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…
House Oversight and Accountability Panel Told Pandemic Fraud Is Biggest Scam in US History
Comer Wants to Know Why Fed Worker Health Program Pays $1 Billion for Ineligible Members
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…
Rep. James Comer Says White House ‘Stonewalling’ Classified Documents Probe
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, has accused the White House of “stonewalling” an investigation by Republicans into the handling of classified documents found at President Joe Biden’s former office and one of his homes. In a Jan. 22 interview for “Sunday Morning Futures” on Fox News, Comer…
Comer Questions If Chinese Donors Backed Salaries Paid to Officials With Biden Administration-in-Waiting
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…
White House Says House GOP’s Probe Into Biden Documents Has ‘No Credibility’
The White House said on Jan. 16 that Republicans’ investigations into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified records “should be met with skepticism,” criticizing the probes as “shamelessly hypocritical.” The comments came after House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) vowed to keep pressing the Biden administration for answers over classified documents that were found…
Republicans Introduce Resolution to Stop Non-Citizens From Voting in DC Local Elections
Top Republicans in the U.S. House and Senate have introduced a joint resolution to prevent a law that allows non-citizens the right to vote in the District of Columbia’s local elections, from going into effect. Chairman of the House Oversight Committee James Comer (R-Ky.) introduced H. J. Res. 17 to challenge the D.C. Local Resident…
Comer Tells Biden to Release Visitor Logs for Chief Executive’s Wilmington, Delaware, Home
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…
Comer Oversight Panel to Focus First Hearing on Fraud and Waste in COVID Relief Programs
Hundreds of billions of dollars worth of suspected waste, fraud, and abuse in federal COVID pandemic relief programs will be the focus of the first hearing convened by House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) in the 118th Congress. Certain to be a center of attention during the hearing will be reports of…
Moving Toward House Majority, Top Republican Eyes Probes Into Biden’s China Ties, Virus Origins
As House Republicans inch closer to the majority on Nov. 9, they’re eyeing to launch an onslaught of probes. Top GOP on the House Oversight Committee said the targets include President Joe Biden and his families and the origin of COVID-19. “It looks like we’re going to be in the majority. It looks like we’re…
Biden’s China Ties, Covid Origins Top Agenda as House GOPers Plan Most Investigations Since Tea Party Congress of 2011
If there is a House Republican majority when the 118th Congress convenes on Jan. 3, 2023, it will launch an onslaught of congressional investigations to expose, among much else, what they view as the Biden family’s abuse of public office to enrich themselves. Three House Republican veterans—Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, Rep. Jim Jordan of…
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