ATLANTA, Georgia, April 13 -- Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: The 2023 Rx and Illicit Drug Summit featured a congressional panel on day two of the 12th annual conference led by U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers (KY-05), Dean of the House, who launched the national summit to help combat America's deadly epidemic. Congressman Rogers was joined by Congressmen David Trone (D-MD), Buddy Carter (R-GA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), and Andrew Clyde (R-GA) to discuss federal policy and  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- 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.) will hold a hearing titled "The Biden Administration's Disastrous Withdrawal from Afghanistan, Part I: Review by the Inspectors General." This full committee hearing will examine the work completed by the IG community regarding the Biden Administration's failed Afghanist  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- 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 requesting U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro initiate a review of the high number of improper payments in the Medicaid program. Chairman Comer is also requesting GAO review actions the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Serv  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on March 23, 2023, entitled "Modernizing the Government's Classification System": * * * Twenty-six years ago, a bipartisan Senate Commission chaired by the late Senator Moynihan warned that excessive government secrecy and overclassification have significant consequences for the national interest. The Commissi  more