services and Raising Costs for Taxpayers
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing titled “Oversight of Our Nation’s Largest Employer: Reviewing the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
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Sessions: Uncovering Mistakes in COVID-19 Pandemic Programs to Protect Taxpayer Funds in the Future
Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) opened today’s subcommittee hearing on “Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Go Viral: Inspectors General on Curing the Disease” by emphasizing the Oversight Committee’s work to root out waste, fraud, and abuse within federal pandemic relief programs.
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What They’re Saying: Support for Bill to Protect Speech from Government Censorship
To protect Americans’ First Amendment right to free speech from government censorship, Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has introduced the Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act (H.R. 140) with cosponsors Chairs Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash).
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Wenstrup: Knowing the Origin of COVID-19 is Fundamental to Helping Predict and Prevent Future Pandemics
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing on “Investigating the Origins of COVID-19” by emphasizing how knowing the origin of the virus is essential to helping predict and prevent future pandemics, protecting health and national security, and preparing the United States for the future.
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Grothman: Force Multipliers Critical to Disrupting Criminal Organizations & Protecting Our Border
Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) opened today’s subcommittee hearing by stressing the critical role force multipliers like canines and enhanced technology play in assisting U.S. Customs and Border Protection in stopping criminal activity at the U.S. southern border. Subcommittee Chairman Grothman highlighted how CBP seized enough fentanyl in FY 2022 to kill over three billion people and emphasized the importance of leveraging force multiplier technology to prevent deadly drugs from coming across the border. He concluded his remarks by thanking the witnesses for appearing before the subcommittee to provide testimony about technologies and resources utilized to make our nation safe at the border, ports of entry, and between ports of entry.
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Comer: We Must Protect Americans from Censorship
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered remarks on the House floor in support of his bill, Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act (H.R. 140).
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Comer Applauds Senate Passage of Resolution Blocking D.C. Council’s Pro-Criminal Law
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) applauded bipartisan Senate passage of a joint resolution (H. J. Res. 26) blocking the D.C. Council’s Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022, which would lower penalties for a number of violent criminal offenses, from going into effect.
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Mace Delivers Opening Statement Written by ChatGPT at AI Hearing
Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) opened today’s subcommittee hearing by noting the importance of embracing practical applications of artificial intelligence while balancing the impacts AI may have on society.
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Fallon: Depleting the SPR and Biden Admin’s Attack on American Energy Poses National Security Risks
Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas) opened today’s subcommittee hearing to examine how the Biden Administration’s decision to deplete the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to historic lows and attack on American-Made energy poses national security risks.
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COVID Origins Hearing Wrap Up: Facts, Science, Evidence Point to a Wuhan Lab Leak
The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing on “Investigating the Origins of COVID-19” to gather facts about the origination of the virus that has claimed nearly seven million lives globally.
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Investment and Deployment of Force Multipliers Disrupts Transnational Criminal Organizations and Keeps Americans Safe
The Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs held a hearing today titled “Force Multipliers: Examining the Need for Additional Resources to Disrupt Transnational Crime at the Border and Beyond.
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House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is calling on White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients to answer whether White House staff suppressed the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) from issuing a public statement regarding President Biden’s mishandling of classified information.
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Hearing Wrap Up: President Biden Damaged America’s Oil Security by Depleting the SPR
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing titled “Burning the Midnight Oil: Why Depleting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is Not a Solution to America’s Energy Problem, Part 1.
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Comer Demands Transcribed Interview with Treasury Department Official
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is blasting the Department of Treasury for refusing to provide an official to testify at this week’s hearing on “The Biden Family Investigation