News from March 2023
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
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.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
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.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
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.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
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).
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
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
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
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:
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
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.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
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
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
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.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
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.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
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.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) will hold a roundtable titled “Preparing For the Future By Learning From the Past: Examining COVID Policy Decisions.” At the roundtable, lawmakers will discuss COVID-19 policy decisions with renowned doctors to thoroughly examine the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced a markup of legislation to protect speech from government censorship.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Committee Republicans are calling on the federal government agencies administering more than $113 billion in U.S. taxpayer-funded assistance to Ukraine to provide documents and information to ensure that these dollars are being protected from waste, fraud, and abuse.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) initiated an investigation into the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) pattern of bypassing fair competition and awarding sole source, no-bid contracts worth millions of taxpayer dollars. In a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Chairman Comer raises concern that DHS’s reliance on no-bid contracts is jeopardizing taxpayer dollars for political expedience and is seeking all documents and communications to understand DHS’s justification to forego full and open competition for another taxpayer-funded contract.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is calling on Mr. Vuk Jeremic, a former Serbian politician and former President of the United Nations General Assembly, to provide documents, communications, and records related to the Biden family’s involvement in foreign business ventures that included an individual with connections to the Chinese Communist Party and was convicted of international bribery schemes.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
Carter Remarks at Military Construction & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee Hearing on Quality of Life in the Military (As Prepared)
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
First, I would like to welcome our two witnesses: Celeste Wallander, who serves as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, and Lieutenant General Douglas Sims II, the Director for Operations at the Joint Chiefs of Staff. We look forward to your testimony.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm regarding reports that DOE has determined the COVID pandemic began from a lab leak in China.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary David Turk regarding misleading claims about DOE’s vetting of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) award recipients. Deputy Secretary Turk recently testified before ENR at a hearing to examine DOE’s implementation of the IIJA.
