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House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is calling on White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain to release the visitor log for President Biden’s Wilmington residence and provide documents and communications about all properties and locations searched, including the identities of the Biden aides conducting the searches.
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Comer: Biden’s Three Strikes Against Transparency Will Be Met with Swift Congressional Oversight

Comer: Biden’s Three Strikes Against Transparency Will Be Met with Swift Congressional Oversight
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Comer: Anonymous Chinese Donations to UPenn Potentially Influenced Biden Administration Policies

Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is calling on University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) President M. Elizabeth Magill to provide information about anonymous Chinese donations to UPenn and the Penn Biden Center.
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Comer Welcomes New and Returning Members to the Oversight Committee

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today welcomed new and returning Republican members to the committee for the 118th Congress:
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Comer Announces First Hearing on Rampant Waste of Taxpayer Dollars in COVID Relief Programs

Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced the committee will hold its first hearing of the 118th Congress to investigate rampant waste of taxpayer dollars in COVID relief programs on Wednesday, February 1 at 10:00 a.m. ET.
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Comer, McMorris Rodgers, Jordan Introduce Bill to Stop Biden Administration from Pressuring Social Media Companies to Censor Americans

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), and House Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) introduced the Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act (H.R. 140).
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Comer Statement on Appointment of Special Counsel

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Hur to investigate President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents.
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Comer Announces New Actions in Biden Family Investigation

Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is pressing Department of the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for information about the Biden family and their associates’ suspicious business transactions flagged by U.S. banks.
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Comer on Hannity: Biden Family Influence Peddling is a National Security Risk

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) joined Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Oh.) on “Hannity” with host Sean Hannity on Fox News to discuss his efforts to investigate President Biden and the Biden family’s foreign business schemes.
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Comer Takes Action to Require Federal Workforce to Return to the Office, Provide Prompt Service to the American People

“For years, Americans have suffered from the federal government’s detrimental pandemic-era telework policies for federal bureaucrats
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Comer Demands Answers from NARA and Biden White House About Classified Docs Stashed at Penn Biden Center

Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is requesting information from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the White House Counsel’s Office about President Biden’s failure to return highly classified records from his time as vice president.
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Comer Joins Meet the Press, Warns Republicans Will Put An End to Biden Admin’s Unchecked One-Party Rule

House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairman-elect James Comer (R-Ky.) joined “Meet the Press” on NBC News to discuss how a Republican majority will conduct rigorous oversight over President Biden and end the Biden Administration’s unchecked one-party rule.
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Chairman Smith to Biden: American People Recognize Danger of Democrats’ Trillions in Spending — We Must Take Action

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement in response to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s letter to congressional leadership on the debt limit:
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Smith on Varney & Co: The Republican Majority Will Help Make This Economy Stronger

On Varney & Co, House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) laid out his vision for the Ways and Means Committee – partnering with the American people to lower taxes, bring more investment to each community, become energy independent again, and bring more of the supply chain back home.
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Graves: Capital Readiness Program will give minority entrepreneurs 'the tools they need to thrive'

Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves traveled to Chicago Jan. 13, with the aim of bringing attention to the newly announced Minority Business Development Agency’s Capital Readiness Program.
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Chair Rodgers: FDA’s Expansion of Abortion Pills is Dangerous for Women and Disastrous for Unborn Children

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a revision to the Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategy (REMS) for abortion-inducing drugs:
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Usitc Makes Determination In Five-Year (Sunset) Review Concerning Gray Portland Cement And Clinker From Japan

The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that revocation of the existing antidumping duty order on gray portland cement and clinker from Japan would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
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By land and sea with FirstNet: Supporting Hyannis Fire on the cape

When schools let out and summer begins, many families flock to Cape Cod for the history, beaches, seafood, outdoor activities, and festivals.
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Castro Valley Resident Pleads Guilty To Illegally Exporting American Aviation Technology To Beijing University

Defendant Admits Using Intermediary to Funnel Payments for United States Army Aviation-Related Software Sent to Restricted Beijing University
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California-Based Company, Company President Plead Guilty in Scheme to Violate the Export Control Act

Chemicals manufactured or distributed in Rhode Island were earmarked to be exported to a company with ties to the Chinese military
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