News from 2023


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.)


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.


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.


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.)


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.


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.


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”


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.


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: 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.



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

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


McClain: China Playing Major Role in Enriching Cartels, Funding Deadly Fentanyl Epidemic

Health Care and Financial Services Subcommittee Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) opened today’s subcommittee hearing on “China in Our Backyard:


Chairman Comer, Senator Johnson Renew Request for CMS to Review Improper Payment Rate

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)


Comer, McClain Open Investigation into SF Fed’s Role in Silicon Valley Bank Collapse

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.)


American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten Testifies to Uncommon Influence Over CDC School Reopening Guidance

The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing titled “The Consequences of School Closures, Part 2:


Comer Opens Probe into National Labor Relations Board Inspector General’s Efforts to Obstruct Congressional Oversight

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) opened a probe into the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Office of Inspector General (OIG)


Week ending April 15: Environmental Protection Agency publishes 6 notices

There were six notices published by the Environmental Protection Agency in week ending April 15, according to the Federal Register.


“Senate” published by the Congressional Record in the Daily Digest section on April 25

“Senate” was published on pages D363-D364 of the Congressional Record on April 25.


EPA grant application closes on June 30

Southeast New England Program (SNEP) 2023 Stormwater and Natural Infrastructure Grant grant opened on May 1.