Exclusive: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer clarifies the committee's oversight work on the Biden-Harris administration, telling Fox News Digital that Americans “cannot afford” the word “incompetent” any more. .
Vice President Kamala Harris “has been an active participant in the worst administration in American history that has done untold harm to the American people,” Comer told Fox News Digital.
Comer compiled a 72-page report summarizing the committee's “accomplishments of the 118th Congress,” including an investigation into the Biden family's domestic and international business dealings, oversight of the Biden-Harris administration's border crisis, and fraud investigations. He emphasized the activities of the association. Abuse related to coronavirus unemployment relief benefits and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) infiltration in the United States
“Republicans on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee will accomplish what Democrats have ignored: rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government and holding the Biden-Harris administration accountable,” he said. I am working hard to.'' “We were successful.”
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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced a hearing on the “failures” of the Biden administration's policies. (Getty Images)
“Our thorough oversight and investigation revealed rampant waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in the Biden-Harris Administration, and we provided the transparency and accountability that the American people demand,” Comer said. Ta.
The report included the committee's latest Secret Service surveillance following the assassination attempt at former President Donald Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July. Kimberly Cheatle, then head of secret intelligence, resigned the day after publicly testifying before the committee.
“Americans cannot afford another four years of the same policy failures and incompetence,” Comer told Fox News Digital.
“Vice President Kamala Harris has been an active participant in the worst administration in American history that has caused untold harm to the American people,” Comer continued. “To restore prosperity, freedom, and security to Americans, we must return to pro-growth, America-first policies.”
During the 118th Congress, the House Oversight Committee held 135 hearings, issued more than 600 investigative letters, issued 51 subpoenas, heard testimony from 112 government witnesses, and issued 23 of the bills passed by the House of Representatives, three of which were signed into law.
The committee investigated the Biden family's business dealings and found that from 2014 to the present, members of the Biden family and their associates received more than $27 million from foreign individuals or entities. The commission alleged that the family set up a shell company to hide the payments from scrutiny.
The White House previously denounced the investigation as “evidential-free and politically motivated.”
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer speaks at a press conference. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Comer also co-led the impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Comer's oversight committee led the investigation, along with the House Judiciary Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee, following a months-long investigation into the Biden family's business dealings.
The committee concluded that Biden engaged in “impeachable conduct,” “abused his office,” and “defrauded the United States to enrich his family.”
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“We also need to know that the highest levels of Joe Biden's government were active participants in a family influence-spreading racket that earned millions in wealth from Chinese, Russian, and other foreign companies. We also exposed corruption in the United States,” Comer told Fox News Digital.
As a result of these investigations, Comer, Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith sent criminal referrals to the Department of Justice to direct Hunter Biden and James Biden to an impeachment inquiry. It recommended that he be charged with making false statements to Congress about material aspects.
The White House has downplayed the committee's investigation, calling it a “botched act” and saying it has “only found evidence that refutes the false and baseless impeachment inquiry, causing its own members to distance themselves.” The only thing that will be remembered is the embarrassment it caused.” Conspiracy theory. ”
President Biden's son Hunter Biden attends the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Monday, August 19, 2024. (Getty Images)
In response to the investigation, Comer introduced the bipartisan Presidential Ethics Reform Act. The bill would require the president and vice president to disclose conflicts of interest while in office, as well as foreign payments, large gifts, loan transactions, and tax returns for the two years before taking office. . Term of office, length of service, and two years after leaving office. The bill also required the president and vice president to disclose information about any immediate family members who received payments or other gifts from abroad or who used official travel for personal business.
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Regarding the Biden-Harris administration's oversight of the border crisis, Comer said the committee has identified more than 8 million undocumented immigrants encountered at entry, and more than 1.9 million fugitives (who evaded officials but were not subject to other forms of surveillance). It has been confirmed that there are illegal immigrants (who were discovered in the area). Since they took office.
Regarding China, Comer wrote to 25 federal agencies investigating whether their officials were aware of the Chinese Communist Party's outreach to Americans. The commission met with 23 federal agencies and found that “there is no coherent, government-wide strategy to identify, deter, and defeat the Chinese Communist Party's political warfare.”
Migrants line up at a remote U.S. Border Patrol processing center after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in Lukeville, Arizona, Dec. 7, 2023. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
The committee also found that U.S. taxpayers lost more than $100 billion to fraud and improper payments as a result of temporary unemployment insurance programs created in response to COVID-19. did.
The committee also investigated Biden-Harris administration officials who are implementing “radical environmental policies” that Comer said are “putting jobs, energy security, and national security at risk.”
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Meanwhile, after the July 13 assassination attempt on President Trump, Comer launched an oversight investigation into the U.S. Secret Service to investigate “historic failures” and prevent similar incidents from happening again in the future. Acted “quickly”.
Mr. Comer immediately held a hearing with Mr. Cheatle, where Mr. Cheatle publicly testified about the gross security lapses that led to the assassination attempt on President Trump and the murder of innocent attendee Corey Comperatore.
Mr. Cheatle resigned the next day.
Most recently, Mr. Comer launched an investigation into Mr. Harris' running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, over possible ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
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Comer said the committee's “effective and targeted oversight has led to transparency, accountability, and solutions for the American people.”
