News published on Federal Newswire in January 2023

News from January 2023


The Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act

Republicans are blocking the Biden Administration from unleashing 87,000 new IRS agents to go after families and small businesses and their unprecedented increase in IRS audits



Wyden Statement on House Republican Tax Cheating Bill

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement on the House Republican bill rescinding the IRS funding Democrats passed in the Inflation Reduction Act to crack down on tax cheating by the wealthy and corporations:


Wyden Statement on CBO Score of House Republican Bill Rescinding IRA Funding

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement on the newly released CBO score of the House Republican bill rescinding funding Democrats passed in the Inflation Reduction Act to crack down on tax cheating by the wealthy and corporations.


 Westerman Welcomes Committee Members for 118th Congress

Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) welcomed the members the Republican Steering Committee recommended to serve on the committee in the 118th Congress.


 Westerman Confirmed Committee Chairman for 118th Congress

Today, the Republican Conference ratified a resolution confirming U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) as chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources for the 118th Congress.


Chair Rodgers Statement on COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signal

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a potential link between the Pfizer COVID-19 bivalent vaccine and strokes in adults over 65 years of age:


Comer Calls on White House to Release Biden’s Wilmington Residence Visitor Log, Questions Why Biden Aides Continue to Search Properties in Wake of Special Counsel

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.


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


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.


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:


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.


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).


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.


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.


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.


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


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.


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.


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: