Press Releases

Dec 22, 2020

Comer, Davis, Hice: Padilla Must Be Held Accountable for Voter Contact Contract with Pro-Biden Firm

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), and Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) issued the following statements on the appointment of California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to Kamala Harris’ Senate seat: “Alex Padilla’s actions as California Secretary of State raise serious ethical and legal questions and we must have answers ...

Dec 21, 2020

Scalise Statement on Democrats’ Azar and Redfield Subpoenas

WASHINGTON—Today, Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) issued the following statement on the Democrats’ subpoenas issued to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield. “Today’s subpoenas are just for show. Issuing midnight subpoenas that turn into pumpkins in less than two weeks will not speed up production of the tens of thousands of ...

Dec 18, 2020

Comer on SCOTUS Ruling: Illegal Immigrants Must Not Dilute Americans’ Representation in Congress

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today issued the statement below following the Supreme Court’s dismissal of a challenge to the Trump administration’s plan to exclude illegal immigrants in the reapportionment of congressional seats. “I applaud the Supreme Court’s sound decision not to weigh in on activist litigation. Including illegal immigrants in the count for representation in Congress only dilutes the representation of all ...

Dec 18, 2020

Top Republicans: Presidential Cabinet Must Protect American Security and Values

Comer and Smith Raise Concerns About Several Potential Appointments' Conflicts of Interest WASHINGTON— House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Budget Committee Ranking Member-Elect Jason Smith (R-Mo.) today flagged serious concerns over three potential cabinet picks—Anthony Blinken for Secretary of State, Alejandro Mayorkas for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Neera Tanden for Director of the Office of ...

Dec 17, 2020

Oversight Republicans Again Call on Maloney to Hold Safe, In-Person Hearings

Members request Maloney follow House Attending Physician’s guidelines and other committees’ examples by holding hybrid or socially distanced hearings WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans today renewed their call for Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to hold hybrid or socially distanced hearings instead of remote hearings. In their letter to Chairwoman Maloney, the Committee Republicans raise ...

Dec 17, 2020

Opioid Epidemic Hearing Wrap Up: Sackler Family and Purdue Pharma Profited Off Human Misery

WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Reform today held a hearing with the CEO of Purdue Pharma and two members of the Sackler family about their role in the opioid epidemic. At the hearing, Republican members blasted Purdue Pharma’s marketing strategies, spearheaded by the Sackler family, which endangered lives by encouraging prescriptions of OxyContin to not just those in need. They called out Democrats for holding the hearing during the middle of settlement negotiations, which ...

Dec 17, 2020

Comer: Purdue Pharma and Sackler Family Hold Tremendous Responsibility for Growing Opioid Epidemic

Criticizes Democrats for potentially damaging victims' families ability to get restitution WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s hearing outlining the destructive role Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family played in catalyzing and exacerbating the opioid epidemic. Ranking Member Comer also emphasized his disappointment with Committee Democrats for endangering a settlement agreement by pursuing this hearing in the ...

Dec 15, 2020

Top Republicans Demand California Return Federal Funds to Treasury Due to Padilla’s Unlawful Contract with Pro-Biden Firm

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Administration Committee Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) demanded the State of California return all federal money to the U.S. Treasury that California Secretary of State Alex Padilla is attempting to use for an unlawful contract with a pro-Biden firm to ...

Dec 15, 2020

Republicans: Voter Fraud and Illegality Cannot be Tolerated in Georgia

Members call on Georgia Secretary of State for Briefing on more than 250 Cases of Election Law Violations WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) and Oversight Republicans today wrote Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger regarding concerns over voting irregularities in the State of Georgia during the 2020 election. “The sanctity of the ballot box and the maxim ‘one person, one vote’ are paramount in a democratic ...

Dec 15, 2020

Oversight Republicans Again Demand Emergency Hearing on Big Tech Censorship

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Republicans today called on Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) again to hold an emergency hearing regarding Big Tech’s censorship after both Hunter Biden and the Biden-Harris Transition Team acknowledged that Hunter Biden is under federal investigation regarding his taxes. In October, days before the November 3, 2020 election, an article by the New York Post released information about Hunter ...