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Comer: We Must Safeguard Taxpayer Dollars and Combat Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.)



Hearing Wrap Up: Congress Must Utilize GAO’s High Risk List to Effectively Combat Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing titled “The Government Accountability Office’s 2023 High Risk List.


Wenstrup: Americans Deserve to Know if the American Federation of Teachers Role in Editing CDC School Reopening Guidance was More Political than Scientific

Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing “The Consequences of School Closures,


Hearing Wrap Up: Chinese Criminal Rings Provide Financial Services and Materials Used by Cartels for Fentanyl and Illicit Drug Trafficking; Biden Administration Must Do More

The Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services held a hearing titled, “China in Our Backyard: How Chinese Money Laundering Organizations Enrich the Cartels.


COVID Origins, Part 2 Hearing Wrap Up: Intelligence Community Officials Provide Further Evidence that COVID-19 Originated in a Wuhan Lab

The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing on “Investigating the Origins of COVID-19, Part 2: China and the Available Intelligence”


Comer: House Republicans Take Action to Block D.C.’s Anti-Police Bill

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today delivered remarks on the House floor in support of House Joint Resolution 42, which would block the D.C. Council’s anti-police bill from taking effect.


Comer: President Biden’s Poor Leadership and Planning Led to the Catastrophic Afghanistan Withdrawal

Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing titled “The Biden Administration’s Disastrous Withdrawal from Afghanistan, Part I: Review by the Inspectors General.


FDA’s Food Safety Director Agrees to Testify on Infant Formula Crisis

To assist in the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability’s ongoing investigation into the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) response to the 2022 nationwide infant formula shortage, Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.)


Hearing Wrap Up: D.C. Health Exchange Head Struggles to Explain Huge Data Breach

Following a data breach which impacted the personally identifiable information and protected health information of tens of thousands of individuals at the D.C.


Wenstrup Leads Response to Attempted Interference in COVID-19 Origins Investigation by Chinese Embassy

Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) and all Republican members of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic are requesting the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China make five Chinese scientists available for in-person, transcribed interviews related to the origins of COVID-19.


Comer Threatens Subpoena to Obtain Information on John Kerry’s Role in the Biden Administration

Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.)


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.).


Hearing Wrap Up: Americans Deserve Answers on President Biden’s Catastrophic Afghanistan Withdrawal

Today, the 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.)


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)


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:


Hearing Wrap Up: ORR Director Fails to Answer Questions About 85,000 Lost Unaccompanied Alien Children, Flawed Vetting of Sponsors, and More

The Subcommittee 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:


Chairs Rodgers, Latta Commend Passage of Bipartisan Legislation to Unleash Innovation in Satellite and Spectrum Technologies

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement applauding bipartisan legislation to enhance next-generation wireless services: