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WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs today held a hearing titled “The Power Struggle: Examining the Reliability and Security of America’s Electrical Grid” to examine ongoing threats and challenges to affordable, reliable power to the United States. At the hearing, lawmakers discussed how Biden Administration actions to ...

WASHINGTON—Yesterday, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a markup to consider a series of bills that address federal agency use of artificial intelligence, uncontrolled crime in the nation’s capital, U.S. Postal Service operations, and the regulatory process. “The Oversight Committee took important steps this week, in a mostly bipartisan fashion, to legislatively ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on reports President Biden will order the U.S. military to construct a port in Gaza: “President Biden’s plan to use Americans’ hard-earned money to build a port in Gaza will only fast-track U.S. taxpayer-funded aid into the hands of terrorists such as Hamas and put U.S. servicemembers’ lives at risk. Just this morning, I met with the USAID ...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on President Joe Biden’s state of the union address: “No amount of spin from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue can change the fact that America is in decline after three years of Joe Biden’s presidency. Americans can see it with their own eyes. On day one in office, President Biden signaled to the world that our border was open. Now we have the worst border ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) introduced the GSA Technology Accountability Act to ensure GSA is held accountable to Congress and the American people in how it spends taxpayer dollars on technology projects and initiatives. “Almost a year ago, we began an investigation into Login.gov after the GSA Inspector General reported that Login.gov, which falls under Technology Transformation Services (TTS) ...

WASHINGTON— House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) introduced H.R. 7532 the Federal AI Governance and Transparency Act, which focuses government resources on increasing transparency, oversight, and responsible use of federal AI systems while protecting the public’s privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties. The bipartisan bill centrally codifies federal governance of agency AI systems, establishes new ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing titled “Examining the White House’s Role in Pandemic Preparedness and Response” by explaining that after the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress passed the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats Pandemic Act — more commonly referred to as the PREVENT Pandemics Act. This legislation required the White House to establish a permanent Office of ...

Consolidated PBMs Have Added Costs to American Consumers WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today spoke at an event hosted by The Hill which focused on bipartisan efforts at reforming certain Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) practices. In his remarks, Chairman Comer highlighted the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability’s work to bring accountability for harmful PBM practices which raise costs on American ...

Following interviews with key witnesses, Chairman Comer invites Hunter Biden and his business associates to testify at a public hearing   WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today invited Hunter Biden and his business associates to testify at an upcoming hearing titled, “Influence Peddling: Examining Joe Biden’s Abuse of Public Office.” Following interviews with key witnesses, this hearing ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) will hold a hearing titled “Addressing Real Harm Caused by Deepfakes.” In November, the Subcommittee held a hearing focused on advances in deepfake technology enabled by artificial intelligence. The new hearing will examine how the increasing proliferation of deepfakes of ...