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Chairwoman Maloney Expands Committee’s Ransomware Investigation to JBS Foods

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Andre Nogueira, Chief Executive Officer of JBS Foods USA, requesting documents related to JBS’s recent decision to pay an $11 million ransom to a cybercrime group following a ransomware attack against the company on May 30, 2021.


STUDY: Majority of Americans Think Biden’s Booming Economy Is a Bust

News Release: STUDY: Majority of Americans Think Biden’s Booming Economy Is a Bust.


WSJ: What Kind of a Jobs Plan Results in Fewer Jobs?

News Release: WSJ: What Kind of a Jobs Plan Results in Fewer Jobs?.


News Release: Dear Commissioner Rettig: We write to express serious concern about what appears to be an egregious and illegal breach of taxpayer privacy stemming from the apparent leak of confidential taxpayer information to the media outlet ProPublica. Confidential taxpayer information was allegedly published on...


Republican Leaders Call for Swift Action on IRS Tax Leak of Americans’ Sensitive Information

News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and House Committee on Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to swiftly investigate the massive leak of sensitive tax information from the IRS and bring those responsible to justice.


There’s Nothing “Fair” About Hiking Taxes on American Families, Businesses, and Farmers

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Top Republican on the Ways and Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE) and top Republican on the Oversight Subcommittee Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) opened today’s hearing on the supposed ‘tax gap’ by highlighting how Democrats’ tax-and-spend agenda puts America last.


Hearing Roundup: “Biden Budget Puts Washington in Charge of Americans’ Health Decisions”

News Release: Hearing Roundup: “Biden Budget Puts Washington in Charge of Americans’ Health Decisions".


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - An AXIOS report today reveals that the new figure on unemployment fraud is an estimated $400 billion stolen - almost half of all pandemic unemployment spending. Ways and Means Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) said...


Americans Brace for a Long, Hot Summer of Rapidly Increasing Costs

News Release: Americans Brace for a Long, Hot Summer of Rapidly Increasing Costs.


Explainer: President Biden’s Global Tax Hike is Not a Victory for America, but a Surrender

News Release: Explainer: President Biden’s Global Tax Hike is Not a Victory for America, but a Surrender.


Nunes Bill Protects Patients Against Biden’s Dangerous Surrender of Medical Innovation

News Release: Nunes Bill Protects Patients Against Biden’s Dangerous Surrender of Medical Innovation.


Finance Committee Republicans Demand Investigation into Massive, Illegal IRS Data Leak

News Release: Dear Inspector General George: . We request that your office immediately investigate the apparent recent egregious leak of private individual taxpayer information from the IRS to determine its scope, legal issues that could arise, and how the IRS protects personal identifiable information from breach...


Brady: We Will See a Financial Crisis If We Keep Biden’s Emergency Spending

News Release: Brady: We Will See a Financial Crisis If We Keep Biden’s Emergency Spending.


News Release: WASHINGTON-Tomorrow marks 100 days since House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans first called on Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to hold a hearing on President Biden’s border crisis. On March, 4, 2021, Republican lawmakers called on Chairwoman...


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.6 Million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance to Build Economic Development Resource Center in Bossier City, Louisiana

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.6 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Coordinating and Development Corporation, Bossier City, Louisiana, to construct the Northwest Louisiana one-stop resource center, allowing for business development and growth. This EDA grant will be matched with $400,000 in local funds.


Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2022 HHS Budget

News Release: This morning the Finance Committee welcomes Secretary Becerra to discuss the president’s 2022 budget proposal for the Department of Health and Human Services. There’s a lot to talk about this morning. I’m going to begin with out-of-control drug prices.


Small Business Pulse Survey Phase 5 Weekly Data Release

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the fifth phase of the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS). Data collection began May 17. Results will be released weekly May 27 to July 22. The SBPS includes questions on small business operations and finances, requests and receipt of assistance, COVID-19 vaccinations and testing, measures of overall well-being, and expectations for recovery.


Chairman Pascrell Opening Statement at Select Revenue Measures and Oversight Joint Subcommittee Hearing on “Minding the Tax Gap: Improving Tax Administration for the 21st Century”

News Release: Thank you, Chairman Thompson. I am are pleased to be holding this joint hearing on the pervasive tax gap and improving tax administration to address it.


News Release: Today’s hearing, which the Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee is holding jointly with Mr. Pascrell’s Oversight Subcommittee, focuses on the growing gap between taxes owed to the government and taxes actually paid -- what is commonly referred to as the “tax gap.".


Crapo Statement at Hearing on HHS Budget

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled, “The HHS’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget.".