WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Katie Britt (R-Alabama) today sent a letter to Majority Leader U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and Minority Leader U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) requesting a classified, all-member briefing on the increasing threats to the homeland from radical Islamic terror groups, including ISIS-K, an offshoot of ISIS that exists primarily in Afgh  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded the Virginia Rural Health Association (VHRA), based in Blacksburg, Virginia, a $100,000 grant to improve health and workforce outcomes in Appalachia. VHRA receives these funds as a result of ARC awarding a larger project, Help Our People Expand the Ecosystem (HOPEE), whose goal is to address  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), Committee on Energy and Commerce (E&C) Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), E&C Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), and E&C Su  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following statement on April 4, 2024: * * * House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on the Office of Personnel Management's final rule, "Civil Service Protections and Merit System Principles," which insulates federal workers from accountability: "OPM's final rule is yet another example of the Biden Adm  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- 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 Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) are conducting oversight of the development of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, specifically related to alcohol consumption. In letters to the U.S. Department of Health and   more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- 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 will hold a hearing tiled "Oversight of the Food and Drug Administration." The hearing will examine the Oversight Committee's ongoing investigations into the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) response to several issues, including the infant formula crisis and food safety, drug shortages, facil  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, issued the following statement on April 3, 2024: * * * Today, Representatives Andy Barr (R-KY), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), and Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), co-chairs of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus released the following statement following the natural disasters in Taiwan. "Our thoughts are with the people of Taiwan who have lost loved ones and are affected by the recent earthquake. We commend both the Taiwanese authorities  more