WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release on March 28, 2023, and letter: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is conducting oversight of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) regulation of tobacco and nicotine products through its Center for Tobacco Products (CTP). The CTP has failed to effectively define and administer its tobacco and nicotine regulatory programs, resulting in industry uncertainty and unsa  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. S. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) and Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (CA-16), who serve as the Chair and Ranking Member, respectively, of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health, sent a letter to Dr. Peter Marks, the director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), on the backlog of cell and gene therapy applicati  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. S. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release on March 28, 2023: Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) and Congresswoman Susan Wild (PA-07) today reintroduced the Early Educators Apprenticeship Act, a bipartisan bill to address the shortage of qualified early educators. "There is a shortage in qualified early educators, who play an important role in the learning and care of our country's youngest students. I'm proud to reintroduce the Early Educators   more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- 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.) is conducting oversight of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) regulation of tobacco and nicotine products through its Center for Tobacco Products (CTP). The CTP has failed to effectively define and administer its tobacco and nicotine regulatory programs, resulting   more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, issued the following news release on March 28, 2023: Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following opening statement at today's Health Subcommittee hearing titled "Lowering Unaffordable Costs: Examining Transparency and Competition in Health Care." Excerpts and highlights below: THE RISING COST OF HEALTH CARE "Today, we are holding a bipartisan he  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- 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.), House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) led a letter rais  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: The Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs held a hearing titled, "Ensuring Force Readiness: Examining Progressivism's Impact on an All-Volunteer Military." Subcommittee members discussed with experts how the Biden Administration's push for progressivism to be infused into the military has negatively affected military   more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on March 28, 2023: The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services held a hearing today titled "FDA Oversight Part 1: The Infant Formula Shortage." At the hearing, subcommittee members asked Frank Yiannas, Former Deputy Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about the FDA's fai  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, issued the following news release on March 28, 2023: House Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) delivered opening remarks at today's subcommittee hearing titled "FDA Oversight Part 1: The Infant Formula Shortage" to conduct oversight of the FDA's response to the nationwide infant formula short  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release and letter on March 28, 2023: Following severe storms in February, Kentucky's federal delegation sent a joint letter to President Biden, urging his approval of Governor Andy Beshear's request for a Major Disaster Declaration, which would release federal funding to assist with critical clean-up and repairs. The letter was signed by U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Senator Rand Paul, and Repres  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following commentary to the Roll Call, on March 28, 2023: * * * The Overclassification Problem Plaguing the Federal Government Twenty-six years ago, a bipartisan Senate commission chaired by late Senator Daniel Moynihan warned that excessive government secrecy and overclassification would have significant consequences for the national interest. The   more

WASHINGTON, March 29 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following statement on March 28, 2023: * * * U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement as the Senate debates repealing the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force. "I am opposed to Congress sunsetting any military force authorizations in the Middle East. Our terrorist enemies aren't sunsetting their war against us. And when we deploy our servicemembe  more