WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: U.S. Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy, reintroduced the Taking Account of Bureaucrats' Spending (TABS) Act. The TABS Act would subject the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to the traditional congressional appropriations process, like virtually every other federal agency. Currently, the   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, excoriated the Biden Administration for its failures during the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal. Barr read into the Congressional record a letter he received from a U.S. Marine Corps veteran in the Sixth District who was serving on the ground during the Afghanistan withdrawal. At the veteran's request, his name is reda  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Juan Ciscomani, R-Arizona, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: Congressman Juan Ciscomani today introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at cutting the wait times for veterans seeking disability benefits. The Arizona Republican is teaming up with Congressman Morgan McGarvey, a Democrat from Kentucky, on the Veterans' Appeals Backlog Improvement Act, which focuses on making sure veteran disability claims can be processed faster. "We have a responsibil  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Morgan McGarvey, D-Kentucky, issued the following statement on March 8, 2023: * * * Congressman Morgan McGarvey (KY-03) released the following statement after the Department of Justice released their findings of an investigation into the Louisville Metro Police Department following Breonna Taylor's wrongful death on March 13, 2020. "Like many people across Louisville, my heart breaks for Breonna Taylor and her family all over again. Just a few days short of the thi  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing titled "Burning the Midnight Oil: Why Depleting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is Not a Solution to America's Energy Problem, Part 1." At the hearing, subcommittee members asked expert witnesses about how the B  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) applauded bipartisan Senate passage of a joint resolution (H. J. Res. 26) blocking the D.C. Council's Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022, which would lower penalties for a number of violent criminal offenses, from going into effect. "Today's strong vote in the Senate to s  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing on "Investigating the Origins of COVID-19" to gather facts about the origination of the virus that has claimed nearly seven million lives globally. At the hearing, several of the witnesses pointed to how the science, facts, and evidence point to a lab leak in Wuhan. Key Hearing Ta  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered remarks on the House floor in support of his bill, Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act (H.R. 140). The bill prohibits federal employees from pressuring social media companies to silence, censor, or remove Americans expressing views online. Below   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today's hearing on "Investigating the Origins of COVID-19" by emphasizing how knowing the origin of the virus is essential to helping predict and prevent future pandemics, protecting health and national secu  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: The Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs held a hearing today titled "Force Multipliers: Examining the Need for Additional Resources to Disrupt Transnational Crime at the Border and Beyond." Subcommittee members asked witnesses from U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Field Operations and U  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a Feb. 28, 2023, confirmation hearing for Colleen J. Shogan to be Archivist of the U.S. and head of the National Archives and Records Administration: * * * Every year, tens of thousands of Americans travel to their nation's capital to peacefully stand up for the right to life by participating in the March for Life. It i  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced an updated version of the Breakthrough Therapies Act. This legislation will remove regulatory hurdles that inhibit research and compassionate use access to potentially lifesaving treatments that are heavily restricted by Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. U.S. Representatives Nancy Mace (R-SC) and Madeleine Dean (D-PA) introduced compa  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: To protect Americans' First Amendment right to free speech from government censorship, Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has introduced the Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act (H.R. 140) with cosponsors Chairs Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash). The bill prohibits federal employees from p  more