WASHINGTON, April 28 -- 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 titled "The Consequences of School Closures, Part 2: The President of the American Federation of Teachers, Ms. Randi Weingarten" to delve into any role Ms. Weingarten and the AFT may have played in influencing the CDC's COVID-19 school reopening guidance and keeping schools closed  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Congressmen Barr and McGarvey reintroduced two pieces of legislation to incentivize investment in Kentucky's signature equine industry. The Race Horse Cost Recovery Act of 2023 would make the three-year depreciation schedule permanent for racehorses, regardless of their age when put into service. Currently, Congress must reauthorize this provision in the tax law on an annual basis. The Racehorse Tax Parity Ac  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers (KY-05) voted for the Limit, Save, Grow Act (H.R. 2811), a debt-limit package that cuts spending by more than $4.5 trillion over the next decade and keeps the federal government running. "Raising the debt ceiling is never the path we want to take, but we must make good on what we owe. The Limit, Save, Grow Act, does exactly what it describes; it limits federal spending, save  more

ELIZABETHTOWN, Kentucky, April 28 (TNSres) -- Rep. S. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) announced the winners of the 2023 Congressional Art Competition from Kentucky's Second District at the art competition reception he hosted at the Elizabethtown Tourism and Convention Center on April 24, 2023, for students and their families and educators. Guthrie and other participating Members of the U.S. House of Representatives host the Congre  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- 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.) opened a probe into the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Office of Inspector General (OIG) over its efforts to undermine a legitimate congressional inquiry by investigating a subpoena issued by Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-N.C  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- 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.) and Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure renewing their request for information on what safeguards CMS has in place to address improper payments in the Medicaid program. "We w  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) today opened an investigation into the role the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (SF Fed) and other state and federal regulators played in the Silicon Valley B  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following statement on April 27, 2023: * * * U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement today after meeting with President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea: "I was honored today to welcome President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea to the Capitol. The president's visit underscores our two countries' strong democracies, innovative free enterprise ec  more