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House Panel Issues Subpoenas to Tech CEOs for Information on Content Moderation

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan has sent subpoenas to the chief executives of five large U.S. tech companies, demanding information on how they moderate content on their online platforms.


House Republicans Challenge Khan FTC on Proposed Non-Compete Ban

Reps. House Republicans accused the Federal Trade Commission of engaging in a “power grab” by proposing to ban non-compete agreements nationwide and demanded the agency turn over documents.


Chairmen Jim Jordan and Mike Turner Send Second Batch of Letters to Intelligence Officials Who Called Hunter Biden's Laptop Russian Disinformation

Chairmen Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Mike Turner (R-OH) sent a second batch of letters to intelligence officials about the public statement signed in October 2020 that attempted to discredit the New York Post’s reporting about Hunter Biden and said it was the product of Russian disinformation.


ICYMI | Highlights from the First Hearing of the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government

ICYMI | Highlights from the First Hearing of the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government


Chairman Jordan's Opening Statement at the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government Hearing

Chairman Jordan's Opening Statement at the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government Hearing


Jim Jordan requests communications between Biden administration, social media companies

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are requesting documents that include communications between the Biden administration and social media companies as part of the panel’s investigation into what the GOP says were efforts to “suppress free speech and censor content online.”


Chairman Jim Jordan Requests Big Tech Censorship Documents Identified in Missouri v. Biden

Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) just sent a letter to the Department of Justice demanding copies of documents already produced in Missouri v. Biden, a civil case demonstrating how the federal government colluded with Big Tech to violate Americans' First Amendment rights.


Jim Jordan Puts A Dozen Intel Veterans On Notice Over Hunter Biden Laptop Letter

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) is turning up the heat on 51 U.S. intelligence veterans who signed a letter suggesting the Hunter Biden laptop story could be part of a Russian disinformation operation.


Chairmen Jim Jordan and Mike Turner Send Letters to Intelligence Officials Who Called Hunter Biden's Laptop Russian Disinformation

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) sent letters to various intelligence officials about the public statement signed in October 2020 that falsely implied the New York Post’s reporting about Hunter Biden was the product of Russian disinformation.


Comer: Time to REIN IN Bidenflation

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today delivered remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 347, the Reduce Exacerbated Inflation Negatively Impacting the Nation Act, or the REIN IN Act.


Comer Opens Markup of Legislation to Protect Speech from Government Censorship

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s markup by urging the committee to pass legislation to protect Americans’ speech from government censorship.


Comer Introduces Bill to Prevent Biden Admin from Discriminating Based on Labor Affiliation

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) introduced H.R. 1209, the Fair and Open Competition Act (FOCA), to prevent the federal government from discriminating against contractors based on labor affiliation and require neutrality on Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) in federal procurement.


Oversight Committee Advances Legislation to Protect Speech from Government Censorship

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability passed two bills to protect speech from government censorship, the Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act (H.R. 140) and the Accountability for Government Censorship Act (H.R. 1162).


Wenstrup: We Will Deliver Facts from the COVID-19 Pandemic Response to the American People

House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s roundtable titled “Preparing For the Future By Learning From the Past


Comer: Biden’s Labor Secretary Nomination Alarming for Taxpayers

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on President Biden’s nomination of Julie Su as the next Department of Labor Secretary:


Comer Requests Transcribed Interviews with Seven Chief Patrol Agents Battling Biden’s Border Crisis

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) sent a letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Commissioner Troy Miller requesting transcribed interviews with seven U.S. Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agents currently responsible for managing critical sectors of the U.S. border.


Comer, Fallon Call on EPA to Provide Docs on Environmental Justice Grants Paid for by Inflation Reduction Act

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 calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assist in conducting oversight of the agency’s administration of environmental justice (EJ) grants. I


Wenstrup & Comer Widen COVID Origins Investigation

Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) are calling on the Department of Energy, the Department of State, and Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to provide information necessary to the Select Subcommittee and Oversight Committee’s investigation into COVID origins.


Oversight Republicans Launch Investigation into DOT Secretary Buttigieg’s Failure to Promptly Respond to Ohio’s Train Derailment Catastrophe

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans launched an investigation into U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s failure to promptly respond to the train derailment catastrophe in East Palestine, Ohio and ensuing environmental and public health emergency. Oversight Republican lawmakers are concerned by DOT’s slow pace to resolve the ongoing emergency and are requesting all documents and information related to the train detrainment.


Comer Probes State Department’s Use of Taxpayer Dollars to Fund Censorship Campaigns

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is pressing Secretary of State Antony Blinken about reports that U.S. taxpayer dollars administered by the Department of State were used to suppress lawful speech and defund conservative news outlets under the guise of combatting disinformation.