Category: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability

Fraud Watchdog Promises Prosecution of Feds Who Got Pandemic Unemployment, Loans While Working for Government

February 2, 2023
Fraud and AbuseHouse Committee on Oversight and AccountabilityMichael HorowitzPandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC)Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)Rep. Eric BurlisonRep. James ComerSen. Joni ErnstUSwaste
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Federal employees who fraudulently applied for and received COVID-19 pandemic unemployment insurance benefits while also drawing government paychecks will be referred to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for prosecution, according to a waste, fraud, and abuse watchdog. Asked by Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) “how is it even possible that there is nothing in place to…

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House Oversight and Accountability Panel Told Pandemic Fraud Is Biggest Scam in US History

February 1, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and AccountabilityPandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC)Pandemic Waste and FraudRep. James ComerUS
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When Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo) asked if any of the three expert witnesses testifying before Congress on Feb. 1 could name a single government director or supervisor who has been fired or demoted as a result of the estimated $500 billion lost to waste, fraud, and abuse in pandemic relief spending, none of them could…

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Comer Wants to Know Why Fed Worker Health Program Pays $1 Billion for Ineligible Members

January 23, 2023
Federal Employee Health Benefits ProgramHouse Committee on Oversight and AccountabilityOffice of Personnel ManagementRep. James ComerUS
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House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is demanding to know why the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) is shelling out more than $1 billion annually in payments for people who are not eligible participants. Comer told Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Kiran Ahuja in a Jan. 23 letter that a…

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Comer Questions If Chinese Donors Backed Salaries Paid to Officials With Biden Administration-in-Waiting

January 18, 2023
ChinaHouse Committee on Oversight and AccountabilityPennBiden CenterPoliticspresident joe bidenRep. James ComerUniversity of PennsylvaniaUSUS News
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Millions of dollars donated by anonymous Chinese sources to the Penn Biden Center in Washington may have covered paychecks for multiple officials working at the think tank as part of a Biden administration-in-waiting, according to House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.). “The Penn Biden Center appears to have acted as a…

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Comer Tells Biden to Release Visitor Logs for Chief Executive’s Wilmington, Delaware, Home

January 15, 2023
Biden Classified DocumentsBiden Documents ProbecongressExecutive BranchFeatured TopicsHouse Committee on Oversight and AccountabilityPoliticspresident joe bidenRep. James ComerRepublicansUSUS NewsWhite House Chief of Staff Ron Klain
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House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is demanding that President Joe Biden make public the visitors log for the chief executive’s Wilmington, Delaware, residence, as well as “documents and communications about all properties and locations searched, including the identities of the Biden aides conducting the searches.” In a Jan. 15 letter…

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