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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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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:

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.

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.

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:

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:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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:

Comer, Foxx, Wenstrup Investigate Misuse of COVID Education Funds on Left-Wing Agendas