News from April 2023


Comer Announces Hearing on Biden Administration’s Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal

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


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.


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: Biden Administration’s Telework Policy is “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

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


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.


Comer: FDA Must Provide Americans Guidance on CBD Products

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


Comer on Biden Family & Associates’ Financial Records

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


Chairs Rodgers, Griffith Announce O&I Subcommittee Hearing on Role of Data Brokers in the Digital Economy

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced a subcommittee hearing to discuss the role of data brokers and online privacy protections.


Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie Announce Health Subcommittee Hearing on Existing Healthcare Workforce and Primary Care Programs

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today announced a legislative hearing on examining current federal government programs to support health care work force and improve primary care.


Chair Rodgers on Biden’s New EPA Tailpipe Proposals: It Will Make New Vehicles Unaffordable

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the Biden administration’s announcement of two new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules to make vehicles even more expensive for Americans.


Chairs Rodgers, Latta Announce Legislative Hearing on Unleashing U.S. Communications Innovation

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) today announced a hearing titled “Breaking Barriers: Streamlining Permitting to Expedite Broadband Deployment.”


Congressional Republicans Call for Reconsideration of Administration’s Anti-Innovation Drug-Price Policy

Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO), and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee Mike Crapo (R-ID), raised concerns with the Biden administration’s initial drug price-setting program implementation guidance document.


Rodgers Statement on Biden’s Illegal Expansion of Government Sponsored Health Benefits

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today issued the following the statement after the Biden administration announced an illegal plan to—without congressional approval—alter the definition of “lawful presence” to give health care benefits to individuals in the United States under the DACA program:


Bipartisan E&C Leaders Request Information on Ensuring Safe, Efficient and Predictable Nuclear Energy Regulation

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) last week requested information from nuclear energy stakeholders on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) regulatory efforts to ensure safe, efficient, predictable regulation for the nuclear industry in the U.S.


Chairs Rodgers, Griffith Announce O&I Subcommittee Hearing on Role of Data Brokers in the Digital Economy

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced a subcommittee hearing to discuss the role of data brokers and online privacy protections.


Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie Announce Health Subcommittee Hearing on Existing Healthcare Workforce and Primary Care Programs

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today announced a legislative hearing on examining current federal government programs to support health care work force and improve primary care.


Chair Rodgers on Biden’s New EPA Tailpipe Proposals: It Will Make New Vehicles Unaffordable

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the Biden administration’s announcement of two new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules to make vehicles even more expensive for Americans.


Chairs Rodgers, Latta Announce Legislative Hearing on Unleashing U.S. Communications Innovation

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) today announced a hearing titled “Breaking Barriers: Streamlining Permitting to Expedite Broadband Deployment.”


Congressional Republicans Call for Reconsideration of Administration’s Anti-Innovation Drug-Price Policy

Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO), and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee Mike Crapo (R-ID), raised concerns with the Biden administration’s initial drug price-setting program implementation guidance document.


Rodgers Statement on Biden’s Illegal Expansion of Government Sponsored Health Benefits

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today issued the following the statement after the Biden administration announced an illegal plan to—without congressional approval—alter the definition of “lawful presence” to give health care benefits to individuals in the United States under the DACA program: