House Report 117-699 — Activities of the Committee on Oversight and Reform
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House Report 117–699, Activities of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, ordered to be printed December 31, 2022. A letter of transmittal dated December 30, 2022, from Chairwoman Maloney to the Speaker of the House of Representatives submits the committee's activities report under House rule XI, clause 1(d)(1). The introduction states that the Committee and its five subcommittees had 90 hearings and that 28 bills advanced by the Committee were enacted into law. The contents list oversight hearings, legislative accomplishments, and a summary of the oversight plan, including items for the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.
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Union Calendar No. 515
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
" HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES !
2d Session 117–699
ACTIVITIES
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM
ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
DECEMBER 31, 2022
Pursuant to House rule XI, I(d)(1))
DECEMBER 31, 2022.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM,
Washington, DC, December 30, 2022.
Hon. NANCY PELOSI,
Speaker, House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
DEAR MADAM SPEAKER: Under rule XI, clause 1(d)(1) of the Rules
of the House of Representatives, ‘‘[n]ot later than January 2, of
each odd-numbered year, a committee shall submit to the House a
report on the activities of that committee.’’ Pursuant to this rule,
I respectfully submit the activities report of the Committee on
Oversight and Reform for the 117th Congress. As required by the
rule, a copy of this report ‘‘has been available to each member of
the [C]ommittee for . . . seven calendar days.’’
Sincerely,
CAROLYN B. MALONEY,
Chairwoman.
(III)
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CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... 1
II. OVERSIGHT HEARINGS ............................................................................. 5
A. Full Committee .............................................................................. 5
B. Subcommittee on National Security ............................................ 11
C. Subcommittee on Government Operations .................................. 13
D. Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy ..................... 16
E. Subcommittee on Environment .................................................... 16
F. Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties ..................... 17
G. Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis ......................... 20
III. OVERSIGHT BRIEFINGS AND ROUNDTABLES .................................... 23
A. Full Committee and Subcommittees ............................................ 23
B. Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis ......................... 25
IV. LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ....................................................... 26
A. Business Meetings (Legislation) ................................................... 26
B. Legislation Enacted into Law ....................................................... 29
C. Bills Passed by the House ............................................................ 37
D. Legislation Considered by the Committee .................................. 41
E. Postal Naming Measures Enacted into Law ............................... 48
F. Postal Naming Measures Passed by the House .......................... 54
G. Postal Naming Measures Approved by the Committee ............. 56
V. SUMMARY OF OVERSIGHT PLAN AND CORRESPONDING AC-
TIONS ......................................................................................................... 56
A. Full Committee .............................................................................. 58
i. Health Care ................................................................................. 58
ii. Census ......................................................................................... 62
iii. Information Technology, Cybersecurity, and Data Privacy ... 64
iv. Environment .............................................................................. 65
v. Homeland and National Security .............................................. 70
vi. Structural Racism and Racial Equity ...................................... 71
vii. Gender Equity .......................................................................... 73
viii. Voting Rights ........................................................................... 76
ix. Immigration ............................................................................... 78
x. Gun Violence ............................................................................... 79
xi. Corporate Accountability .......................................................... 80
xii. Executive Branch Ethics, Transparency, Accountability,
and Procurement ..................................................................... 81
xiii. Presidential Conflicts of Interest and Emoluments ............. 84
B. Subcommittee on National Security ............................................ 86
i. U.S. Counterterrorism Operations Against al Qaeda, the Is-
lamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and Affiliated Ter-
rorist Organizations ................................................................ 86
ii. Military Readiness ..................................................................... 86
iii. Cyber Threats to Critical Infrastructure ................................ 87
C. Subcommittee on Government Operations .................................. 87
i. Federal Information Technology and Cybersecurity Policy ..... 87
ii. Preventing a Patronage System in the Federal Workforce .... 88
iii. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
(WMATA) ................................................................................. 89
iv. Support for the Federal Workforce .......................................... 89
v. Restoring the Independence of Inspectors General ................. 91
vi. Improving the Performance of the Postal Service .................. 92
vii. Improper Payments by the Federal Government .................. 94
viii. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Oversight ............................ 94
ix. Peaceful Transitions of Power .................................................. 94
x. Government Operations, Generally .......................................... 95
D. Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy ..................... 96
i. Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic and Flavored Cigarettes ............. 96
ii. Toxic Heavy Metals in Baby Foods .......................................... 98
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iii. Organ Procurement Industry Concerns .................................. 99
iv. Sale of Utility Customer Information to ICE for Deportation
Purposes ................................................................................... 99
v. Toxic Pet Collars ........................................................................ 100
vi. Online Content .......................................................................... 100
vii. Sex Trafficking Linked to Postsecondary Education ............. 101
viii. Spam Text Messages and Fraud ............................................ 101
ix. Higher Education Transcripts .................................................. 102
x. Tear Gas ...................................................................................... 102
xi. Chemicals in Food Packaging .................................................. 102
xii. Excess Corporate Price Hikes ................................................. 103
xiii. Heart Pump Devices ............................................................... 103
xiv. Baby Formula .......................................................................... 104
xv. Reproductive Health Data Privacy ......................................... 104
xvi. Gas Stoves ................................................................................ 105
xvii. Cryptocurrency Fraud and Scams ........................................ 105
xviii. Inclined Infant Products ....................................................... 105
E. Subcommittee on Environment .................................................... 106
i. Fossil Fuel Subsidies .................................................................. 106
ii. Job Creation ............................................................................... 106
iii. Wildfires .................................................................................... 106
iv. Regenerative Agriculture .......................................................... 107
v. Leaded Aviation Fuel ................................................................. 107
vi. Environmental Justice .............................................................. 108
F. Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties ..................... 108
i. Spread of White Supremacy and Extremist Ideologies ............ 108
ii. Voting Rights .............................................................................. 109
iii. First Amendment Rights and Civil/LGBTQ+ Rights ............. 109
iv. Equal Protection and Property Rights ..................................... 110
v. Due Process in the Immigration System .................................. 110
vi. Criminal Justice Reform Policies ............................................. 110
G. Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis ......................... 111
i. Role of Political Appointees in Public Health Response .......... 111
ii. Development and Distribution of Coronavirus Vaccines ........ 112
iii. Distribution of Critical Supplies .............................................. 113
iv. Impact of Pandemic on Nursing Homes .................................. 114
v. Federal Lending Programs ........................................................ 115
vi. Coronavirus Protections for Meatpacking Workers ................ 117
vii. Farmers to Families Food Box Program ................................ 117
viii. Protecting Homeowners and Renters During the Pan-
demic ........................................................................................ 118
VI. SUMMARY OF ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES AND AC-
TIONS ......................................................................................................... 119
A. Additional Oversight and Investigations of the Full Committee
and Standing Subcommittees .................................................... 119
i. War in Ukraine ........................................................................... 119
ii. Monkeypox .................................................................................. 119
B. Additional Oversight Activities of the Select Subcommittee
on the Coronavirus Crisis .......................................................... 120
i. Workforce Inequities ................................................................... 120
C. Official Travel/Delegations ........................................................... 121
D. State and District Level Reports ................................................. 121
VII. HEARINGS HELD PURSUANT TO PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(n) OF
HOUSE RULE XI ....................................................................................... 121
VIII. HEARINGS HELD PURSUANT TO PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (p) OF
HOUSE RULE XI ....................................................................................... 123
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Calendar No. 515
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
" HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES !
2d Session 117–699
ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND
REFORM
DECEMBER 31, 2022.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY, from the Committee on Oversight and
Reform, submitted the following
R E P O R T
I. INTRODUCTION
During the 117th Congress, the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form and its five subcommittees held 90 hearings. The Committee
issued 444 state and district level staff reports for Members of the
House on the expected benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act. In
addition, 28 bills advanced by the Committee were enacted into
law. An additional 16 bills, not including postal-naming measures,
were passed by the House.
Under the leadership of Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, the
Committee conducted important investigations and delivered mean-
ingful results for the American people:
• The Committee achieved extraordinary results to provide
economic relief to families, improve benefits for working fami-
lies, and protect Americans from gun violence.
» In February 2021, the Committee passed a $350 bil-
lion aid package for states and localities, which was in-
cluded in the American Rescue Plan—funds that were cru-
cial to our nation’s economic recovery and extraordinary
job growth.
» In July 2021, the Committee passed legislation to pro-
vide comprehensive paid family and medical leave for fed-
eral employees, building on Congress’s 2020 passage of
Chairwoman Maloney’s landmark legislation providing
paid parental leave for federal employees.
» The Committee launched an investigation into the
sale and marketing of assault-style weapons used in mass
shootings and released new information on the role of gun
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manufacturers and gun dealers in the gun violence crisis.
On June 25, 2022, following the Committee’s historic hear-
ing on the need to address the gun violence, President
Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into
law, including anti-trafficking provisions long championed
by Chairwoman Maloney.
» In August 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation
Reduction Act, which included key Committee priorities to
support electric vehicles, equitable climate action, and
strong federal oversight of the relevant programs.
» The Inflation Reduction Act included reforms cham-
pioned by Chairwoman Maloney to reduce health care
costs for families across America by expanding access to
affordable health insurance and lowering drug prices. In
2021, the Committee concluded its three-year investigation
exposing the practices of pharmaceutical companies that
suppress competition and keep prices high, making pre-
scription drugs unaffordable for many Americans. In April
2022, the Chairwoman introduced a bicameral package of
legislation to address findings from the Committee’s inves-
tigation.
• The Committee led the way on crucial legislation to grant
D.C. statehood, rescue the Postal Service, protect the census,
and improve the federal government.
» In April 2021, following a committee hearing, the
Committee and the House passed H.R. 51, the Wash-
ington, D.C. Admission Act, which would make D.C. the
51st state.
» In April 2022, President Biden signed Chairwoman
Maloney’s bipartisan Postal Service Reform Act, which will
place the Postal Service on sustainable financial footing for
years to come.
» In May 2022, the Committee and the House passed
the Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act to in-
crease transparency and direct increased federal program
investments to communities most in need.
» In June 2022, the Committee passed the LBTQI+
Data Inclusion Act to ensure that lawmakers and federal
agencies have the comprehensive data they need to better
serve LGBTQI+ people.
» In July 2022, the House passed the Fiscal Year 2023
National Defense Authorization Act, which included provi-
sions championed by the Committee to address the vet-
erans’ records backlog and protect Inspectors General.
» In September 2022, the House passed Chairwoman
Maloney’s Ensuring a Fair and Accurate Census Act to
protect the independence of the Census Bureau and pre-
vent partisan manipulation of the census.
» In September 2022, the House passed Chairwoman
Maloney’s bipartisan Whistleblower Protection Improve-
ment Act to protect federal employees from retaliation.
• The Committee conducted investigations that exposed cor-
ruption and conflicts of interest in the Trump Administration—
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overturn the 2020 election—and performed critical oversight of
the Biden Administration.
» The Committee investigated the January 6th assault
and attacks on the right to vote, uncovering evidence that
President Trump pressured the Justice Department to
make false claims of election fraud. The Committee also
investigated efforts by the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity (DHS) Inspector General (IG) to cover up the erasure
of January 6 communications by the U.S. Secret Service.
» The Committee investigated rampant corruption in
the Trump Administration. In October 2021, the Com-
mittee released new evidence that former President Trump
hid millions in personal debts and losses while bidding on
the Trump Hotel, creating serious conflicts of interest.
» In February 2022, the Committee launched an inves-
tigation into former President Trump’s violations of the
Presidential Records Act (PRA) after he illegally removed
sensitive government documents from the White House
and transported them to his Mar-a-Lago club. Following a
joint Committee request, the Director of National Intel-
ligence (DNI) announced a national security damage as-
sessment stemming from this conduct.
» In June 2022, the Committee launched an investiga-
tion into President Trump’s apparent failure to account for
foreign gifts while in office, in violation of federal law.
» In July 2022, the Committee won a major court vic-
tory in its long-running investigation into former President
Trump’s conflicts of interest and self-dealing and secured
an agreement to obtain documents from Mr. Trump’s
former accounting firm, Mazars. In November 2022, the
Committee released documents showing that foreign gov-
ernments spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at Trump
Hotel.
» In October 2022, the Committee released new evi-
dence showing that the Trump Organization overcharged
the Secret Service to stay at Trump-owned properties
while protecting the former President and his family mem-
bers.
» After facing years of obstruction from the Trump Ad-
ministration, the Committee released new documents
showing the Trump Administration’s politicization of the
2020 Census, leading the House to pass Chairwoman
Maloney’s Ensuring a Fair and Accurate Census Act.
» The Committee conducted essential oversight of fed-
eral agencies, from the toxic culture at Customs and Bor-
der Protection (CBP) to the unacceptable backlog of
records for veterans at the National Archives.
» The Committee’s joint investigation of Emergent Bio-
Solutions contributed to the Biden Administration’s deci-
sion to drop a multimillion-dollar vaccine contract after the
company failed to perform.
• The Committee achieved important victories in protecting
women’s right to choose, seeking accountability for the opioid
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» The Committee conducted investigations into repro-
ductive health care access, held multiple hearings on the
impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn
Roe v. Wade, and released an analysis detailing efforts by
Republicans at all levels of government to ban abortion or
impose restrictions on access to reproductive health care.
» In December 2021, the Committee won a major vic-
tory when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) re-
moved unnecessary restrictions on medication abortion fol-
lowing the Committee’s requests.
» The Committee released new information on compli-
ance with the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirement to
fully cover birth control and launched a probe into repro-
ductive health data privacy.
» The Committee demanded accountability from cor-
porate actors who are responsible for the prevalence of
opioid addiction among Americans. Following the Commit-
tee’s investigation, a federal court rejected an unfair bank-
ruptcy settlement that would have protected one of these
actors—the Sackler family—from liability.
» The Committee released findings from its investiga-
tion into McKinsey’s consulting work during the opioid epi-
demic, revealing that McKinsey consultants worked on
FDA contracts while also working for opioid manufactur-
ers. The Committee then advanced legislation to end these
conflicts of interest.
» The Committee pressed the Administration to accel-
erate its response to the rapidly increasing monkeypox
virus outbreak, resulting in the Biden Administration de-
claring a public health emergency.
» The Committee launched a joint investigation with
the Energy and Commerce Committee into FDA’s approval
of the Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm. Shortly after the Com-
mittees launched their investigation, the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) IG announced a review
of the approval process. Biogen, the drug’s manufacturer,
subsequently announced it would reduce the price of
Aduhelm by 50 percent.
• The Committee conducted major investigations and held
historic hearings on consumer protection issues and other top-
ics directly affecting the American people.
» The Committee launched an investigation into fossil
fuel disinformation, holding a historic hearing with indus-
try chief executive officers (CEOs) and releasing new evi-
dence that the fossil fuel industry is misleading the public
about its central role in the climate crisis.
» Following the Committee’s investigation into inclined
sleep products that led to the deaths of dozens of infants,
the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) banned
these dangerous products, and Congress passed legislation
to protect infants.
» In May 2022, the Committee launched an investiga-
tion into infant formula manufacturers’ role in the nation-
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» In August 2022, the Committee released a report re-
vealing how election lies endanger election workers and
American democracy.
» In October 2022, the Committee launched a joint in-
vestigation into the Jackson, Mississippi, water crisis.
» The Committee shined a spotlight on disparities faced
by women and communities of color, including through
hearings on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and the
Black maternal health crisis.
• The Committee’s five subcommittees conducted crucial
oversight of classroom censorship, toxic baby food, tobacco reg-
ulation, attacks on the federal workforce, veteran suicides, sex-
ual abuse in JROTC programs, and environmental justice, and
other important topics, contributing to the Committee’s overall
success.
To carry out its duties as effectively as possible, at the beginning
of the 116th Congress, the Committee established the following five
standing subcommittees, which remained throughout the 117th
Congress: Subcommittee on National Security; Subcommittee on
Government Operations; Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer
Policy; Subcommittee on Environment; and Subcommittee on Civil
Rights and Civil Liberties. On April 23, 2020, in response to the
COVID–19 pandemic, the House passed H. Res. 935, which estab-
lished the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis as an ad-
ditional investigative subcommittee of the Committee on Oversight
and Reform. The Select Subcommittee remained in place through-
out the 117th Congress.
This report describes the Committee’s major oversight and legis-
lative accomplishments, provides a summary of Committee and
Subcommittee proceedings, and summarizes activities of the Sub-
committees during the 117th Congress.
II. OVERSIGHT HEARINGS
A. FULL COMMITTEE
In the 117th Congress, the full Committee held 37 hearings and
received testimony from 193 witnesses. Those hearings include:
Hearing on ‘‘Accountability and Lessons Learned from the Trump
Administration’s Child Separation Policy’’ (February 4, 2021). Wit-
ness: The Honorable Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector General, U.S.
Department of Justice (DOJ).
Hearing on ‘‘Legislative Proposals to Put the Postal Service on
Sustainable Financial Footing’’ (February 24, 2021). Witnesses: The
Honorable Ron Bloom, Chairman, U.S. Postal Service Board of
Governors; Mr. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General, U.S. Postal Serv-
ice (USPS); Ms. Tammy Whitcomb, Inspector General, USPS; Mr.
Mark Dimondstein, President, American Postal Workers Union,
AFL–CIO; Mr. Joel Quadracci, Chairman, President, and CEO,
Quad/Graphics; Mr. Kevin Kosar, Resident Scholar, American En-
terprise Institute.
Hearing ‘‘Weathering the Storm: The Role of Private Tech in the
SolarWinds Breach and Ongoing Campaign’’ (February 26, 2021).
Witnesses: Mr. Sudhakar Ramakrishna, President and CEO,
SolarWinds Corporation; Mr. Kevin B. Thompson, Former CEO,
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Mr. Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer, Microsoft Cor-
poration.
Hearing on ‘‘The 2021 GAO [U.S. Government Accountability Of-
fice] High-Risk List: Blueprint for a Safer, Stronger, More Effective
America’’ (March 2, 2021). Witness: The Honorable Gene L.
Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, GAO. The fol-
lowing GAO executives attended to support the Comptroller Gen-
eral: Mr. J. Christopher Mihm, Managing Director, Strategic
Issues, GAO; Ms. Cathy Berrick, Managing Directing, Defense Ca-
pabilities and Management, GAO; Ms. A. Nikki Clowers, Managing
Director, Health Care, GAO; Mr. Mark Gaffigan, Managing Direc-
tor, Natural Resources and Environment, GAO; Mr. Dan Garcia-
Diaz, Managing Director, Financial Markets and Community In-
vestment, GAO; Mr. Nick Marinos, Director, Information Tech-
nology, and Cybersecurity, GAO; Mr. David Trimble, Managing Di-
rector, Physical Infrastructure, GAO.
Hearing on ‘‘H.R. 51: Making D.C. the 51st State’’ (March 22,
2021). Witnesses: The Honorable Muriel Bowser, Mayor, District of
Columbia; The Honorable Phil Mendelson, Chairman, Council of
the District of Columbia; Mr. Fitzroy Lee, Interim Chief Financial
Officer, District of Columbia; Ms. Mainon A. Schwartz, Legislative
Attorney, Congressional Research Service; Mr. Wade Henderson,
Interim President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil
and Human Rights; Mr. Harry Wingo, D.C. Veteran; Mr. Zack
Smith, Legal Fellow, Meese Center, Heritage Foundation.
Hearing on ‘‘Honoring ‘Equal Pay Day’: Examining the Long-
Term Economic Impacts of Gender Inequality’’ (March 24, 2021).
Witnesses: Ms. Megan Rapinoe, U.S. Women’s National Soccer
Team World Cup Champion and Equal Pay Advocate; Ms. Ai-jen
Poo, Executive Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance;
Khara Jabola-Carolus, Executive Director, Hawaii State Commis-
sion on the Status of Women; Ms. Patrice Onwuka, Director, Cen-
ter for Economic Opportunity, Independent Women’s Forum; Dr. C.
Nicole Mason, President and CEO, Institute for Women’s Policy Re-
search.
Hearing on ‘‘Improving Government Accountability and Trans-
parency’’ (May 3, 2021). Witnesses: Mr. James-Christian
Blockwood, Executive Vice President, Partnership for Public Serv-
ice; Ms. Elizabeth Hempowicz, Director of Public Policy, Project on
Government Oversight (POGO); Mr. Rudy Mehrbani, Senior Advi-
sor, Democracy Fund; Mr. Zack Smith, Legal Fellow, Meese Center,
The Heritage Foundation.
Hearing on ‘‘Birthing While Black: Examining America’s Black
Maternal Health Crisis’’ (May 6, 2021). Witnesses: The Honorable
Ayanna Pressley, Member of Congress, 7th District of Massachu-
setts; The Honorable Cori Bush, Member of Congress, 1st District
of Missouri; The Honorable Lauren Underwood, Member of Con-
gress, 14th District of Illinois, Co-Chair, Black Maternal Health
Caucus; The Honorable Alma S. Adams, Ph.D., Member of Con-
gress, 12th District of North Carolina, Co-Chair, Black Maternal
Health Caucus; Ms. Tatyana Ali, Actress and Advocate; Mr.
Charles Johnson, Husband of Kira Johnson and Founder of
4Kira4Moms; Ms. Veronica Gillispie, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., M.S., Med-
ical Director, Louisiana Perinatal Quality Collaborative; Ms. Joia
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tional Birth Equity Collaborative; Ms. Jamila Taylor, Ph.D., Direc-
tor of Health Care Reform and Senior Fellow, The Century Foun-
dation; Ms. Tamika Auguste, M.D., Chair of the Obstetrician and
Gynecologist Clinical Practice Council, MedStar Health.
Hearing on ‘‘The Capitol Insurrection: Unexplained Delays and
Unanswered Questions’’ (May 12, 2021). Witnesses: The Honorable
Christopher C. Miller, Former Acting Secretary, Department of De-
fense (DOD); The Honorable Jeffrey A. Rosen, Former Acting Attor-
ney General, DOJ; Mr. Robert J. Contee III, Chief, Metropolitan
Police Department.
Hearing on ‘‘Unsustainable Drug Prices (Part III): Testimony
from AbbVie CEO Richard Gonzalez’’ (May 18, 2021). Witnesses:
Mr. Richard Gonzalez, Chairman of the Board and CEO, AbbVie
Inc.; Dr. Aaron Kesselheim, Associate Professor of Medicine, Har-
vard Medical School; Mr. Tahir Amin, Co-Founder and Co-Execu-
tive Director, Initiative for Medicines, Access, and Knowledge; Mr.
Craig Garthwaite, Herman Smith Research Professor in Hospital
and Health Services, Kellogg School of Management at North-
western University.
Hearing on ‘‘Sleeping Danger: The Rock ’n Play and Failures in
Infant Product Safety’’ (June 7, 2021). Witnesses: Mr. Ynon Kreiz,
CEO, Mattel Inc.; Mr. Chuck Scothon, Senior Vice President and
General Manager, Fisher-Price, Global Head of Infant and Pre-
school, Mattel Inc.
Hearing on ‘‘The SACKLER Act and Other Policies to Promote
Accountability for the Sackler Family’s Role in the Opioid Epi-
demic’’ (June 8, 2021). Witnesses: Ms. Alexis Pleus, Founder and
Executive Director, Truth Pharm; The Honorable Maura Healey,
Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; The Honor-
able Jim Carroll, Former Director, White House Office of National
Drug Control Policy (ONDCP); The Honorable Lawrence Wasden,
Attorney General, State of Idaho; Mr. Patrick Radden Keefe, Au-
thor of Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty.
Hearing on ‘‘The Capitol Insurrection: Unexplained Delays and
Unanswered Questions (Part II)’’ (June 15, 2021). Witnesses: The
Honorable Christopher A. Wray, Director, Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation (FBI); Lieutenant General Walter E. Piatt, Director of the
Army Staff, U.S. Army; General Charles A. Flynn, Commanding
General, U.S. Army Pacific.
Hearing on ‘‘Leading by Example: The Need for Comprehensive
Paid Leave for the Federal Workforce and Beyond’’ (June 24, 2021).
Witnesses: Mr. Everett Kelley, National President, American Fed-
eration of Government Employees; Ms. Vicki Shabo, Senior Fellow,
Paid Leave Policy and Strategy, Better Life Lab, New America; Ms.
Lelaine Bigelow, Interim Vice President for Economic Justice and
Congressional Relations, National Partnership for Women & Fami-
lies; Mr. Eric Sorkin, Co-Owner, Runamok Maple; Ms. Hadley
Heath Manning, Director of Policy, Independent Women’s Forum.
Hearing on ‘‘Building Back with Justice: Environmental Justice
Is Central to the American Jobs Plan’’ (July 21, 2021). Witnesses:
Mr. Richard Moore, Co-Coordinator, Los Jardines Institute, Na-
tional Co-Coordinator, Environmental Justice Health Alliance, Co-
Chair, White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council; Ms.
Nicole Lee Ndumele, Vice President, Racial Equity and Justice,
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Executive Director, ReGenesis Community Development Corpora-
tion, Member, White House Environmental Justice Advisory Coun-
cil; Ms. Raya Salter, Esq., Member, New York State Climate Action
Council; Mr. Michael Leon Guerrero, Executive Director, Labor
Network for Sustainability; Mr. Shay Hawkins, Chairman and
CEO, Opportunity Funds Association.
Hearing on ‘‘A State of Crisis: Examining the Urgent Need to
Protect and Expand Abortion Rights and Access’’ (September 30,
2021). Witnesses: The Honorable Cori Bush, Member of Congress,
First District of Missouri; The Honorable Barbara Lee, Co-Chair,
Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, Member of Congress, 13th Dis-
trict of California; The Honorable Kat Cammack, Member of Con-
gress, Third District of Florida; The Honorable Pramila Jayapal,
Member of Congress, Seventh District of Washington; The Honor-
able Judy Chu, Member of Congress, 27th District of California;
Ms. Gloria Steinem, Feminist and Social Activist; Ms. Maleeha
Aziz, Community Organizer, Texas Equal Access Fund; Ms.
Ghazaleh Moayedi, M.D., Texas-based Obstetrician-Gynecologist
(OB/GYN), Board Member, Physicians for Reproductive Health; Ms.
Ingrid Skop, M.D., Texas-based OB/GYN; Ms. Melissa Murray, Pro-
fessor of Law, New York University; Ms. Loretta Ross, Co-Founder
of the Reproductive Justice Movement, Associate Professor of the
Study of Women and Gender, Smith College.
Hearing on ‘‘Hurricane Ida and Beyond: Readiness, Recovery,
and Resilience’’ (October 5, 2021). Witness: The Honorable Deanne
Criswell, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Hearing on ‘‘Assessing the Election ‘Audit’ in Arizona and
Threats to American Democracy’’ (October 7, 2021). Witnesses: Mr.
Jack Sellers, Chairman, Board of Supervisors, Maricopa County,
Arizona; Mr. Bill Gates, Vice Chairman, Board of Supervisors, Mar-
icopa County, Arizona; Mr. David Becker, Executive Director and
Founder, Center for Election Innovation and Research; Ms. Gowri
Ramachandran, Senior Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice; Mr.
Ken Bennett, Senate Audit Liaison, Former Secretary of State, Ari-
zona.
Hearing on ‘‘The Equal Rights Amendment: Achieving Constitu-
tional Equality for All’’ (October 21, 2021). Witnesses: The Honor-
able Jennifer McClellan, Virginia State Senator; Ms. Bamby
Salcedo, President, TransLatin@ Coalition, Board Member, ERA
Coalition; Ms. Victoria Nourse, Professor of Law, Georgetown Uni-
versity Law Center; Ms. Carol Jenkins, President, ERA Coalition;
Ms. Alyssa Milano, Actor, ERA Advocate; Ms. Eleanor Smeal,
President, Feminist Majority; Ms. Inez Feltscher Stepman, Senior
Policy Analyst, Independent Women’s Forum.
Hearing on ‘‘Fueling the Climate Crisis: Exposing Big Oil’s
Disinformation Campaign to Prevent Climate Action’’ (October 28,
2021). Witnesses: Mr. Darren Woods, CEO, ExxonMobil Corpora-
tion; Mr. David Lawler, CEO, BP America Inc.; Mr. Michael K.
Wirth, CEO, Chevron Corporation; Ms. Gretchen Watkins, Presi-
dent, Shell Oil Company; Mr. Mike Sommers, President, American
Petroleum Institute; Ms. Suzanne Clark, President and CEO, U.S.
Chamber of Commerce; Mr. Neal Crabtree, Former Welding Fore-
man, Keystone XL Pipeline.
Hearing on ‘‘Cracking Down on Ransomware: Strategies for Dis-
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Threats’’ (November 16, 2021). Witnesses: The Honorable Chris
Inglis, National Cyber Director, Executive Office of the President
(EOP); Mr. Brandon Wales, Executive Director, Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA); Mr. Bryan Vorndran, As-
sistant Director, Cyber Division, FBI.
Hearing on ‘‘Cybersecurity for the New Frontier: Reforming the
Federal Information Security Modernization Act’’ (January 11,
2022). Witnesses: Mr. Grant Schneider, Senior Director of Cyberse-
curity Services, Venable Federal Chief Information Security Offi-
cer, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (2018–2020), Senior
Director for Cybersecurity Policy, National Security Council (2017–
2020); Ms. Renee Wynn, CEO, RP Wynn Consulting LLC, Chief In-
formation Officer (CIO), National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration (2015–2020); Mr. Gordon Bitko, Senior Vice President of
Policy, Public Sector, Information Technology Industry Council,
CIO, FBI (2016–2019); Ms. Jennifer R. Franks, Director of Informa-
tion Technology and Cybersecurity, GAO; Mr. Ross Nodurft, Execu-
tive Director, Alliance for Digital Innovation, Chief, OMB Cyberse-
curity Team (2015–2018).
Hearing on ‘‘Price Gouging in Military Contracts: New Inspector
General Report Exposes Excess Profit Obtained by TransDigm
Group’’ (January 19, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. Theresa S. Hull, Deputy
IG, DOD Office of Inspector General (DODIG); Mr. Kevin Stein,
CEO, TransDigm Group Inc.; Mr. Nicholas Howley, Founder and
Executive Chairman, TransDigm Group Inc.; Mr. John Tenaglia,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisi-
tion and Principal Director, Defense Pricing and Contracting, DOD.
Hearing on ‘‘Fueling the Climate Crisis: Examining Big Oil’s Cli-
mate Pledges’’ (February 8, 2022). Witnesses: Dr. Michael E. Mann,
Professor of Atmospheric Science, Pennsylvania State University;
Mr. Mark van Baal, Founder, Follow This; Ms. Tracey Lewis, Pol-
icy Counsel, Public Citizen; Ms. Katie Tubb, Senior Policy Analyst,
The Heritage Foundation.
Hearing on ‘‘From Recession to Recovery: Examining the Impact
of the American Rescue Plan’s State and Local Fiscal Recovery
Funds’’ (March 1, 2022). Witnesses: The Honorable JB Pritzker,
Governor, State of Illinois; The Honorable Fawn Sharp, President,
National Congress of American Indians; The Honorable Victoria
Woods, Mayor of the City of Tacoma, First Vice President of the
National League of Cities; The Honorable Gary Moore, Judge-Exec-
utive, Boone County, Kentucky, Immediate Past President, Na-
tional Association of Counties; Dr. Michael Leachman, Vice Presi-
dent for State Fiscal Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities;
Mr. Marc Joffe, Senior Policy Analyst, Reason Foundation.
Hearing on ‘‘HBCUs at Risk: Examining Federal Support for His-
torically Black Colleges and Universities’’ (March 17, 2022). Wit-
nesses: Ms. Kylie Burke, President, Student Association, Howard
University; Mr. Emmanuel Ukot, President, Student Government
Association, Xavier University of Louisiana; Mr. Devan M. Vilfrard,
Associate Chief Justice, Student Supreme Court, Florida A&M Uni-
versity; Dr. Michelle Asha Cooper, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Higher Education Programs, Acting Assistant Secretary for Post-
secondary Education, Department of Education; Mr. Sean Haglund,
Associate Director, Office for Bombing Prevention, DHS; Mr. Ryan
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Hearing on ‘‘Examining Pathways to Universal Health Coverage’’
(March 29, 2022). Witnesses: Christopher Willcox, MSW, St. Louis,
Missouri; Nicole Lyons, New York City, New York; Chris Briggs,
Woodburn, Virginia; Bishop Walter Starghill, Jr., Inkster, Michi-
gan; Leslie Templeton, Boston, Massachusetts; Uché Blackstock,
M.D., Emergency Physician, Founder and CEO, Advancing Health
Equity; Sara Collins, Ph.D., Vice President of Health Coverage and
Access, The Commonwealth Fund; Grace-Marie Turner, President,
Galen Institute; Jeffrey Sachs, Ph.D., Director, Columbia Univer-
sity Center for Sustainable Development, President, United Na-
tions Sustainable Development Solutions Network; Jamila Mich-
ener, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Cornell University Department of
Government, Co-Director, Cornell University Center for Health Eq-
uity; Ady Barkan, J.D., Founder, Be a Hero.
Hearing on ‘‘It’s Electric: Developing the Postal Service Fleet of
the Future’’ (April 5, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. Tammy L. Whitcomb,
Inspector General, USPS; Ms. Victoria K. Stephen, Executive Di-
rector, Next Generation Delivery Vehicle, USPS; Ms. Jill M.
Naamane, Acting Director, Physical Infrastructure Team, GAO;
Mr. Joe Britton, Executive Director, Zero Emission Transportation
Association; Mr. Kenny Stein, Director, Policy, Institute for Energy
Research.
Hearing on ‘‘McKinsey & Company’s Conduct and Conflicts at
the Heart of the Opioid Epidemic’’ (April 27, 2022). Witnesses: Bob
Sternfels, Global Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company; The
Honorable Maura Healey, Attorney General, Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, in joint testimony with Ms. Gillian Feiner, Senior
Enforcement Counsel, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office;
Mr. Uttam Dhillon, Chair, Regulatory Defense, Compliance &
White Collar Practice Group, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP; Pro-
fessor Jessica Tillipman, Assistant Dean for Government Procure-
ment Law Studies, George Washington University Law School.
Hearing on ‘‘The Urgent Need to Address the Gun Violence Epi-
demic’’ (June 8, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. Zeneta Everhart, Mother of
Zaire Goodman, Buffalo, New York; Mr. Roy Guerrero, M.D., Pedia-
trician, Uvalde, Texas; Miah Cerrillo, Fourth Grade Student at
Robb Elementary School, Uvalde, Texas; Mr. Felix Rubio and Ms.
Kimberly Rubio, Parents of Lexi Rubio, Uvalde, Texas; Ms.
Lucretia Hughes, DC Project, Women for Gun Rights; The Honor-
able Eric Adams, Mayor, New York, New York; Mr. Greg Jackson,
Jr., Executive Director, Community Justice Action Fund; Ms. Becky
Pringle, President, National Education Association; Mr. Joseph
Gramaglia, Police Commissioner, Buffalo, New York; Nick Suplina,
Senior Vice President for Law & Policy, Everytown for Gun Safety;
Ms. Amy Swearer, Legal Fellow, The Heritage Foundation.
Hearing on ‘‘Tackling Toxic Workplaces: Examining the NFL’s
Handling of Workplace Misconduct at the Washington Com-
manders’’ (June 22, 2022). Witnesses: Mr. Roger Goodell, Commis-
sioner, National Football League (NFL); Mr. Daniel Snyder (in-
vited), Co-Owner and Co-CEO, Washington Commanders.
Hearing on ‘‘Examining the 2022 National Drug Control Strategy
and the Federal Response to the Overdose Crisis’’ (June 27, 2022).
Witness: Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director, ONDCP, EOP.
Hearing on ‘‘The Impact of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs Decision
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2022). Witnesses: The Honorable Mallory McMorrow, State Sen-
ator, Michigan State Senate; The Honorable Renitta Shannon,
State Representative, Georgia House of Representatives; Ms.
Michele Bratcher Goodwin, Chancellor’s Professor of Law, Univer-
sity of California, Irvine; Ms. Fatima Goss Graves, President and
CEO, National Women’s Law Center; Ms. Sarah Lopez, Abortion
Storyteller, We Testify, Youth Program Manager, Jane’s Due Proc-
ess; Ms. Erin Morrow Hawley, Senior Counsel, Alliance Defending
Freedom.
Hearing on ‘‘Examining the Practices and Profits of Gun Manu-
facturers’’ (July 27, 2022). Witnesses: Mr. Christopher Killoy, Presi-
dent and CEO, Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.; Marty Daniel,
CEO, Daniel Defense, LLC; Mr. Ryan Busse, Senior Advisor, Gif-
fords Law Center; Ms. Kelly Sampson, Senior Counsel and Director
of Racial Justice, Brady: United Against Gun Violence; Ms. Antonia
Okafor, National Director of Women’s Outreach, Gun Owners of
America.
Hearing on ‘‘Fueling the Climate Crisis: Examining Big Oil’s
Prices, Profits and Pledges’’ (September 15, 2022). Witnesses: Ms.
Kara Boyd, Baskerville, Virginia; Mr. Thomas Joseph, Hoopa Val-
ley Tribe, California; Ms. Roishetta Ozane, Sulphur, Louisiana; Ms.
Mary Cromer, Whitesburg, Kentucky; Ms. Jasmin Sanchez, Baruch
Houses, New York; Ms. Isabella M. Weber, Ph.D., Assistant Pro-
fessor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Ms.
Raya Salter, Esq., Founder and Executive Director, Energy Justice
Law and Policy Center, Member, New York State Climate Action
Council; Ms. J. Mijin Cha, Ph.D., J.D., Associate Professor of Urban
and Environmental Policy, Occidental College, Fellow, Cornell Uni-
versity Worker Institute; Mr. Michael Shellenberger, Founder and
President, Environmental Progress.
Hearing on ‘‘Examining the Harm to Patients from Abortion Re-
strictions and the Threat of a National Abortion Ban’’ (September
29, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. Jocelyn Frye, President, National Part-
nership for Women & Families; Ms. Kelsey Leigh, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania; Mr. Bhavik Kumar, M.D., M.P.H, Medical Director
for Primary and Trans Care, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast; Ms.
Nisha Verma, M.D., M.P.H, FACOG, Fellow, Physicians for Repro-
ductive Health; Ms. Monique Wubbenhorst, M.D., M.P.H, FACOG,
FAHA, Senior Research Associate, Notre Dame.
Hearing on ‘‘The Rise of Anti-LGBTQI+ Extremism and Violence
in the United States’’ (December 14, 2022).Witnesses: Mr. Michael
Anderson, Survivor of Club Q Shooting; Mr. Matthew Haynes,
Founding Owner of Club Q; Mr. James Slaugh, Survivor of Club Q
Shooting; Ms. Kelley Robinson, President; Human Rights Cam-
paign; Ms. Olivia Hunt, Policy Director; National Center for
Transgender Equality; Ms. Ilan Meyer, Ph.D., Distinguished Senior
Scholar for Public Policy, The Williams Institute; Mr. Charles Fain
Lehman, Fellow, Manhattan Institute; Ms. Jessie Pocock, CEO and
Executive Director, Inside Out Youth Services; Mr. Brandon Wolf,
Survivor of Pulse Nightclub Shooting.
B. SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY
In the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee on National Security
held 12 hearings and received testimony from 39 witnesses. Those
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Hearing on ‘‘A Pathway for Peace in Afghanistan: Examining the
Findings and Recommendations of the Afghanistan Study Group’’
(February 19, 2021). Witnesses: The Honorable Kelly A. Ayotte, Co-
Chair, Afghanistan Study Group; General Joseph F. Dunford Jr.
(ret.), Co-Chair, Afghanistan Study Group; The Honorable Nancy
Lindborg, Co-Chair, Afghanistan Study Group.
Hearing on ‘‘Final Recommendations of the National Security
Commission on Artificial Intelligence’’ (March 12, 2021). Witnesses:
Dr. Eric Schmidt, Chairman, National Security Commission on Ar-
tificial Intelligence; The Honorable Robert Work, Vice Chairman,
National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence; The Hon-
orable Mignon Clyburn, Commissioner, National Security Commis-
sion on Artificial Intelligence; Mr. Gilman Louie, Commissioner,
National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.
Hearing on ‘‘The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Re-
construction’s 2021 High-Risk List’’ (March 16, 2021). Witness: The
Honorable John F. Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghani-
stan Reconstruction.
Hearing on ‘‘Examining Next Steps for U.S. Engagement in Af-
ghanistan’’ (May 20, 2021). Witness: Ambassador Zalmay
Khalilzad, Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation,
Department of State.
Hearing on ‘‘Defending the U.S. Electric Grid Against Cyber
Threats’’ (July 27, 2021). Witnesses: Puesh M. Kumar, Acting Prin-
cipal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Cybersecurity, Energy
Security, and Emergency Response, Department of Energy; Mr.
Eric Goldstein, Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity,
CISA, DHS; Mr. Joseph H. McClelland, Director, Office of Energy
Infrastructure Security, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Hearing on ‘‘Invisible Wounds: Preventing Suicide in Our Na-
tion’s Military and Veteran Communities’’ (November 17, 2021).
Witnesses: Ms. Alyssa M. Hundrup, Director, Health Care, GAO);
Brigadier General (ret.) Jack Hammond, Executive Director, Home
Base Program; Dr. Carla Stumpf-Patton, Senior Director,
Postvention Programs, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors;
Staff Sergeant (ret.) Johnny Jones, Board of Directors, Boot Cam-
paign.
Hearing on ‘‘Examining the Worldwide Threat of al Qaeda, ISIS,
and Other Foreign Terrorist Organizations’’ (December 7, 2021).
Witnesses: Ms. Milancy D. Harris, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense, Special Operations and Combating Terrorism, DOD; Mr.
Christopher A. Landberg, Acting Principal Deputy Coordinator, Bu-
reau of Counterterrorism, Department of State.
Hearing on ‘‘Defending U.S. Allies and Interests Against Russian
Aggression in Eastern Europe’’ (February 16, 2022). Witnesses:
Lieutenant General (ret.) Ben Hodges, Pershing Chair in Strategic
Studies, Center for European Policy Analysis; Andrea Kendall-Tay-
lor, Ph.D., Director, Transatlantic Security Program, Center for a
New American Security; The Honorable Michael McFaul, Director,
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford Uni-
versity; The Honorable Richard Grenell, Former Acting DNI.
Hearing on ‘‘The U.S. and International Humanitarian Response
to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine’’ (June 10, 2022). Witnesses: Mr.
José Andrés, Founder and Chief Feeding Officer, World Central
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Ukraine Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders; Ms.
Amanda Catanzano, Acting Vice President, Global Policy and Advo-
cacy, International Rescue Committee; Mr. Pete Walsh, Country
Director for Ukraine, Save the Children; Mr. Edward Graham, Vice
President of Operations, Samaritan’s Purse.
Hearing on ‘‘Protecting Military Servicemembers and Veterans
from Financial Scams and Fraud’’ (July 13, 2022). Witnesses:
Malini Mithal, Associate Director, Division of Financial Practices,
Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; Jim
Rice, Assistant Director, Office of Servicemember Affairs, Con-
sumer Financial Protection Bureau; Brendan Carr, Commissioner,
Federal Communications Commission; Troy Broussard, Senior Ad-
visor, Veterans and Military Families Initiative, AARP; Robert
Burda, Interim CEO and Chief Strategy Officer, Cybercrime Sup-
port Network.
Hearing on ‘‘Putin’s Proxies: Examining Russia’s Use of Private
Military Companies’’ (September 21, 2022). Witnesses: Kimberly
Marten, Ph.D., Professor, Political Science Department, Barnard
College, Columbia University; Catrina Doxsee, Associate Director,
Transnational Threats Project, Center for Strategic and Inter-
national Studies; Joseph Siegle, Ph.D., Director of Research, Africa
Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University.
Hearing on ‘‘JROTC: Protecting Cadets from Sexual Abuse and
Instructor Misconduct’’ (November 16, 2022). Witnesses: Mr. Thom-
as Constable, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower
and Reserve Affairs; Ms. Yvette K. Bourcicot, Acting Assistant Sec-
retary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Department
of the Army; The Honorable Alex Wagner, Assistant Secretary of
the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Department of
the Air Force; Mr. Robert D. Hogue, Acting Assistant Secretary of
the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Department of the
Navy.
C. SUBCOMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
In the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee on Government Oper-
ations held 19 hearings and received testimony from 74 witnesses.
Those hearings include:
Hearing on ‘‘Revitalizing the Federal Workforce’’ (February 23,
2021). Witnesses: Ms. Janice R. Lachance, Executive Vice Presi-
dent, Strategic Leadership and Global Outreach, American Geo-
physical Union; Mr. Everett B. Kelley, National President, Amer-
ican Federation of Government Employees; Ms. Anne Joseph
O’Connell, Ph.D., Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law, Stanford
University; Mr. James Sherk, Former Specialist Assistant to the
President for Domestic Policy, White House Domestic Policy Coun-
cil.
Hearing on ‘‘Agency Compliance with the Federal Information
Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA)’’ (April 16, 2021).
Witnesses: Mr. Gundeep Ahluwalia, CIO, Department of Labor; Mr.
Jay Mahanand, CIO, U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID); Mr. Kevin Walsh, Director of Information Technology and
Cybersecurity Issues, GAO.
Hearing on ‘‘Restoring Independence: Rebuilding the Federal Of-
fices of Inspectors General’’ (April 20, 2021). Witnesses: Ms. Allison
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Inspector General (OIG), Chair, Council of the Inspectors General
on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE); Ms. Kathy A. Buller, Inspector
General, Peace Corps OIG, Legislative Committee Chair, CIGIE
Legislation Committee; Mr. Clark K. Ervin, Former Inspector Gen-
eral, DHS OIG and Department of State OIG; Ms. Liz Hempowicz,
Director of Public Policy, POGO; Ms. Mia M. Forgy, Deputy Inspec-
tor General, U.S. Election Assistance Commission OIG.
Hearing on ‘‘Catalyst for Change: State and Local IT After the
Pandemic’’ (June 30, 2021). Witnesses: Mr. Doug Robinson, Execu-
tive Director, National Association of State Chief Information Offi-
cers; Ms. Amanda Renteria, CEO, Code for America; Ms. Teri M.
Takai, Vice President, Center for Digital Government; Mr. Alan R.
Shark, Ph.D., Executive Director, Public Technology Institute (a
Division of CompTIA).
Hearing on ‘‘FITARA 12.0’’ (July 28, 2021). Witnesses: Ms. Clare
Martorana, Federal CIO, OMB; Mr. Keith A. Bluestein, CIO, Small
Business Administration; Mr. Sean Brune, CIO, Social Security Ad-
ministration; Ms. Carol C. Harris, Director, Information Tech-
nology and Cybersecurity, GAO.
Hearing on ‘‘Waiting on the Mail: Postal Service Standard Drops
in Chicago and the Surrounding Area’’ (October 15, 2021). Wit-
nesses: Ms. Melinda Perez, Deputy Assistant Inspector General for
Audit, USPS OIG; Mr. Eddie C. Morgan, Jr., Acting Chicago Post-
master, USPS; Mr. Mack I. Julion, President, National Association
of Letter Carriers.
Hearing on ‘‘The Future of Federal Work’’ (December 1, 2021).
Witnesses: Ms. Mika J. Cross, Federal Workplace Expert; Mr. Ken-
neth J. Thomas, National President, National Active and Retired
Federal Employees Association; Ms. Michelle Amante, Vice Presi-
dent, Federal Workforce Programs, Partnership for Public Service;
Ms. Meredith M. Lozar, Executive Director, Programs and Events,
Hiring Our Heroes, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation; Mr.
Andrew G. Biggs, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Insti-
tute.
Hearing on ‘‘FITARA 13.0’’ (January 20, 2022). Witnesses: Ms.
Ann Dunkin, CIO, Department of Energy; Mr. Guy Cavallo, CIO,
Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Ms. Carol C. Harris, Di-
rector, Information Technology and Cybersecurity, GAO; Mr. David
Powner, Executive Director, Center for Data-Driven Policy, MITRE,
Former Director, Information Technology and Cybersecurity, GAO;
Ms. Suzette Kent, CEO, Kent Advisory Services, Former Federal
CIO; Mr. Richard Spires, Principal, Richard A. Spires Consulting.
Hearing on ‘‘Revitalizing WMATA [Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit Authority]: Getting to a Culture of Excellence’’ (Feb-
ruary 9, 2022). Witnesses: Mr. Paul C. Smedberg, Board Chair,
Board of Directors, WMATA; Mr. Paul J. Wiedefeld, General Man-
ager, WMATA; Mr. David Ditch, Policy Analyst, Grover M. Her-
mann Center for the Federal Budget, The Heritage Foundation;
Mr. Geoffrey Cherrington, Inspector General, WMATA; Mr. David
L. Mayer, Ph.D., CEO, Washington Metrorail Safety Commission.
Hearing on ‘‘Waiting on the Mail: Postal Service Standard Drops
in Baltimore and the Surrounding Area’’ (February 14, 2022). Wit-
nesses: Mr. Eric Gilbert, Acting Executive Postmaster, Baltimore,
USPS; Ms. Melinda Perez, Deputy Assistant Inspector General for
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Clerk and Shop Steward, USPS; Mr. Chuck Metzger, Controller,
ReBUILD Metro.
Hearing on ‘‘Follow the Money: Tackling Improper Payments’’
(March 31, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. Linda Miller, Principal, Advisory
Services, Grant Thornton, LLP, Former Deputy Executive Director,
Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, Former Assistant
Director, GAO; Mr. Scott Jensen, CEO and Vice President of Exter-
nal Affairs, Research Improving People’s Lives, Former Director,
Rhode Island Department of Labor & Training; Mr. Adrian Haro,
CEO, The Workers Lab; Ms. Rachel Greszler, Research Fellow, The
Heritage Foundation; Ms. Parker Gilkesson, Senior Policy Analyst,
Income and Work Supports, The Center for Law and Social Policy.
Hearing on ‘‘IRS: Is It Ready?’’ (April 22, 2022). Witnesses: Mr.
Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service; Ms.
Erin M. Collins, National Taxpayer Advocate, Taxpayer Advocate
Service.
Hearing on ‘‘Technology Modernization Fund: Rewriting Our IT
Legacy’’ (May 25, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. Raylene Yung, Technology
Modernization Fund Executive Director, General Services Adminis-
tration (GSA); Mr. Gary Washington, CIO, Department of Agri-
culture; Mr. David Hinchman, Acting Director, Information Tech-
nology and Cybersecurity, GAO.
Hearing on ‘‘The Future of Federal Work II’’ (July 21, 2022). Wit-
nesses: Ms. Kiran A. Ahuja, Director, OPM; Mr. Jason S. Miller,
Deputy Director for Management, OMB.
Hearing on ‘‘FITARA 14.0’’ (July 28, 2022). Witnesses: Mr.
Vaughn Noga, CIO, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Mr.
John Sherman, CIO, DOD; Mr. David A. Shive, CIO, GSA; Ms.
Carol C. Harris, Director, Information Technology and Cybersecu-
rity, GAO.
Hearing on ‘‘Delivering for Pennsylvania: Examining Postal Serv-
ice Delivery and Operations from the Cradle of Liberty’’ (September
7, 2022). Witnesses: Mr. Ivan Butts, President, National Associa-
tion of Postal Supervisors; Mr. Gary Vaccarella, DE PA2 District
Manager, USPS; Ms. Melinda Perez, Assistant Inspector General
for Audit, USPS OIG; Mr. Frank Albergo, National President, Post-
al Police Officers Association.
Hearing on ‘‘Project Federal Information Technology: Make IT
Work’’ (September 16, 2022). Witness: Ms. Clare Martorana, Fed-
eral CIO, OMB.
Hearing on ‘‘The Holiday Rush: Is the Postal Service Ready?’’
(November 16, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. Tammy W. Hull, Inspector
General, USPS OIG; Mr. Gregory T. White, Executive Managers of
Strategic Initiatives, USPS; Mr. Edmund M. Carley, National
President, United Postmasters and Managers of America; Paul V.
Hogrogian, National President, National Postal Mail Handlers
Union; Mr. Michael Plunkett, President and CEO, Association for
Postal Commerce.
Hearing on ‘‘FITARA 15.0’’ (December 15, 2022). Witnesses: Mr.
Chris DeRusha, Federal CIO, OMB; Mr. Jason Gray, CIO, USAID;
Ms. Carol C. Harris, Director, Information Technology and Cyber-
security, GAO; Ms. Jennifer Franks, Director, Information Tech-
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D. SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND CONSUMER POLICY
In the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee on Economic and Con-
sumer Policy held 4 hearings and received testimony from 20 wit-
nesses. Those hearings include:
Hearing on ‘‘The Urgent Need to Reform the Organ Transplan-
tation System to Secure More Organs for Waiting, Ailing, and
Dying Patients’’ (May 4, 2021). Witnesses: Tonya Ingram, Patient
Waiting for a Transplant; Dr. Dara Kass, Living Donor and Mother
of Transplant Recipient; Ms. LaQuayia Goldring, Patient Waiting
for a Transplant; Mr. Steve Miller, CEO, Association for Organ
Procurement Organizations; Mr. Joe Ferreira, President, Associa-
tion for Organ Procurement Organizations; Mr. Matt Wadsworth,
President and CEO, Life Connection of Ohio; Dr. Seth Karp, Direc-
tor, Vanderbilt Transplant Center; Ms. Donna Cryer, President and
CEO, Global Liver Institute.
Hearing on ‘‘An Epidemic Continues: Youth Vaping in America’’
(June 23, 2021). Witnesses: The Honorable Richard J. Durbin,
United States Senator; Dr. Janet Woodcock, Acting Commissioner,
FDA.
Hearing on ‘‘Seresto Flea and Tick Collars: Examining Why a
Product Linked to More than 2,500 Pet Deaths Remains on the
Market’’ (June 15, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. Faye Hemsley, Pet Owner
Affected by Seresto Collar; Mr. Omarion Hemsley, Pet Owner Af-
fected by Seresto Collar; Mr. Thomas Maiorino, Pet Owner Affected
by Seresto Collar; Mr. Jeffrey Simmons, President and CEO,
Elanco Animal Health Incorporated; Mr. Nathan Donley, Ph.D.,
Environmental Health Science Director, Center for Biological Di-
versity; Ms. Karen McCormack, Former Scientist, Policy Analyst,
and Communications Officer (ret.), Office of Pesticide Programs,
EPA; Ms. Carrie Sheffield, Senior Policy Analyst, Independent
Women’s Voice.
Hearing on ‘‘Power and Profiteering: How Certain Industries
Hike Prices, Fleeced Consumers, and Drove Inflation’’ (September
22, 2022). Witnesses: Mr. Robert B. Reich, Carmel P. Friesen Pro-
fessor of Public Policy, The Goldman School of Public Policy, Uni-
versity of California, Berkeley; Ms. Rakeen Mabud, Ph.D., Chief
Economist and Managing Director of Policy and Research, Ground-
work Collaborative; Mr. Mike Konczal, Director, Macroeconomic
Analysis, Roosevelt Institute; Mr. Tyler Goodspeed, Kleinheinz Fel-
low, Hoover Institution.
E. SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT
In the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee on Environment held
6 hearings and received testimony from 35 witnesses. Those hear-
ings include:
Hearing on ‘‘The Role of Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Preventing Ac-
tion on the Climate Crisis’’ (April 22, 2021). Witnesses: Ms. Greta
Thunberg, Founder, Fridays For Future; Ms. Tara Houska, Found-
er, Giniw Collective; Mr. Joseph Aldy, Professor, Harvard Univer-
sity; Mr. Peter Erickson, Climate, Policy Program Director, Stock-
holm Environmental Institute; Ms. Jill Antares Hunkler, Seventh
Generation Ohio Valley Resident; Mr. Frank J. Macchiarola, Senior
Vice President of Policy, Economics and Regulatory Affairs, Amer-
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Hearing on ‘‘Jumpstarting Main Street: Bringing Jobs & Wealth
Back to Forgotten America’’ (June 16, 2021). Witnesses: Mr. Rick
Bloomingdale, President, Pennsylvania AFL CIO; Ms. Catherine
Coleman Flowers, Founder, Center for Rural Enterprise and Envi-
ronmental Justice; Dr. Darrick Hamilton, Henry Cohen Professor of
Economics and Urban Policy, The New School; Mr. Brandon
Dennison, Founder and CEO, Coalfield Development; Ms. Michelle
Martinez, Acting Executive Director, Michigan Environment Jus-
tice Coalition; Mr. Shay Hawkins, President, Opportunity Funds
Association.
Hearing on ‘‘Fighting Fire with Fire: Evaluating the Role of For-
est Management in Reducing Catastrophic Wildfires’’ (March 15,
2022). Witnesses: Mr. Randy Moore, Chief, Forest Service, USDA;
Ms. Ali Meders-Knight, Master Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Practitioner, Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria; Mr.
Dominick A. DellaSala, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, Wild Heritage,
Project of Earth Island Institute; Mr. Michael Gollner, Ph.D., Asso-
ciate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of California,
Berkeley, Deb Faculty Fellow, Berkeley Fire Research Lab; Ms.
Carole King, Celebrated Singer-songwriter and Land Conservation
Advocate; Mr. James Hubbard, Former USDA Undersecretary,
Natural Resources and Environment.
Hearing on ‘‘Regenerative Agriculture: How Farmers and Ranch-
ers Are Essential to Solving Climate Change and Increasing Food
Production’’ (July 19, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. Bonnie Haugen,
Owner, Springside Farm; Ms. Kara Boyd, President, Association of
American Indian Farmers; Mr. Doug Doughty, Missouri Grain
Farmer and Cattle Producer; Ms. Rachel Schattman, Ph.D., Assist-
ant Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, University of Maine; Mr.
Brian Lacefield, Director, Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy.
Hearing on ‘‘Toxic Air: How Leaded Aviation Fuel Is Poisoning
America’s Children’’ (July 28, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. Marciela
Lechuga, Resident, Reid-Hillview Airport Buffer Zone; Ms. Cindy
Chavez, Supervisor, County of Santa Clara (California); Mr. Bruce
Lanphear, Professor, Health Sciences, Mr. Simon Fraser Univer-
sity; Mr. George Braly, CEO, General Aviation Modifications, Inc.;
Mr. Chris D’Acosta, CEO, Swift Fuels.
Hearing on ‘‘Effective Environmental Enforcement: Tools and
Strategies to Protect Vulnerable Communities’’ (August 25, 2022).
Witnesses: Mr. Robert Shobe, Resident of Detroit, Stellantis Pollu-
tion Impact Zone; Ms. Pamela McGhee, Resident of Detroit, U.S.
Ecology Impact Zone; Ms. Daeya Redding, Resident of Detroit, U.S.
Ecology Impact Zone; Mr. Nicholas Leonard, Executive Director,
Great Lakes Environmental Law Center; Ms. Jamesa Johnson-
Greer, Executive Director, Michigan Environmental Justice Coali-
tion; Ms. Eden Bloom, Public Education and Media Manager, De-
troit People’s Platform; Mr. Stuart Batterman, Ph.D., Professor,
Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan School of
Public Health.
F. SUBCOMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
In the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and
Civil Liberties held 12 hearings and received testimony from 66
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Hearing on ‘‘Pipelines Over People (Part II): Midship Pipeline’s
Disregard for Landowners in Its Pathway’’ (May 5, 2021). Wit-
nesses: Mr. Christopher A. Smith, Senior Vice President, Policy,
Government and Public Affairs, Cheniere Energy, Parent Company
of Midship Pipeline Co.; Mr. Rob Squires, Landowner Advocate,
Squires Consulting, LLC; Mr. Terry Luber, Landowner; Mr. Sam-
uel B. Gedge, Attorney, Institute for Justice.
Hearing on ‘‘Confronting Violent White Supremacy (Part V): Ex-
amining the Rise of Militia Extremism’’ (May 26, 2021). Witnesses:
The Honorable Gurbir Grewal, New Jersey Attorney General; Ms.
Mary McCord, Legal Director, Institute for Constitutional Advocacy
and Protection, Georgetown University; Mr. Peter Simi, Associate
Professor of Sociology, Chapman University; Mr. Michael Gonzalez,
Senior Fellow, Heritage Foundation.
Hearing on ‘‘Democracy in Danger: The Assault on Voting Rights
in Texas’’ (July 29, 2021). Witnesses: The Honorable Senfronia
Thompson, Texas State Representative, Member, Select Committee
on Constitutional Rights and Remedies; The Honorable Nicole Col-
lier, Texas State Representative, Chair, Texas Legislative Black
Caucus; The Honorable Diego Bernal, Texas State Representative,
Member, Mexican American Legislative Conference; Ms. Nina
Perales, Vice President of Litigation, Mexican American Legal De-
fense and Education Fund; The Honorable Tracy Clardy, Texas
State Representative.
Hearing on ‘‘Confronting Violent White Supremacy (Part VI): Ex-
amining the Biden Administration’s Counterterrorism Strategy’’
(September 29, 2021). Witnesses: Mr. John D. Cohen, Coordinator
for Counterterrorism, DHS; Mr. Brad Wiegmann, Deputy Assistant
Attorney General, National Security Division, DOJ; Timothy R.
Langan, Assistant Director, Counterterrorism Division, FBI.
Hearing on ‘‘Forfeiting our Rights: The Urgent Need for Civil
Asset Forfeiture Reform’’ (December 8, 2021). Witnesses: Ms.
Aamra Ahmad, Senior Policy Counsel, American Civil Liberties
Union; Mr. Daniel Alban, Senior Attorney and Co-Director, Na-
tional Initiative to End Forfeiture Abuse Institute for Justice; Pro-
fessor Louis F. Rulli, Practice Professor of Law, Director of Civil
Practice Clinic & Legislative Clinic, University of Pennsylvania
Carey Law School; Ms. Malinda Harris, Victim of Civil Asset For-
feiture.
Hearing on ‘‘The Neglected Epidemic of Missing BIPOC Women
and Girls’’ (March 3, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. Natalie Wilson, Co-
Founder, Black and Missing Foundation; Ms. Angel Charley, Exec-
utive Director, Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women;
Mr. John E. Bischoff III, Vice President, Missing Children Division,
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; Ms. Pamela
Foster, Mother of Missing Child; Mr. Shawn Wilkinson, Father of
Missing Child; Ms. Patrice Onwuka, Director, Center for Economic
Opportunity, Independent Women’s Forum.
Hearing on ‘‘Free Speech Under Attack: Book Bans and Aca-
demic Censorship’’ (April 7, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. Shreya Mehta,
High School Student, Richland, Washington; Ms. Olivia Pituch,
High School Student, York County, Pennsylvania; Ms. Christina
Ellis, High School Student, York County, Pennsylvania; Ms.
Samantha Hull, Librarian, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Ms.
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than W. Pidluzny, Vice President of Academic Affairs, American
Council of Trustees and Alumni; Ms. Jessica Berg, Teacher, Loudon
County, Virginia; Ms. Ruby Bridges, Civil Rights Activist, Author.
Hearing on ‘‘Free Speech Under Attack (Part II): Curriculum
Sabotage and Classroom Censorship’’ (May 19, 2022). Witnesses:
Ms. Elle Caldon, Student, Dallas County, Texas; Ms. Claire
Mengel, Student, Hamilton County, Ohio; Ms. Krisha Ramani, Stu-
dent, Oakland County, Michigan; Mr. Willie Carver, Teacher,
Montgomery County High School, Kentucky; Ms. Jennifer Cousins,
Parent, Orlando, Florida; Ms. Suzanne Nossel, CEO, PEN America;
Prof. Timothy Snyder, Richard C. Levin Professor of History, Yale
University; Dr. James Whitfield, Former Principal, Colleyville Her-
itage High School; Ms. Virginia Gentles, Director, Education Free-
dom Center.
Hearing on ‘‘Free Speech Under Attack (Part III): The Legal As-
sault on Environmental Activists and the First Amendment’’ (Sep-
tember 14, 2022). Witnesses: Prof. Anita Ramasastry, Henry M.
Jackson Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law;
Elly Page, Senior Legal Advisor, International Center for Not-for-
Profit Law; Deepa Padmanabha, Deputy General Counsel,
Greenpeace USA; Anne White Hat, Sicangu Lakota, L’eau Est La
Vie Camp; Daren Bakst, Senior Research Fellow, Environmental
Policy and Regulation, The Heritage Foundation.
Hearing on ‘‘Protecting the People’s Voice: The Need for a Voting
Rights Amendment’’ (September 30, 2022). Witnesses: Prof. Kate
Shaw, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Flosheimer Center
for Constitutional Democracy, Cardozo Law; Prof. Alexander
Keyssar, Matthew W. Sterling Jr. Professor of History and Social
Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Ms. Leigh M. Chapman, Acting
Secretary of State, State of Pennsylvania; Mr. Tom A. Saenz, Presi-
dent and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense Fund;
Dr. Rick Hasen, Professor of Law and Director of the Safeguarding
Democracy Project, UCLA Law.
Hearing on ‘‘Developments in State Cannabis Laws and Bipar-
tisan Cannabis Reforms at the Federal Level’’ (November 12, 2022).
Witnesses: Hon. Randall Woodfin, Mayor, City of Birmingham, Ala-
bama; Mr. Paul Armentano, Deputy Director, National Organiza-
tion for the Reform of Marijuana Laws; Mr. Andrew Freedman, Ex-
ecutive Director, Coalition for Cannabis Policy, Education, and
Regulation; Mr. Eric Goepel, Founder and CEO, Veterans Cannabis
Coalition; Ms. Keeda Haynes, Senior Legal Advisor, Free Hearts;
Ms. Amber Littlejohn, Senior Policy Advisor, Global Alliance for
Cannabis Commerce; Ms. Jillian Snider, Policy Director of Crimi-
nal Justice and Civil Liberties, R Street Institute.
Hearing on ‘‘Confronting White Supremacy (Part VII): The Evo-
lution of Anti-Democratic Extremist Groups and the Ongoing
Threat to Democracy’’ (December 13, 2022). Witnesses: Ms.
Alejandra Caraballo, Clinical Instructor, Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard
Law School; Ms. Mary McCord, Executive Director of Institute for
Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, Georgetown Law; Mr.
Oren Segal, Vice President, Center on Extremism, Anti-Defamation
League; Ms. Amanda Tyler, Executive Director, Baptist Joint Com-
mittee for Religious Liberty; Mr. Eric Ward, Executive Vice Presi-
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Ms. Asra Nomani, Senior Fellow in the Practice of Journalism,
Independent Women’s Network.
G. SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
In the 117th Congress, the Select Subcommittee on the
Coronavirus Crisis held 23 hearings, receiving testimony from 95
witnesses. Those hearings include:
Hearing on ‘‘From Rescue to Recovery: Building a Thriving and
Inclusive Post-Pandemic Economy’’ (March 17, 2021). Witnesses:
Joseph E. Stiglitz, University Professor, Columbia University,
Nobel Laureate in Economics; William E. Spriggs, Chief Economist,
AFL CIO, Professor, Department of Economics, Howard University;
Larry Kudlow, Former National Economic Council Director (2018
2021).
Hearing on ‘‘Rooting Out Fraud in Small Business Relief Pro-
grams’’ (March 25, 2021). Witnesses: The Honorable Michael E.
Horowitz, Chair, Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, In-
spector General, DOJ; William B. Shear, Ph.D., Director, Financial
Markets and Community Investment, Government Accountability
Office (GAO); The Honorable Hannibal ‘‘Mike’’ Ware, Inspector
General, Small Business Administration.
Hearing on ‘‘Reaching the Light at the End of the Tunnel: A
Science-Driven Approach to Swiftly and Safely Ending the Pan-
demic’’ (April 15, 2021). Witnesses: Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D.,
M.P.H, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; An-
thony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and In-
fectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health; David Kessler,
M.D., Chief Science Officer, COVID Response, HHS.
Hearing on ‘‘Examining Emergent BioSolutions’’ Failure to Pro-
tect Public Health and Public Funds’’ (May 19, 2021). Witnesses:
Robert G. Kramer, President and CEO, Emergent BioSolutions,
Inc.; Fuad El-Hibri, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors,
Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.
Hearing on ‘‘Lessons Learned: The Federal Reserve’s Response to
the Coronavirus Pandemic’’ (June 22, 2021). Witness: The Honor-
able Jerome H. Powell, Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System.
Hearing on ‘‘Building Trust and Battling Barriers: The Urgent
Need to Overcome Vaccine Hesitancy’’ (July 1, 2021). Witnesses:
Georges Benjamin, M.D., Executive Director, American Public
Health Association; Joshua Garza, Coronavirus Survivor; Katy
Milkman, Ph.D., Professor of Operations, Information, and Deci-
sions at the Wharton School, Professor, Division of Health Policy
at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania;
Jerome Adams, M.D., M.P.H., Former Surgeon General of the
United States (2017 2021); Sophia Bush, Actress, Activist, Entre-
preneur.
Hearing on ‘‘Oversight of Pandemic Evictions: Assessing Abuses
by Corporate Landlords and Federal Efforts to Keep Americans in
Their Homes’’ (July 27, 2021). Witnesses: Jim Baker, Executive Di-
rector, Private Equity Stakeholder Project; Katrina Chism, Affected
Renter, Georgia; Diane Yentel, President & CEO, National Low In-
come Housing Coalition (NLIHC); Rene Solis, Chief Program Offi-
cer, BakerRipley, Houston, TX; Joel Griffith, Research Fellow, the
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Hearing on ‘‘Recognizing and Building on the Success of Pan-
demic Relief Programs’’ (September 22, 2021). Witnesses: Diane
Whitmore Schanzenbach, Professor of Human Development and So-
cial Policy Director, Institute for Policy Research Northwestern
University; Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, President Children’s Defense
Fund; H. Luke Shaefer, Professor of Social Justice and Social Pol-
icy, Associate Dean for Research and Policy Engagement, Gerald R.
Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan; Indivar
Dutta-Gupta, Co-Executive Director, Georgetown Center on Pov-
erty & Inequality Georgetown, University Law Center; Douglas
Holtz-Eakin, President, American Action Forum.
Hearing on ‘‘Upgrading Public Health Infrastructure: The Need
to Protect, Rebuild, and Strengthen State and Local Public Health
Departments’’ (September 29, 2021). Witnesses: Dr. Jennifer
Bacani McKenney, Health Officer, Wilson County Health Depart-
ment (Kansas); Dr. Beth Resnick, Assistant Dean for Practice and
Training, Senior Scientist, Bloomberg School of Public Health,
Johns Hopkins University; Dr. Mysheika Roberts, Health Commis-
sioner, Columbus Public Health (Ohio); Dr. Joseph Kanter, State
Health Officer and Medical Director, Louisiana Department of
Health.
Hearing on ‘‘How the Meatpacking Industry Failed the Workers
Who Feed America’’ (October 27, 2021). Witnesses: Debbie
Berkowitz, Practitioner Fellow, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor
and the Working Poor, Georgetown University; Magaly Licolli, Co-
Founder & Executive Director, Venceremos; Martin Rosas Presi-
dent, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 2; Rose Godinez,
Interim Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Ne-
braska.
Hearing on ‘‘Building Vaccine Confidence: Our Shot at Curbing
the Pandemic in Chicago and Beyond’’ (November 10, 2021). Wit-
nesses: Lori Lightfoot, Mayor, City of Chicago; Ngozi Ezike, M.D.,
Director, Illinois Department of Public Health; Helen D. Gayle,
M.D., President and CEO, The Chicago Community Trust; Omar
Khan, M.D., Co-Chair, Muslim Community Center’s Health &
Awareness Committee; Martha Martinez, Manager, Pandemic
Health Navigator Program (Gail Borden Public Library District);
Don Abram, Program Manager, Interfaith Youth Core; Ben
O’Donnell, Coronavirus Survivor.
Hearing on ‘‘Combating Coronavirus Cons and the Monetization
of Misinformation’’ (November 17, 2021). Witnesses: Dr. Jeffrey
Aeschlimann, Associate Professor, Adjunct Associate Professor,
School of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut
(UConn); Dr. Kolina Koltai, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for an In-
formed Public, University of Washington Information School; Dr.
Jay Kennedy, Assistant Professor, School of Criminal Justice, As-
sistant Director of Research, Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and
Product Protection, Michigan State University; Ms. Marı́a Teresa
Kumar, President and CEO, Voto Latino.
Hearing on ‘‘A Global Crisis Needs a Global Solution: The Urgent
Need to Accelerate Vaccinations Around the World’’ (December 14,
2021). Witnesses: Dr. Ali Khan, Dean, College of Public Health,
Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Nebraska
Medical Center; Dr. Krishna Udayakumar, Associate Director for
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Global Health and Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine,
Director, Duke Global Health Innovation Center; Sebnem Kalemli-
Ozcan, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, University of Maryland; Ms.
Kathryn Russ, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Economic, Univer-
sity of California, Davis; Mr. Martin Makary, M.D., M.P.H., Pro-
fessor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Hearing on ‘‘A View from the States, Territories, and District:
Governors Respond to the Omicron Variant’’ (January 20, 2022).
Witnesses: Governor Jay Inslee, State of Washington; Governor
Jared Polis, State of Colorado; Governor Pedro Pierluisi, Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico; Mayor Muriel Bowser, District of Columbia;
Governor Pete Ricketts, State of Nebraska.
Hearing on ‘‘COVID Child Care Challenges: Supporting Families
and Caregivers’’ (March 2, 2022). Witnesses: Lea J.E. Austin,
Ed.D., Executive Director, Center for the Study of Child Care Em-
ployment, University of California; Gina Forbes, Early Childhood
Educator and Parent, Brunswick, Maine; Lynette M. Fraga, Ph.D.,
CEO, Child Care Aware of America; Betsey Stevenson, Ph.D., Pro-
fessor of Public Policy, Professor Economics, University of Michi-
gan; Carries Luka, President, Independent Women’s Forum.
Hearing on ‘‘Moving Beyond the Coronavirus Crisis: The Biden
Administration’s Progress in Combating the Pandemic and Plan for
the NextPhase’’ (March 30, 2022). Witnesses: The Honorable Ro-
chelle Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention; The Honorable Dawn O’Connell, Assistant
Secretary for Preparedness and Response, HHS; Vice Admiral
Vivek Murthy, M.D., M.P.H., United States Surgeon General, HHS.
Hearing on ‘‘Ensuring Scientific Integrity at Our Nation’s Public
Health Agencies’’ (April 29, 2022). Witnesses: The Honorable Gene
Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, GAO; Candice
Wright, M.P.P., Director, Science, Technology Assessment, and
Analytics, GAO; Sonja Rasmussen, M.D., M.S., Former Editor-in-
Chief, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (2015–2018), Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention; Anita Desikan, M.S.,
M.P.H., Senior Analyst, Center for Science and Democracy, Union
of Concerned Scientists.
Hearing on ‘‘Underpaid, Overworked, and Underappreciated:
How the Pandemic Economy Disproportionately Harmed Low-Wage
Women Workers’’ (May 17, 2022). Witnesses: Dr. C. Nicole Mason,
President and CEO, Institute for Women’s Policy Research; Vicki
Shabo, Senior Fellow, Paid Leave Policy and Strategy, Better Life
Lab, New America; Cynthia (‘‘Cyndi’’) Murray, Fitting Department
Associate, Walmart; Dr. Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Professor,
Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Faculty Director, Center
for Women and Work, Rutgers University; Mary Katherine Ham,
CNN Commentator and Author.
Hearing on ‘‘Examining Federal Efforts to Prevent, Detect, and
Prosecute Pandemic Relief Fraud to Safeguard Funds for All Eligi-
ble Americans’’ (June 14, 2022). Witnesses: Kevin Chambers, Direc-
tor for COVID–19 Fraud Enforcement, DOJ; Michael Horowitz,
Chair, Pandemic Response Accountability Committee; Hannibal
‘‘Mike’’ Ware, Inspector General, Small Business Administration;
Roy D. Dotson, Jr., Acting Special Agent in Charge, National Pan-
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‘‘A Hearing with Trump White House Coronavirus Response Co-
ordinator Dr. Deborah Birx’’ (June 23, 2022). Witness: Deborah L.
Birx, M.D., Former White House Coronavirus Response Coordi-
nator (March 2020 to January 2021).
Hearing on ‘‘Understanding and Addressing Long COVID and Its
Consequences’’ (July 19, 2022). Witnesses: Monica Verduzco-Gutier-
rez, M.D., Professor and Distinguished Chair, Department of Reha-
bilitation Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at
San Antonio; Katie Bach, Former Managing Director, Good Jobs
Institute; Hannah Davis, Co-founder, Patient-Led Research Col-
laborative; Cynthia Adinig, Long COVID Patient and Advocate.
Hearing on ‘‘Examining Long-Term Care in America: The Impact
of the Coronavirus in Nursing Homes’’ (September 21, 2022). Wit-
nesses: Dr. Alice Bonner, RN, Senior Advisor for Aging, Institute
for Healthcare Improvement, Chair, Moving Forward Nursing
Home Quality Coalition; Dr. David C. Grabowski, Professor of
Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard
Medical School; Adelina V. Ramos, Certified Nursing Assistant,
Greenville, Rhode Island; Dr. Jasmine Travers, MHS, RN, Assist-
ant Professor of Nursing, New York University Rory Meyers Col-
lege of Nursing; Daniel Arbeeny, Son of Nursing Home Resident.
Hearing on ‘‘Preparing for and Preventing the Next Public
Health Emergency: Lessons Learned from the Coronavirus Crisis’’
(December 14, 2022). Witnesses: Dr. Rick Bright, Former Director
of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority
and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness Response; Dr.
Kizzmekia Corbett, Assistant Professor of Immunology and Infec-
tious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and
Former Researcher, Vaccine Research Center, National Institutes
of Health; Ms. Rebecca Dixon, National Employment Law Project,
Executive Director; Dr. Ngozi Ezike; President and CEO, Sinai Chi-
cago, and Former Director, Illinois Department of Public Health;
Admiral Brett P. Giroir, M.D., Former Assistant Secretary for
Health at HHS.
III. OVERSIGHT BRIEFINGS AND ROUNDTABLES
A. FULL COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEES
In the 117th Congress, the Committee on Oversight and Reform,
including its five subcommittees, held 13 briefings and roundtables
with 61 participants. The briefings and roundtables include:
On May 26, 2021, the Subcommittee on Government Operations
held a Roundtable on ‘‘Security Clearance Backlog: Building Back
Better.’’ Briefers: Mr. Brian Mazanec, GAO; Mr. William Lietzau,
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA); Ms.
Christy Wilder, DCSA; Ms. Marianna Martineau, DCSA; Ms.
Heather Green, DCSA; Ms. Stephanie Kostro, Professional Services
Council; Ms. Mary Rose McCaffrey, Northrop Grumman; Ms. Jen-
nie Brackens, Science Applications International Corporation; Ms.
Heather Sims, General Dynamics; Mr. Greg Torres, Booz Allen
Hamilton; Mr. Brian Dunbar, CACI International Inc.; Mr. Joseph
Kraus, ManTech; Ms. Donna Rhoads, Leidos; Mr. Kumar
Gnanamurthy, iWorks; Keith Sheppard, NT Concepts; Mr. Robert
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On June 4, 2021, the full Committee held a Roundtable on ‘‘Ex-
amining the Long-Term Impacts of the Gender Wage Gap on
Moms.’’ Briefers: Ms. Jessica Ramos, New York State Senator, Dis-
trict 13; Ms. Julie Chi-hye Suk, Professor of Sociology, Political
Science, and Liberal Studies, The Graduate Center of the City Uni-
versity of New York (CUNY), Senior Research Scholar, Yale Law
School; Ms. DeNora Getachew, CEO, DoSomething.org, Founding
Member, Higher Heights for America; Ms. Seher Khawaja, Senior
Attorney, Economic Empowerment, Legal Momentum, and The
Women’s Legal Defense and Education Fund.
On June 30, 2021, the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil
Liberties held a Roundtable on ‘‘Researching while Chinese Amer-
ican: Ethnic Profiling, Chinese American ‘‘Scientists and a New
American Brain Drain.’’ Briefers: Ms. Sherry Chen, Hydrologist,
National Weather Service; The Honorable Steven Chu, Former Sec-
retary of Energy, Department of Energy; Dr. Randy Katz, Vice
Chancellor for Research at the University of California, Berkeley;
Dr. Xiaoxing Xi, Laura H. Carnell Professor of Physics, Temple
University.
On August 26, 2021, the full Committee held a Roundtable on
‘‘Tackling Peak Pollution: Achieving Environmental Justice for
Frontline Communities.’’ Participants: Ms. Annel Hernandez, Asso-
ciate Director, NYC Environmental Justice Alliance; Mr. Anthony
Karefa Rogers-Wright, Director of Environmental Justice, New
York Lawyers for the Public Interest; Mr. Calvin Thompson, Direc-
tor of Special Initiatives, BlocPower; Ms. Elena Krieger, Ph.D., Di-
rector of Research, Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers for
Healthy Energy; Ms. Ilona Duverge, Co-Founder and NYC Director,
Movement School.
On August 31, 2021, the full Committee held a Briefing with
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John F.
Sopko. Briefer: John F. Sopko, Special Inspector General for Af-
ghanistan Reconstruction.
On September 22, 2021, the full Committee held a Classified
Briefing on ‘‘Recent Developments and the Way Forward in Af-
ghanistan.’’
On October 6, 2021, the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil
Liberties held a Briefing on ‘‘Discriminatory and Wasteful Enforce-
ment Activities by Border Patrol Agents.’’ Briefers: Kristy Montes,
Director, Office of Privacy and Diversity, CBP; Katherine Culliton-
Gonzalez, Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, DHS; Tony
L. Barker, Deputy Chief of Law Enforcement Operations, United
States Border Patrol; Robert B. Simon, Chief Patrol Agent, Detroit
Sector, United States Border Patrol.
On February 3, 2022, the full Committee held a Roundtable on
‘‘Examining the Washington Football Team’s Toxic Workplace Cul-
ture.’’ Participants: Emily Applegate, Former Marketing Coordi-
nator, Premium Client Services Coordinator, Ticket Sales Rep-
resentative, Washington Football Team (WFT); Melanie Coburn,
Former Director of Marketing, Marketing Coordinator, Cheer-
leader, WFT; Rachel Engleson, Former Director of Marketing and
Client Relations, Director of Client Services, Manager of Premium
Client Services, Customer Service Representative, Intern, WFT;
Ana Nuñez, Former Coordinator of Business Development & Client
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duction Manager, Producer, WFT; Tiffani Johnston, Senior Man-
ager, Premium Club, WFT.
On March 8, 2022, the full Committee held a Briefing on ‘‘The
Conflict in Ukraine and Implications for U.S. and International Se-
curity.’’ Briefers: The Honorable John F. Tefft, Former U.S. Ambas-
sador to Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia, Senior Fellow, Rand Cor-
poration; The Honorable Michael McFaul, Ph.D., Former U.S. Am-
bassador to Russia, Director, Freeman Spogli Institute for Inter-
national Studies, Stanford University; The Honorable Ivo H.
Daalder, Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO, President, Chicago
Council on Global Affairs; Dr. Ulana Suprun, M.D., Former Acting
Minister of Health, Government of Ukraine.
On March 11, 2022, the full Committee held a Field Briefing
with Stakeholders on ‘‘Focusing on Frontlines: Community Engage-
ment Is Key to Advancing Environmental Justice.’’ Panelists: Basil
Seggos, Commissioner, New York State Department of Environ-
mental Conservation, Co-Chair, New York State Climate Action
Council; Doreen Harris, President and CEO, New York State En-
ergy Research and Development Authority, Co-Chair, New York
State Climate Action Council; Elizabeth Yeampierre, Executive Di-
rector, UPROSE, Member, New York State Climate Justice Work-
ing Group, Co-Chair, Climate Justice Alliance; Eddie Bautista, Ex-
ecutive Director, New York City Environmental Justice Alliance,
Member, New York State Climate Justice Working Group; Sonal
Jessel, Director of Policy, WE ACT for Environmental Justice,
Member, New York State Climate Justice Working Group; Anthony
Karefa Rogers-Wright, Director of Environmental Justice New York
Lawyers for the Public Interest, Member, New York Renews Steer-
ing Committee.
On March 18, 2022, the Subcommittee on National Security held
a Classified Briefing on ‘‘The Department of Defense’s 2021 Global
Posture Review.’’
On May 13, 2022, the Subcommittee on National Security held
a Classified Briefing on ‘‘Examining the National Security and Pub-
lic Safety Risks from the Malicious or Negligent Use of Unmanned
Aerial Systems.’’
On May 18, 2022, the full Committee held a Classified Briefing
on ‘‘U.S. and Allied Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine.’’
On August 11, 2022, the full Committee held a Roundtable on
‘‘On the Frontlines: Responding to the Threat of Election Misin-
formation.’’ Participants: Mr. Jim Condos, Secretary of State, State
of Vermont; Ms. Tina Barton, Senior Election Expert, The Elections
Group, Former Senior Program Advisor, Election Assistance Com-
mission, Former City Clerk of Rochester Hills, Michigan; Ms. Lisa
Marra, Director of Elections, Cochise County, Arizona, President,
Election Officials of Arizona; Ms. Nora Benavidez, Senior Counsel
and Director of Digital Justice and Civil Rights, Free Press.
On December 9, 2022, the full Committee held a briefing on ‘‘The
Financial Condition of the United States Postal Service.’’ Briefers:
Joseph Corbett, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice Presi-
dent, USPS.
B. SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
Member Briefing on ‘‘Ensuring Equity in Coronavirus Vaccina-
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and CEO, The Chicago Community Trust; Ms. Abigail Echo-Hawk,
Director, Urban Indian Health Institute, Chief Research Officer,
Seattle Indian Health Board; Mr. Frankie Miranda, President and
CEO, Hispanic Federation; Ms. Lathran Woodard, CEO, South
Carolina Primary Health Care Association.
Member Briefing on the spread of the Delta variant in the
United States (July 29, 2021). Briefers: Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Di-
rector of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Dr.
Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and In-
fectious Diseases.
Member Briefing on the current vaccine landscape in the United
States (September 15, 2021). Briefers: Dr. Peter Marks, Director of
the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA.
Member Briefing on the Federal government’s response to the
omicron variant (January 10, 2021). Briefers: Dr. Rochelle
Walensky, Director, Centers for Disease Control; Dr. David
Kessler, Chief Science Officer for the Coronavirus Response; Ms.
Dawn O’Connell, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Re-
sponse.
Member Roundtable on ‘‘Moving Beyond the Coronavirus Crisis:
Perspectives from Public Health Experts’’ (March 14, 2022). Partici-
pants: Dr. Jewel Mullen, Associate Dean for Health Equity & Asso-
ciate Professor, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin;
Dr. Carlos del Rio, Executive Associate Dean, Emory School of
Medicine & Grady Health System; Dr. Robert Wachter, Chair, Uni-
versity of California San Francisco Department of Medicine; Dr.
Leana Wen, Research Professor of Health Policy and Management,
George Washington University.
Member Briefing on the status of Omicron boosters and the
Biden Administration’s preparation for a fall booster campaign (Au-
gust 9, 2022). Briefers: Dr. Peter Marks, Director of the Center for
Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, and Dr. Jason Roos, Chief
Operating Officer, Coordination Operations and Response Element,
HHS.
IV. LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
A. BUSINESS MEETINGS (LEGISLATION)
Organizational meeting to appoint the Chairs and Ranking Mem-
bers of the five subcommittees and adopt the Committee Rules
(February 1, 2021).
Business meeting to consider Committee Print Providing for rec-
onciliation pursuant to S. Con. Res. 5, the Concurrent Resolution
on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2021, which was ordered favorably
reported; bills to designate USPS facilities were approved by the
Committee and ordered favorably reported to the House by Unani-
mous Consent (February 12, 2021).
Business meeting to consider H.R. 51, Washington, D.C. Admis-
sion Act, which was ordered favorably reported; bills to designate
USPS facilities were approved by the Committee and ordered favor-
ably reported to the House by Unanimous Consent (April 14, 2021).
Business meeting to consider H.R. 3076, The Postal Service Re-
form Act; H.R. 3077, The Postal Service Improvement Act; H.R.
1930, The Federal Advisory Committee Transparency Act; H.R.
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2681, The Integrity Committee Transparency Act; and H.R. 978,
The Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act (May 13, 2021), which
were ordered favorably reported.
Business meeting to consider H.R. 2662, The IG Independence
and Empowerment Act; H.R. 302, The Preventing a Patronage Sys-
tem Act; H.R. 2617, The Performance Enhancement Reform Act;
H.R. 3327, No Congressionally Obligated Recurring Revenue Used
as Pensions To Incarcerated Officials Now Act; H.R. 1297, The Air
America Act; and H.R. 3367, The Gold Star Children Act, which
were ordered favorably reported; bills to designate USPS facilities
were approved by the Committee and ordered favorably reported to
the House by Unanimous Consent (May 25, 2021).
Business meeting to consider H.R. 2988, The Whistleblower Pro-
tection Improvement Act; H.R. 2043, The Periodically Listing Up-
dates to Management Act; H.R. 3787, The District of Columbia
Local Juror Nondiscrimination Act; H.R. 1204, The District of Co-
lumbia Chief Financial Officer Salary Home Rule Act; H.R. 1224,
The Merit System Protection Board Empowerment Act; and H.R.
3599, The Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act, which
were ordered favorably reported; bills to designate USPS facilities
were approved by the Committee and ordered favorably reported to
the House by Unanimous Consent (June 29, 2021).
Business meeting to consider H.R. 4125, Keep the Watchdogs
Running Act; H.R. 1508, Guidance Clarity Act; H.R. 4465, Feder-
ally Funded Research and Technology Development Protection Act;
H.R. 564, Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act;
H.R. 2994 Accountability For Acting Officials Act; H.R. 4448, Ad-
ministrative Law Judge Competitive Service Restoration Act; H.R.
3533, To Establish Occupational Series for Federal Positions in
Software Development, Software Engineering, Data Science, and
Data Management, and for Other Purposes; H.R. 4393, To Require
the Directors of the Courts Services and Offender Supervision
Agency of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia
Pretrial Services Agency to Reside in the District of Columbia; H.R.
4469, The AI in Counterterrorism Oversight Enhancement Act; and
H.R. 4470, The Made in America Pandemic Preparedness Act,
which were ordered favorably reported; bills to designate USPS fa-
cilities were approved by the Committee and ordered favorably re-
ported to the House by Unanimous Consent (July 20, 2021).
Business meeting to consider S. Con. Res. 14, the Concurrent
Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2022, which was ordered
favorably reported (September 2, 2021).
Business meeting to consider H.R. 4688, The Federal Agency
Customer Experience Act; H.R. 5792, The State and Local Digital
Services Act; H.R. 4778, The District of Columbia Courts Vacancy
Reduction Act; H.R. 6066, The Strengthening The Office of Per-
sonnel Management Act; and H.R. 5477, The Federal Agency Cli-
mate Planning, Resilience, and Enhanced Preparedness Act, which
were ordered favorably reported; bills to designate USPS facilities
were approved by the Committee and ordered favorably reported to
the House by Unanimous Consent (December 2, 2021).
Business meeting to consider H.R. 6361, District of Columbia Na-
tional Guard Commanding Residency Act; H.R. 6497, Federal Infor-
mation Security Modernization Act of 2022; H.R. 6419, Fair Chance
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and H.R. 6560, The GAO Audit Mandates Revision Act, which were
ordered favorably reported; bills to designate USPS facilities were
approved by the Committee and ordered favorably reported to the
House by Unanimous Consent (February 2, 2022).
Business meeting to consider H.R. 7185, The Federal Contracting
for Peace and Security Act; H.R. 6531, The Targeting Resources to
Communities in Need Act of 2022; H.R. 1756, The Measuring Real
Income Growth Act; H.R. 7376, The Honoring Civil Servants Killed
in the Line of Duty Act; H.R. 6967, The Chance to Compete Act;
H.R. 3544, The Computers for Veterans and Students Act; H.R.
7337, The Access for Veterans to Record Act, which were ordered
favorably reported; bills to designate USPS facilities were approved
by the Committee and ordered favorably reported to the House by
Unanimous Consent (April 6, 2022).
Business meeting to consider H.R. 7683, The Artificial Intel-
ligence Training for the Acquisition Act; H.R. 7331, The Improving
Government for America’s Taxpayers Act; H.R. 7535, The Quantum
Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; H.R. 521, The First
Responder Fair Return for Employees on Their Initial Retirement
Earned Act; H.R. 7674, The Ensuring Oversight Access at the Post-
al Service Act; H.R. 6104, The Building the Next Generation of
Employees Act; H.R. 7686, The District of Columbia Code Return-
ing Citizens Coordination Act; and H.R. 7682, The Ensuring an Ac-
curate Postal Fleet Electrification Act, which were ordered favor-
ably reported; bills to designate USPS facilities were approved by
the Committee and ordered favorably reported to the House by
Unanimous Consent (May 11, 2022).
Business meeting to consider H.R. 4176, the LGBTQ+ Data In-
clusion Act; H.R. 7951, The Telework Metrics and Cost Savings
Act; H.R. 7941, To Amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act
to Permit the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia
to Transmit Acts of the District of Columbia to Congress in Elec-
tronic Form; and H.R. 5815, the Honest Census Communication
Act, which were ordered favorably reported; bills to designate
USPS facilities were approved by the Committee and ordered favor-
ably reported to the House by Unanimous Consent (June 14, 2022).
Business meeting to consider H.R. 4258, The Improving Digital
Identity Act; H.R. 8322, The Strengthening Tools to Obstruct and
Prevent Fraud Act 2022; H.R. 7602, The Preventing Organizational
Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act; H.R. 8325, The
Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition
Act; H.R. 6548, The Justice in Power Plant Permitting Act; and
H.R. 8326, The Ensuring a Fair and Accurate Census Act, which
were ordered favorably reported; bills to designate United States
Postal Service facilities were approved by the Committee and or-
dered favorably reported to the House by Unanimous Consent (July
14, 2022).
Business meeting to consider S. 1941, the Metropolitan Areas
Protection and Standardization (MAPS) Act; S. 3510, Disaster Re-
siliency Planning Act; H.R. 8466, the Chai Suthammonont Healthy
Federal Workplaces Act of 2022; H.R. 8665, the National Archives
and Records Administration (NARA) Modernization Act; H. Res
1243, Of inquiry requesting the President transmit certain docu-
ments in his possession to the House of Representatives relating to
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formation; and H.R. 8861, the District of Columbia Home Rule Ex-
pansion Act, which were ordered favorably reported; bills to des-
ignate USPS facilities were approved by the Committee and or-
dered favorably reported to the House by Unanimous Consent (Sep-
tember 20, 2022).
Business meeting to consider H.R. 1283, The Contract Act of
2021, and H.R. 1307, The Vote by Mail Tracking Act, which were
ordered favorably reported; H. Res. 1412, Of inquiry directing the
Secretary of the Treasury to transmit certain documents to the
House of Representatives relating to the projected inflationary im-
pact of the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and
Jobs Act, the Build Back Better Act, and the Infrastructure and
Jobs Act in conjunction with the Build Back Better Act was re-
ported unfavorably to the House; bills to designate USPS facilities
were approved by the Committee and ordered favorably reported to
the House by Unanimous Consent (November 17, 2022).
Business meeting to consider H. Res. 1479, Of inquiry requesting
the President transmit certain documents in his possession to the
House of Representatives relating to the surveillance or monitoring
of pro-gun, pro-life, or conservative groups under the Internet Cov-
ert Operations Program operated by the United States Postal In-
spection Service, which was reported unfavorably to the House (De-
cember 6, 2022).
B. LEGISLATION ENACTED INTO LAW
H.R. 22, the Congressional Budget Justification Transparency
Act. Introduced on January 4, 2021, by Rep. Mike Quigley. This
legislation requires federal agencies to make budget justification
materials available to the public on a website. The bill also re-
quires the OMB to make certain details regarding the materials
available to the public, including a list of the agencies that submit
budget justification materials to Congress, the dates that the mate-
rials are submitted to Congress and posted online, and links to the
materials.
History: Introduced on January 4, 2021; House passed January 5,
2021; Senate companion (S. 272) passed June 28, 2021; House
passed S. 272 August 23, 2021; President signed into law on
September 24, 2021 (PL 117–40)
H.R. 26, Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act.
Introduced on January 4, 2021, by Rep. James Comer. This legisla-
tion prohibits the use of reverse auctions, which allow the seller to
bid down the price of a project, in awarding federal contracts for
complex, specialized, or substantial design and construction serv-
ices. The bill also requires the Federal Acquisition and Regulatory
Council to define ‘‘complex, specialized, or substantial design and
construction services.’’ GSA must also report to specified congres-
sional committees on the bill’s effectiveness.
History: Introduced on January 4, 2021; House passed January 5,
2021; Senate passed July 13, 2021; President signed into law
on July 26, 2021 (PL 117–28)
H.R. 521, First Responder Fair RETIRE Act. Introduced on Janu-
ary 28, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. The legislation preserves
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abled in the line of duty and are reassigned to a different position
in the civil service that is not covered under the same retirement
program.
History: Introduced January 28, 2021; Committee passed May 11,
2022; House passed July 12, 2022; Senate passed November 17,
2022; President signed into law on December 9, 2022 (PL 117–
225).
H.R. 1283, the Continuity for Operators with Necessary Training
Required for ATC Contract Towers (CONTRACT) Act of 2021. In-
troduced on February 24, 2021, by Rep. Julia Brownley. The legis-
lation amends title 5 to allow retired federal air traffic controllers
who choose to work at contract towers through the Federal Con-
tract Tower Program to continue collecting their full federal retire-
ment annuity.
History: Introduced February 24, 2021; Senate Companion (S. 419)
introduced February 24, 2021; Senate Committee passed No-
vember 3, 2021, Committee passed November 17, 2022; Presi-
dent signed into law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations
Act of 2023 on December 29, 2022
H.R. 1319, American Rescue Plan Act, Title IX, Subtitle M:
Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. This legisla-
tion provided $362 billion in emergency funding for state, local, ter-
ritorial, and tribal governments. Of this total, states and the Dis-
trict of Columbia received $195.3 billion, tribal governments re-
ceived $20 billion, and U.S. territories received $4.5 billion. Cities,
counties, and other smaller local government units received $130.2
billion. Of this total, cities received $45.57 billion, counties received
$65.1 billion, and other smaller local government units received
$19.53 billion. The funds enable these governments to support the
COVID–19 public health response and support economic recovery,
including assistance to households, small businesses, and non-
profits; aid to impacted industries; premium pay to eligible work-
ers; and funding of water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure
projects.
History: Committee Print providing for reconciliation pursuant to S.
Con. Res. 5 passed Committee on February 12, 2021; H.R. 1319
introduced February 24, 2021; House passed February 27, 2021;
Senate passed with an amendment March 6, 2021; House
agreed to the Senate amendment March 10, 2021; President
signed into law on March 11, 2021 (PL 117–2)
H.R. 2043, Periodically Listing Updates to Management Act. In-
troduced on March 18, 2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney.
This legislation requires OPM to develop and maintain a publicly
accessible website with data on senior leaders in government that
meets modern data standards. It also implements recommenda-
tions made by GAO and the Administrative Conference of the
United States.
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History: Introduced on March 18, 2021; Committee passed June 29,
2021; Senate companion (S. 3650) introduced February 15,
2022; Senate Committee passed March 30, 2022; President
signed a modified version into law on December 23, 2022, as
part of H.R. 7776, the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2023 (PL 117–263)
H.R. 2485, Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act. In-
troduced on April 13, 2021, by Rep. Mike Quigley. This legislation
requires the Government Publishing Office (GPO) to establish and
maintain a publicly available online portal containing copies of all
congressionally mandated reports. Federal agencies are required to
submit a congressionally mandated report and specified informa-
tion about the report to the GPO between 30 and 45 days after sub-
mission of the report to either chamber or to any congressional
committee or subcommittee. OMB must issue guidance to federal
agencies on these requirements.
History: Introduced on April 13, 2021; House Committee passed
May 13, 2021; House passed July 26, 2021; Senate companion
(S. 2838) introduced September 23, 2021; Senate Committee
passed November 3, 2021; President signed a modified version
into law on December 23, 2022, as part of H.R. 7776, the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (PL117–
263)
H.R. 2617, Performance Enhancement Reform Act. Introduced on
April 16, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. This legislation revises
how agencies must report their performance goals. Specifically,
agencies are required to include the following details when they de-
scribe how they will achieve their performance goals: (1) the
human capital, training, data and evidence, information tech-
nology, and skill sets required to meet such goals; and (2) the tech-
nology modernization investments, system upgrades, staff tech-
nology skills and expertise, stakeholder input and feedback, and
other resources and strategies required to meet such goals. The bill
requires an agency’s chief performance improvement office to pro-
vide the description (previously, the description was provided by an
agency’s chief human capital office).
History: Introduced April 16, 2021; House Committee passed May
25, 2021; House passed September 28, 2021; Senate Committee
passed November 3, 2021; Senate passed with an amendment
on November 15, 2022; President signed a modified version into
law on December 23, 2022, as part of H.R. 7776, the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (PL 117–263)
H.R. 2662, IG Independence and Empowerment Act. Introduced
on April 19, 2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. This legis-
lation includes provisions that: allow an Inspector General (IG) to
be removed only for cause, require Congress to be notified before
an IG is placed on non-duty status, require that an acting IG be
an existing IG for another agency or serving as senior staff in an
OIG, and increase accountability and transparency for the CIGIE
Integrity Committee. The bill also: grants IGs the authority to sub-
poena witnesses who are not currently government employees for
testimony; provides the DOJ IG, along with the DOJ Office of Pro-
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DOJ attorneys; expands whistleblower trainings to OIG employees;
requires notification to Congress and CIGIE of an IG’s ongoing in-
vestigations when an IG is placed on non-duty status; provides a
single appropriation for CIGIE; and requires IGs to notify Congress
if agencies deny access to requested information.
History: Introduced on April 19, 2021; House passed June 29, 2021;
Senate Committee passed November 3, 2021; President signed
a modified version into law on December 23, 2022, as part of
H.R. 7776, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2023 (PL 117–263)
H.R. 2681, Integrity Committee Transparency Act. Introduced on
April 20, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. This legislation ad-
dresses issues regarding inspectors general (IGs) and the CIGIE
Integrity Committee (the committee). The committee is charged
with investigating allegations of wrongdoing against office of IG of-
ficials. The committee is now required to notify Congress when an
allegation of wrongdoing made by a Member of Congress is closed
without referral for investigation. The bill requires CIGIE to report
semiannually to Congress and the President on the activities of the
committee. The bill also requires the appointment of a former IG
to the committee.
History: Introduced April 20, 2021; Committee passed May 13,
2021; House passed June 29, 2021; Senate Committee passed
November 3, 2021; President signed a modified version into law
on December 23, 2022, as part of H.R. 7776, the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (PL 117–263)
H.R. 3076, Postal Service Reform Act. Introduced on May 11,
2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. The legislation provides
financial relief to the Postal Service by eliminating the requirement
that it prefund health benefits for all current employees and retir-
ees and by creating a ‘‘Postal Service only’’ health benefits pro-
gram. The Act also allows the Postal Service to engage in non-post-
al services to increase revenue, requires additional transparency
about delivery standards, and merges the Inspectors General of the
Postal Service and the Postal Regulatory Commission.
History: Introduced on May 11, 2021; Committee passed May 13,
2021; House passed February 8, 2022; Senate passed March 8,
2022; President signed into law on April 6, 2022 (PL117–108)
H.R. 3533, to establish occupational series for Federal positions
in software development, software engineering, data science, and
data management, and for other purposes. Introduced on May 25,
2021, by Rep. Jay Obernolte. This legislation requires OPM to es-
tablish or update existing occupational series for positions in the
federal government in the fields of software development, software
engineering, data science, and data management.
History: Introduced May 25, 2021; Committee passed July 20, 2021;
House passed September 30, 2021; President signed into law on
December 27, 2021, as part of S. 1605, the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (PL 117–81)
H.R. 3544, Computers for Veterans and Students (COVS) Act. In-
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lation requires GSA to transfer surplus computers and related
technology to nonprofit refurbishers for eventual distribution to
schools, veterans, and seniors, and to state and local agencies for
donation to nonprofit and public entities.
History: Introduced on May 25, 2021; House Committee passed
April 6, 2022; House passed July 12, 2022; Senate Committee
passed September 28, 2022; President signed into law as part
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 on December 29,
2022
H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act, Title VIII. The legislation
contains provisions in the Committee’s jurisdiction that provided $3
billion in funding to USPS for the purchase of zero-emission vehi-
cles and the necessary charging infrastructure. The law provides
$15 million to the Inspector General of the Postal Service. It also
provides $25 million to GAO to evaluate whether the economic, so-
cial, and environmental impacts of the funds provided in the Act
are equitable and $20 million to OMB to implement the Act and
track labor, equity, and environmental standards and performance.
History: Committee Print to implement the instructions pursuant to
S. Con. Res. 14 passed Committee September 2, 2021; intro-
duced September 27, 2021; House passed November 14, 2021;
Senate passed with an amendment August 7, 2022; House
agreed to the Senate amendment August 12, 2022; President
signed into law on August 16, 2022 (PL 117–169)
H.R. 7331, Improving Government for America’s Taxpayers Act.
Introduced on March 31, 2022, by Rep. Derek Kilmer. This legisla-
tion requires GAO to consolidate recommendations to Congress in
one report. This report must include the estimated costs of exe-
cuting unimplemented priority recommendations directed at agen-
cies and anticipated cost-savings and identify any additional con-
gressional oversight actions that could help agencies implement
open priority recommendations.
History: Introduced March 31, 2022; Committee passed May 11,
2022; House passed July 12, 2022; President signed a modified
version into law on December 23, 2022, as part of H.R. 7776,
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
(PL 117–263)
H.R. 7337, Access for Veterans to Records Act. Introduced on
March 31, 2022, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. This legisla-
tion helps eliminate the backlog of veteran records requests at the
National Personnel Records Center, an office within NARA. The
legislation requires NARA to submit a plan for eliminating the
backlog within 60 days and authorizes $60 million for NARA to
digitize records and establish effective records retrieval infrastruc-
ture.
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History: Introduced on March 31, 2022; Committee passed April 6,
2022; House passed as part of H.R. 7900, the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, on July 14, 2022; Sen-
ate companion (S. 4866) introduced September 12, 2022; Senate
Committee passed September 28, 2022; President signed a
modified version into law on December 23, 2022, as part of
H.R. 7776, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2023 (PL 117–263)
H.R. 7535, Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act.
Introduced on April 18, 2022, by Rep. Ro Khanna. This legislation
requires OMB to begin to prioritize the migration to post-quantum
cryptography of agency information technology (IT) systems. Post-
quantum cryptography is a method of ensuring that government
computers and IT remain secure against more sophisticated hack-
ing methods that use ‘‘post-quantum’’ computers. OMB is required
to conduct an assessment and designate and prioritize IT systems
for migration using a risk-based approach. OMB must also submit
an annual report to Congress on progress toward transitioning fed-
eral agencies to post-quantum cryptography standards.
History: Introduced on April 18, 2022; Committee passed May 11,
2022; House passed July 12, 2022; Senate Companion (S. 4592)
introduced July 21, 2022; Senate Committee passed August 3,
2022; Senate passed with an amendment December 8, 2022;
House passed amended version December 12, 2022; President
signed into law on December 21, 2022 (PL 117–260)
H.R. 8956, the FedRAMP Authorization Act. Introduced on Sep-
tember 22, 2022, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. This legislation pro-
vides statutory authority for FedRAMP within GSA. GSA is re-
quired to establish a government-wide program that provides a
standardized approach to security assessment and authorization for
cloud computing products and services. Agencies are required to
ensure that their cloud computing services meet GSA require-
ments. The bill establishes a FedRAMP Board to conduct security
assessments of cloud computing services and issue provisional au-
thorizations to operate to cloud service providers that meet
FedRAMP security guidelines. The bill also establishes a Federal
Secure Cloud Advisory Committee.
History: Introduced September 22, 2022; House passed September
29, 2022; President signed into law on December 23, 2022, as
part of H.R. 7776, the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2023 (PL 117–263).
S. 1097, Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act. House
companion (H.R. 3599) introduced on May 28, 2021, by Rep. Ro
Khanna. The legislation establishes a personnel rotation program
for cybersecurity professionals at federal agencies. OPM is required
to issue an operational plan providing policies, processes, and pro-
cedures for the program, and GAO must report on agency and em-
ployee participation in the program.
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History: S. 1097 introduced April 13, 2021; S. 1097 passed Senate
Committee May 12, 2021; House companion (H.R. 3599) intro-
duced May 28, 2021; House passed H.R. 3599 September 29,
2021; Senate passed S. 1097 December 14, 2021; House passed
S. 1097 May 10, 2022; President signed into law on June 21,
2022 (PL 117–149).
S. 1143, No TikTok on Government Devices Act. Introduced on
April 15, 2021, by Senator Josh Hawley. This bill requires the so-
cial media video application TikTok to be removed from the infor-
mation technology of federal agencies. Specifically, the bill requires
the Office of Management and Budget to develop standards for ex-
ecutive agencies that require TikTok and any successor application
from the developer to be removed from agency information tech-
nology (e.g., devices). Such standards must include exceptions for
law enforcement activities, national security interests, and security
researchers.
History: Introduced April 15, 2021; Senate Committee passed May
12, 2021; Senate passed December 14, 2021; President signed
into law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023
on December 29, 2022.
S. 1941, Metropolitan Areas Protection and Standardization
(MAPS) Act. Introduced on May 21, 2021, by Senator Gary Peters.
This legislation directs OMB to provide information about changes
to the standards for designating a core-based statistical area
(CBSA). The standards are used to delineate metropolitan and
micropolitan areas for statistical purposes. Any change to the
standards of CBSA delineations (1) shall not apply automatically
for any nonstatistical use by any domestic assistance program, and
(2) shall apply for such uses only if a relevant agency determines
that the change supports the purposes of the program and is in the
public interest and the change is adopted through rulemaking pro-
cedures.
History: Introduced May 21, 2021; Senate Committee passed No-
vember 3, 2021; Senate passed May 26, 2022; House passed No-
vember 14, 2022; President signed into law on December 5,
2022 (PL 117–219).
S. 2201, Supply Chain Security Training Act. House companion
(H.R. 5962) introduced on November 12, 2021, by Rep. Joe Neguse.
The legislation requires the Federal Acquisition Institute to de-
velop a training program for officials with supply chain risk man-
agement responsibilities at federal agencies. OMB must promul-
gate guidance to federal agencies that requires executive agency
adoption and use of the program. OMB must make the guidance
available to federal agencies of the legislative and judicial
branches.
History: S. 2201 introduced June 23, 2021; Senate Committee
passed July 14, 2021; House companion introduced on Novem-
ber 12, 2021; Senate passed January 11, 2022; House Com-
mittee passed February 2, 2022; House passed May 10, 2022;
President signed into law on June 16, 2022 (PL 117–145).
S. 2551, AI Training Act. House companion (H.R. 7683) intro-
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legislation requires OMB to establish or otherwise provide an arti-
ficial intelligence (AI) training program for the acquisition work-
force of executive agencies, with exceptions. OMB must update the
program at least every two years and ensure there is a way to un-
derstand and measure the participation of the workforce and to re-
ceive and consider feedback from program participants.
History: S. 2551 introduced July 29, 2021; Senate Committee
passed August 4, 2021; Senate passed Senate December 18,
2021; H.R. 7683 introduced on May 6, 2022; House Committee
passed May 11, 2022; House passed September 29, 2021; Presi-
dent signed into law on October 17, 2022.
S. 3470, the End Human Trafficking in Government Contracts
Act. Introduced on January 11, 2022, by Senator James Lankford.
The legislation requires, upon receipt of an office of inspector gen-
eral report substantiating an allegation that the recipient of a con-
tract, grant, or cooperative agreement (or any subgrantee, subcon-
tractor, or agent of the recipient) is engaged in human trafficking,
that the agency refer the matter to the agency suspension and de-
barment office. OMB must report to Congress on implementation
of provisions to end human trafficking in government contracting.
History: Introduced January 11, 2022; Senate Committee passed
February 2, 2022; Senate passed July 14, 2022; House passed
September 29, 2022; President signed into law on October 17,
2022 (PL 117–21).
S. 3510, Disaster Resiliency Planning Act. House companion
(H.R. 7863) introduced on May 24, 2022, by Rep. Troy Carter. This
legislation requires OMB to establish guidance that requires fed-
eral agencies to incorporate natural disaster resilience into real
property asset management and investment decisions.
History: Introduced January 13, 2022; Senate Committee passed
February 2, 2022; Senate passed June 22, 2022; House passed
November 14, 2022; President signed into law on December 5,
2022 (PL 117–221).
S. 3655, Civil Rights Cold Case Investigations Support. House
companion (H.R. 6818) introduced on February 2, 2022, by Rep.
Bobby Rush. This legislation extends the Civil Rights Cold Case
Records Review Board until 2026 (or 2027 if the board opts for an
additional one-year extension). The board reviews the decisions of
federal agencies to postpone the disclosure of civil rights cold case
records (i.e., unsolved civil rights cases from 1940–1979).
History: Introduced by Senator Jon Ossoff on February 16, 2022;
Senate Committee passed March 30, 2022; Senate passed Sep-
tember 29, 2022; House passed November 14, 2022; President
signed into law on December 5, 2022 (PL 117–222).
S. 3905, Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Fed-
eral Acquisition Act. House companion (H.R. 7602) introduced on
April 27, 2022, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. This legisla-
tion updates and strengthens the rules governing the organiza-
tional conflicts of interest (OCIs) of government contractors. It also
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clauses governing OCIs that apply to the procurements of almost
all executive agencies through the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
History: S. 3905 introduced March 23, 2022; House companion
(H.R. 7602) introduced April 27, 2022; House Committee passed
H.R. 7602 July 20, 2022; Senate Committee passed S. 3905 Au-
gust 1, 2022; Senate passed S. 3905 August 1, 2022; House
passed S. 3905 December 14, 2022; President signed into law
on December 27, 2022 (PL 117–324).
S. 4057, Strategic EV Management Act. House companion (H.R.
8969) introduced on September 22, 2022, by Chairwoman Carolyn
B. Maloney. This legislation requires GSA to coordinate with the
heads of federal agencies to develop a comprehensive, strategic
plan for federal electric vehicle fleet battery management and to re-
port to and brief Congress regarding the plan and its implementa-
tion across agencies.
History: S. 4057 introduced April 7, 2022; Senate Committee passed
May 25, 2022; Senate passed September 14, 2022; House com-
panion (H.R. 8969) introduced September 22, 2022; President
signed into law on December 23, 2022, as part of H.R. 7776, the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (PL
117–263).
C. BILLS PASSED BY THE HOUSE
H.R. 21, FedRAMP Authorization Act. Introduced on January 4,
2021, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. This legislation would provide
statutory authority for the Federal Risk and Authorization Man-
agement Program (FedRAMP) within GSA. GSA would be required
to establish a government-wide program that provides the authori-
tative standardized approach to security assessment and authoriza-
tion for cloud computing products and services used by agencies to
process unclassified information. Agencies would be required to en-
sure that their cloud computing services meet GSA requirements.
The bill would also establish the Joint Authorization Board to con-
duct security assessments of cloud computing services and issue
provisional authorizations to operate to cloud service providers that
meet FedRAMP security guidelines. The GSA would be required to
(1) publish a report that includes an assessment of the cost in-
curred by agencies and cloud service providers related to the
issuance of FedRAMP authorizations and provisional authoriza-
tions, (2) determine the requirements for certification of inde-
pendent assessment organizations, and (3) establish the Federal
Secure Cloud Advisory Committee.
History: Introduced on January 4, 2021; House passed January 5,
2021
H.R. 23, Inspector General Protection Act. Introduced on January
4, 2021, by Rep. Ted Lieu. The legislation would require the Presi-
dent to notify Congress each time the President places an inspector
general on nonduty status. If the President fails to make a formal
nomination for a vacant inspector general position within 210 days
after the vacancy occurs, the President would be required to com-
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(1) the reasons why the President has not yet made a formal nomi-
nation, and (2) a target date for making a formal nomination.
History: Introduced January 4, 2021; House passed January 5,
2021
H.R. 27, Settlement Agreement Information Database Act. Intro-
duced on January 4, 2021, by Rep. Gary Palmer. This legislation
would require executive agencies to submit information regarding
settlement agreements to a public database. Specifically, an agency
would be required to submit information regarding any settlement
agreement (including a consent decree) entered into by the agency
related to an alleged violation of federal law. If an agency deter-
mines that information regarding an agreement must remain con-
fidential to protect the public interest, the agency would be re-
quired to publish an explanation of why the information is con-
fidential.
History: Introduced January 4, 2021; House passed January 5,
2021
H.R. 51, Washington, D.C. Admission Act. Introduced on January
4, 2021, by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. This legisla-
tion would provide for admission into the Union of the state of
Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, which is composed of most
of the territory of the District of Columbia. Congress would retain
plenary authority over a small area around the White House, the
U.S. Capitol, and the U.S. Supreme Court. The state would be ad-
mitted to the Union on an equal footing with the other states.
History: Introduced January 4, 2021; Committee passed April 14,
2021; House passed April 22, 2021
H.R. 302, Preventing a Patronage System Act (PPSA). Introduced
on January 13, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. The legislation
would limit federal employee reclassifications to the five excepted
service schedules in use prior to Fiscal Year 2021.
History: Introduced January 13, 2021; Committee passed May 25,
2021; House passed September 15, 2022
H.R. 1508, Guidance Clarity Act of 2021. Introduced on March 2,
2021, by Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer. This legislation would require
federal agencies to state on the first page of guidance documents
that such guidance (1) does not have the force and effect of law,
and (2) is intended only to provide clarity to the public about exist-
ing legal requirements or agency policies. OMB would be required
to issue guidance to implement this requirement.
History: Introduced March 2, 2021; Senate companion (S. 533) in-
troduced March 2, 2021; Senate Committee passed July 14,
2021; House Committee passed July 20, 2021; Senate passed
September 14, 2021; House passed October 20, 2021
H.R. 2988, Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act. Intro-
duced on May 4, 2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. This
legislation would expand whistleblower protections and clarify that
no federal official may interfere with a federal employee’s ability to
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sure of a whistleblower’s identity, prohibit retaliatory investiga-
tions, and provide access to jury trials for whistleblowers.
History: Introduced on May 4, 2021; Committee passed June 29,
2021; House passed September 15, 2022
H.R. 4176, LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Act. Introduced on June 25,
2021, by Rep. Raúl Grijalva. This legislation would require federal
agencies that collect demographic data through a survey for statis-
tical purposes to review existing data sets to determine which data
sets do not include information about sexual orientation, gender
identity, and variations in sex characteristics. Such agencies would
be required to assess needed changes in survey methods related to
asking questions on such matters. Agencies that publish reports re-
lying on survey demographic data would be required to include in-
formation on sexual orientation, gender identity, and variations in
sex characteristics. Agencies could waive this publication require-
ment on a case-by-case basis if the confidentiality of the informa-
tion could not be maintained or if adding such information to the
survey would impair the agency’s ability to preserve the utility, ac-
curacy, or objectivity of the survey while also generating relevant
evidence about the LGBTQI+ community.
History: Introduced June 25, 2021; Committee passed June 14,
2022; House passed June 23, 2022
H.R. 5314, Protecting Our Democracy Act. Introduced on Sep-
tember 9, 2021, by Rep. Adam Schiff, Chairwoman Carolyn B.
Maloney, and others. This legislation would address issues involv-
ing (1) abuses of presidential power; (2) checks and balances, ac-
countability, and transparency; and (3) election integrity and secu-
rity.
History: Introduced on September 9, 2021; House passed on Decem-
ber 9, 2021
H.R. 6419, Fair Chance Improvement Act. Introduced on January
18, 2022, by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. This legislation would
make a technical change to the Fair Chance Act (Pub. L. No. 116–
92). The Fair Chance Act prohibits, with certain exceptions, federal
agencies and federal contractors from asking job candidates about
criminal history before making a conditional offer to them. The
Fair Chance Improvement Act would transfer authority to enforce
this prohibition for federal contractors from GSA and DOD to the
Department of Labor.
History: Introduced on January 18, 2022; Committee passed Feb-
ruary 2, 2022; House passed as part of H.R. 7900, the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 on July 14,
2022
H.R. 6531, Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act. In-
troduced on February 1, 2022, by Rep. James E. Clyburn. This leg-
islation would address funding for areas of persistent poverty. The
bill would require the Bureau of the Census to publish a list of all
areas of persistent poverty and annually update the list and re-
quire OMB to (1) implement guidance to increase the share of fed-
eral investments targeted to areas of persistent poverty and (2) re-
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port on the measures implemented by OMB under this bill, includ-
ing by assessing whether those measures have increased federal in-
vestments in the affected areas.
History: Introduced February 1, 2022; Committee passed April 6,
2022; House passed May 18, 2022
H.R. 6967, the Chance to Compete Act. Introduced on March 8,
2022, by Rep. Jody Hice. This legislation would modernize the eval-
uations that federal agencies use to assess job candidates. The bill
would require that agency subject matter experts design assess-
ments that test knowledge specific to the position for which the
agency is hiring. The legislation would require OPM to (1) create
an online tool to help agencies share and modify these assessments
and (2) submit annual reports on the use of the assessments.
History: Introduced March 8, 2022; Committee passed April 6, 2022;
House passed September 29, 2022
H.R. 8326, Ensuring a Fair and Accurate Census Act. Introduced
on July 11, 2022, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. This legisla-
tion would vest consequential decision-making authority concerning
decennial censuses solely with the Director of the Census Bureau.
The bill would require the appointment of a Deputy Director of the
Bureau with career experience and technical expertise, limit the
number of political appointees at the Census Bureau, and provide
transparency into the budgetary and operational planning of the
Census Bureau by requiring five-year estimated budget needs with
every budget request submitted to the President. The Secretary of
Commerce (Secretary) would be required to submit the budget of
the Census Bureau to the appropriate congressional committees
when it is transmitted to the President. The Secretary would be re-
quired to certify that any new questions on decennial censuses
have been researched, studied, and tested according to established
statistical policies and procedures, and GAO would be required to
report to Congress on compliance with such procedures. Finally,
H.R. 8326 would codify the Census Bureau’s advisory committees—
including those on statistical and scientific standards.
History: Introduced July 11, 2022; Committee passed July 20, 2022;
House passed September 15, 2022
H.R. 8466, Chai Suthammanont Healthy Federal Workplaces
Act. Introduced on July 21, 2022, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. This
legislation would require each agency to establish a plan containing
procedures and policies to protect the safety of federal employees,
contractors, and subcontractors present at any covered worksite
during a nationwide public health emergency declared for an infec-
tious disease, and to ensure continuity of operations. Specifically,
each plan would detail public health protocols the agency will fol-
low during such a declaration, including testing, identification and
notification of individuals who may have been exposed; cleaning;
occupancy limits; use of personal protective equipment (PPE); and
protections for employees whose work requires them to travel off-
site. The legislation would also require each agency to publish its
plan on its website and communicate its plan to employees, con-
tractors, and subcontractors. The OMB would also be required to
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The OIG for each agency would be required to report to Congress
on plan implementation, and GAO would issue a report on the les-
sons learned during the coronavirus pandemic on improving health
and safety at federal agencies during nationwide public health
emergencies.
History: Introduced July 21, 2022; Committee passed September 20,
2022; House passed September 29, 2022
H.R. 8665, National Archives and Records Administration Mod-
ernization Act. Introduced on August 5, 2022, by Rep. Ro Khanna.
This legislation would amend the U.S. Code to remove pronouns in
references to the Archivist of the United States and others.
History: Introduced on August 5, 2022; Committee passed Sep-
tember 20, 2022; House passed December 14, 2022
D. LEGISLATION CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE
H.R. 564, Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act.
Introduced on January 28, 2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Malo-
ney. This legislation would provide federal employees up to 12
weeks of paid leave during a 12-month period if the employee is
dealing with a serious health condition; caring for a spouse, child,
or parent with a serious health condition; or for reasons associated
with a military deployment of a spouse, child, or parent.
History: Introduced January 28, 2021; Committee passed July 20,
2021
H.R. 978, Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act of 2021. Intro-
duced on February 11, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. This leg-
islation would require each agency to prepare and communicate a
COVID–19 safety plan for workers returning to regular worksites.
History: Introduced February 11, 2021; Committee passed May 13,
2021.
H.R. 1204, District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer Salary
Home Rule Act. Introduced on February 22, 2021, by Congress-
woman Eleanor Holmes Norton. This legislation would revise the
pay of the CFO of D.C. to establish it at the greater of either the
current rate or a rate to be established in law by D.C.
History: Introduced February 22, 2021; Committee passed June 29,
2021; on a motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, failed
by the yeas and nays (2⁄3 required)
H.R. 1224, Merit Systems Protection Board Empowerment Act of
2021. Introduced on February 23, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. Con-
nolly. This legislation would reauthorize the Merit Systems Protec-
tion Board (MSPB) through 2026 and allow MSPB to conduct em-
ployee surveys to help ensure that agencies are following merit sys-
tem principles for the competitive service and identify where im-
provements may be necessary. The bill would also enable MSPB to
collect information on applicants for federal employment, when not
prohibited by existing law, and require that MSPB members, ad-
ministrative judges, and other applicable employees complete whis-
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History: Introduced on February 23, 2021; Committee passed June
29, 2021
H.R. 1297, Air America Act of 2021. Introduced on February 4,
2021, by Rep. Glenn Grothman. This legislation would grant fed-
eral-employee status to Air America, Inc. employees who flew mis-
sions as part of Central Intelligence Agency operations in military
conflicts between 1950 and 1976 and make them or their heirs eli-
gible for federal retirement benefits.
History: Introduced February 4, 2021; Committee passed May 25,
2021
H.R. 1307, Vote by Mail Tracking Act. Introduced on December
24, 2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. This bill would help
the Postal Service more efficiently and effectively manage mail-in
ballots in federal elections by requiring all mail-in ballots to in-
clude a Postal Service trackable barcode and other stylistic require-
ments to make ballots easier to sort and track.
History: Introduced December 24, 2021; Committee passed Novem-
ber 17, 2022
H.R. 1756, Measuring Real Income Growth Act. Introduced on
March 10, 2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. This legisla-
tion would require the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Depart-
ment of Commerce (Commerce) to include in each of its gross do-
mestic product analyses a recent estimate of the total amount
added to the U.S. economy during the period covered by the recent
estimate. The estimate would also disaggregate this amount by
each of the 10 deciles of income and the highest 1% of income.
History: Introduced March 10, 2021; Committee passed April 6,
2022
H.R. 1930, Federal Advisory Committee Transparency Act. Intro-
duced on May 13, 2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. This
legislation would require agencies to inform advisory committee
members of any applicable ethics requirements, ensure the disclo-
sure of detailed minutes from advisory committee meetings, and
clarify that the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, ap-
plies to subcommittees and to committees set up by a contractor.
History: Introduced on May 13, 2021; Committee passed May 13,
2021
H.R. 2994, Accountability for Acting Officials Act. Introduced on
May 4, 2021, by Rep. Katie Porter. This legislation would strength-
en requirements for the ‘‘first assistant’’ in an office or agency serv-
ing as an acting official, limit acting agency heads to serving a
maximum of 120 days from the date of the vacancy, require acting
officials to testify before Congress at least once every 60 days, and
close other loopholes that allow the president to appoint acting offi-
cials without experience in the agencies they lead.
History: Introduced on May 4, 2021; Committee passed July 20,
2021; House passed as part of H.R. 5314, Protecting Our De-
mocracy Act, on December 9, 2021
H.R. 3077, Postal Service Improvement Act. Introduced on May
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would require mail-in ballots for federal elections to meet certain
design and tracking requirements, would provide parental leave to
Postal Service employees, would expand access to the Merit Sys-
tems Protection Board, would allow Postal Service supervisors and
managers to negotiate pay and benefits, would set service stand-
ards for First-Class Mail to be those in place on January 1, 2021,
and would require the Postmaster General to disclose financial in-
formation prior to taking office, among other things.
History: Introduced May 11, 2021; Committee passed May 13, 2021
H.R. 3327, No Corruption Obligated Recurring Revenue Used as
Pensions to Incarcerated Officials Now (No CORRUPTION) Act. In-
troduced on May 19, 2021, by Rep. Ralph Norman. This legislation
would prohibit former Members of Congress who have been con-
victed of a crime from receiving pension payments during the pe-
riod between conviction and sentencing.
History: Introduced May 19, 2021; Committee passed May 25, 2021
H.R. 3367, Gold Star Children Act. Introduced on May 20, 2021,
by Rep. Van Taylor. This legislation would extend veterans’ pref-
erence in federal hiring to the children of certain veterans who died
during a war or campaign or who are totally disabled as a result
of their service.
History: Introduced May 20, 2021; Committee passed May 25, 2021
H.R. 3787, District of Columbia Local Juror Non-Discrimination
Act. Introduced on June 8, 2021, by Congresswoman Eleanor
Holmes Norton. This legislation would prohibit the exclusion of in-
dividuals from service on D.C. juries on the basis of sexual orienta-
tion or gender identity.
History: Introduced June 8, 2021; Committee passed June 21, 2021
H.R. 4125, Keep the Watchdogs Running Act. Introduced on June
24, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. This legislation would au-
thorize a federal OIG to continue performing its duties during a
lapse in appropriations (i.e., a government shutdown). During a
lapse in appropriations, the OIG would be permitted to (1) obligate
funds at the rate of operations and under the terms and conditions
provided in the most recently enacted appropriations act, and
(2)perform its duties with respect to any program that continues
during the lapse in appropriations.
History: Introduced June 24, 2021; Committee passed July 20,
2021.
H.R. 4258, Improving Digital Identity Act. Introduced on June
30, 2021, by Rep. Bill Foster. This legislation would create the Im-
proving Digital Identity Task Force to establish a government-wide
effort to develop secure methods for governmental agencies to vali-
date identity attributes to protect the privacy and security of indi-
viduals and support reliable, interoperable digital identity
verification in the public and private sectors. The bill would require
DHS to award grants to states to upgrade systems that provide
drivers’ licenses or other types of identity credentials to support the
development of highly secure, interoperable state systems that en-
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History: Introduced June 30, 2021; Committee passed July 20,
2022; Senate companion (S.4528) introduced June 13, 2022;
Senate Committee passed September 28, 2022
H.R. 4393, To require the Director of the Court Services and Of-
fender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia and the Di-
rector of the District of Columbia Pretrial Services Agency to reside
in the District of Columbia. Introduced on July 9, 2021, by Con-
gresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. This legislation would require
the Director of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency
for D.C. and the Director of the Pretrial Services Agency for D.C.
to reside in D.C.
History: Introduced July 9, 2021; Committee passed July 20, 2021.
H.R. 4448, Administrative Law Judges Competitive Services Res-
toration Act. Introduced on July 16, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. Con-
nolly. This legislation would make administrative law judge (ALJ)
positions part of the competitive service and otherwise modify the
process for the appointment of ALJs, including by establishing cer-
tain minimum qualifications and conditions of employment.
History: Introduced July 16, 2021; Committee passed July 20, 2021
H.R. 4465, Federally Funded Research and Technology Develop-
ment Protection Act. Introduced on July 16, 2021, by Rep. Stephen
Lynch. This legislation would address issues of transparency and
accountability in federal grant-making to safeguard federally fund-
ed research and technology development. OMB would be required
to mandate that any agency that makes a federal grant must main-
tain compliance operations to guard against malign foreign talent
recruitment programs. OMB would also be required to prescribe
standardized disclosure and accountability measures to support
such operations.
History: Introduced July 16, 2021; Committee passed July 20, 2021
H.R. 4469, AI in Counterterrorism Oversight Enhancement Act.
Introduced on July 16, 2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney.
This legislation would expand the responsibilities of the Privacy
and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to include oversight of the use
of AI in counterterrorism and addresses related issues.
History: Introduced July 16, 2021; Committee passed July 20, 2021;
House passed as part of H.R. 7900, the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, on July 14, 2022
H.R. 4470, Made in America Pandemic Preparedness Act. Intro-
duced on July 16, 2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. This
legislation would establish a pandemic preparation tax credit and
require HHS to maintain a specified amount of PPE in the Stra-
tegic National Stockpile. The bill would require that the PPE in the
stockpile be produced domestically, with some exceptions. OMB
would be required to work with HHS to report on the inventory in
the Strategic National Stockpile and in stockpiles of other federal
agencies, and the quantities of PPE that would be required for an
array of possible emergencies, including a pandemic or other public
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History: Introduced on July 16, 2021; Committee passed July 20,
2021
H.R. 4688, Federal Agency Customer Experience (FACE) Act. In-
troduced on July 26, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. This legisla-
tion would require certain agencies to collect voluntary customer
experience feedback on their services and transactions. Each agen-
cy would publish the feedback on its website, report the feedback
to OMB, and report on the solicitation of the feedback. GAO would
publish a report assessing the data collected and reported by the
agencies.
History: Senate companion (S. 671) introduced on March 10, 2021;
Senate Committee passed March 17, 2021; H.R. 4688 intro-
duced on July 26, 2021; House Committee passed December 2,
2021; Senate passed June 22, 2022
H.R. 4778, District of Columbia Courts Vacancy Reduction Act.
Introduced on July 28, 2021, by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes
Norton. This legislation would allow D.C. judicial nominees to be
appointed after a 30-day congressional review period without the
advice and consent of the Senate, unless a joint resolution of dis-
approval is enacted into law during that period.
History: Introduced on July 28, 2021; Committee passed December
2, 2021
H.R. 5477, Federal Agency Climate PREP Act. Introduced on Oc-
tober 5, 2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. This legislation
would require each agency to submit to OMB an agency climate ac-
tion plan within one year of enactment; would establish an inter-
agency council called the Council on Federal Agency Climate Plan-
ning, Resilience, and Enhanced Preparedness; and would codify the
Office of Domestic Climate Policy within the EOP.
History: Introduced October 5, 2021; Committee passed December 2,
2021
H.R. 5792, State and Local Digital Service Act. Introduced on
November 1, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. This legislation
would direct GSA to establish a Digital Service Agreement Pro-
gram, under which GSA would award grants to, or enter into coop-
erative agreements or memoranda of understanding with, eligible
applicants for the purpose of planning, establishing, or supporting
a digital service team or supporting digital services collaboration to
improve the delivery of government assistance through digital serv-
ices.
History: Introduced November 1, 2021; Committee passed December
2, 2021
H.R. 5815, Honest Census Communications Act. Introduced on
November 2, 2021, by Rep. Anna Eshoo. The bill would prohibit
communicating census-related information, or producing census-re-
lated information for communication, knowing the information to
be materially false and with the intent to impede or prevent an-
other person from participating in any census.
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History: November 2, 2021; Committee passed June 15, 2021
H.R. 6066, Strengthening the Office of Personnel Management
Act. Introduced on November 23, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly.
This legislation would provide statutory authority for the mission
of OPM, establish the Chief Management Officer and the OPM Ad-
visory Committee on Human Capital Management, and specify ad-
ditional requirements for the appointment of the OPM Director and
the removal of the OPM Director or Deputy Director.
History: Introduced November 23, 2021; Committee passed Decem-
ber 2, 2021
H.R. 6104, Building the Next Generation of Federal Employees
Act. Introduced on December 1, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly.
This legislation would establish a Federal Internship and Fellow-
ship Center within OPM that would manage a publicly accessible
website with information about executive branch internship oppor-
tunities and provide support for federal agency managers to im-
prove intern and fellow recruitment, engagement, and hiring.
History: Introduced December 1, 2021; Committee passed May 11,
2022
H.R. 6361, District of Columbia National Guard Commanding
General Residency Act. Introduced on January 6, 2022, by Con-
gresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. This legislation would require
the commanding general of the D.C. National Guard to reside in
D.C.
History: Introduced on January 6, 2022; Committee passed Feb-
ruary 2, 2022
H.R. 6497, Federal Information Security Modernization Act. In-
troduced on January 25, 2022, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Malo-
ney. This legislation would address federal information security
management, notification and remediation of cybersecurity inci-
dents, and the roles of OMB and CISA. Agencies would be required
to evaluate whether additional cybersecurity procedures are appro-
priate at least once every three years. Each agency would provide
information relating to every major cybersecurity incident to CISA,
OMB, the Office of the National Cyber Director, the agency’s OIG,
GAO, and Congress.
History: Introduced on January 25, 2021; Committee passed Feb-
ruary 2, 2022
H.R. 6548, Justice in Power Plant Permitting Act. Introduced on
February 1, 2022, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. This legis-
lation would prevent the permitting of fossil fuel-fired power plants
and other sources of air pollution when the cumulative effects of
that pollution would cause harm to the health and well-being of
local communities.
History: Introduced February 1, 2022; Committee passed July 20,
2022
H.R. 7185, Federal Contracting for Peace and Security Act. Intro-
duced on March 21, 2022, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney.
This legislation would require executive agencies to terminate their
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The requirement would end when Russia takes steps to restore the
safety, sovereignty, and condition of Ukraine. The bill would not
apply to the procurement of products or services for the benefit of
Ukraine or for humanitarian purposes to meet basic human needs,
and in other limited circumstances.
History: Introduced on March 21, 2022; Committee passed April 6,
2022; House passed as part of H.R. 7900, the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, on July 14, 2022
H.R. 7376, Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty.
Introduced on April 4, 2022, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. This legis-
lation would set a required standard death gratuity payment at
$100,000 plus $8,800 for funeral expenses, with adjustments for in-
flation, for civil service employees who are killed in the line of duty
or die as a result of an injury sustained at work.
History: Introduced April 4, 2022; Committee passed April 6, 2022
H.R. 7674, Ensuring Oversight Access at the Postal Service Act.
Introduced on May 6, 2022, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. This legis-
lation would ensure that Members of Congress have access to Post-
al Service facilities to perform congressional oversight, including on
or around the date of an election for federal office.
History: Introduced on May 6, 2022; Committee passed May 11,
2022
H.R. 7682, Ensuring an Accurate Postal Fleet Electrification Act.
Introduced on May 6, 2022, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney.
This legislation would require the Postal Service to conduct a new
environmental impact statement with respect to the procurement
of its next generation delivery vehicle.
History: Introduced on May 6, 2022; Committee passed May 11,
2022
H.R. 7686, District of Columbia Code Returning Citizens Coordi-
nation Act. Introduced on May 6, 2022, by Congresswoman Eleanor
Holmes Norton. This legislation would require the Bureau of Pris-
ons to provide information every 90 days to the Mayor of D.C. on
every D.C. resident sentenced under the D.C. Code housed at a Bu-
reau of Prisons facility. Upon request of the Mayor, BOP would be
required to provide the Mayor the same information BOP provides
to the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for D.C. on
such individuals.
History: Introduced on May 6, 2022; Committee passed May 11,
2022
H.R. 7941, District of Columbia Electronic Transmittal of Legis-
lation Act. Introduced on June 3, 2022, by Congresswoman Eleanor
Holmes Norton. This legislation would allow D.C. to transmit legis-
lation to Congress for the review period to Congress electronically.
History: Introduced on June 3, 2022; Committee passed June 15,
2022
H.R. 7951, Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act. Introduced
on June 7, 2022, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. This legislation would
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work-life flexibility for employees and create reporting require-
ments that measure the cost savings to the federal government as-
sociated with telework.
History: Introduced on June 7, 2022; Committee passed June 15,
2022
H.R. 8322, STOP Fraud Act. Introduced on July 11, 2021, by
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. This legislation would address issues of
fraud and improper payments, including by establishing the Fed-
eral Real Antifraud Unified Directorate within OMB. The bill
would require agencies to designate any program exceeding certain
payments thresholds as a program susceptible to significant im-
proper payments and to implement proactive analytics for a high-
risk area of each designated program. OMB would be required to
designate any program with outlays in the prior fiscal year of $50
billion or more as a high-priority program. An agency admin-
istering a high-priority program would be required to develop a
plan to implement anti-fraud controls that would include digital
identity-proofing solutions, threat intelligence, and proactive ana-
lytics. The bill would require that such plans take into consider-
ation the administrative burden of implementing such anti-fraud
controls.
History: Introduced July 11, 2022; Committee passed July 20, 2022
H.R. 8325, Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest in Federal
Acquisition Act. Introduced on July 11, 2022, by Chairwoman Caro-
lyn B. Maloney. This legislation would expand the current rules
governing personal conflicts of interest (PCIs), which are conflicts
that are unique to the individual employees of a covered govern-
ment contractor. Specifically, the bill would extend coverage to em-
ployees of contractors that support the regulatory, policymaking,
and adjudicative functions of an executive agency, as well as other
key functions with increased risks of conflicts. It would also pro-
hibit contractors from advising an executive agency on sensitive
matters while concurrently working with entities regulated by the
agency, require these contractors to disclose their recent work for
clients regulated by the agency, and set civil penalties for certain
violations of these rules.
History: Introduced on July 11, 2022; Committee passed July 20,
2022
H.R. 8861, District of Columbia Home Rule Expansion Act. Intro-
duced on September 15, 2022, by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes
Norton. This legislation would eliminate the congressional review
period for D.C. legislation and give D.C. the sole power to prosecute
and grant clemency for all crimes under D.C. law.
History: Introduced on September 15, 2022; Committee passed Sep-
tember 20, 2022
E. POSTAL NAMING MEASURES ENACTED INTO LAW
H.R. 91, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 810 South Pendleton Street in Easley, South
Carolina, as the ‘‘Private First Class Barrett Lyle Austin Post Of-
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H.R. 92, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 110 Johnson Street in Pickens, South Carolina,
as the ‘‘Specialist Four Charles Johnson Post Office.’’ Introduced on
January 4, 2021, by Rep. Jeff Duncan.
H.R. 203, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 4020 Broadway Street in Houston, Texas, as the
‘‘Benny C. Martinez Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on January
5, 2021, by Rep Sylvia Garcia.
H.R. 208, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 500 West Main Street, Suite 102, in Tupelo, Mis-
sissippi, as the ‘‘Colonel Carlyle Smitty Harris Post Office.’’ Intro-
duced on January 5, 2021, by Rep. Trent Kelly.
H.R. 264, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 1101 Charlotte Street in Georgetown, South
Carolina, as the ‘‘Joseph Hayne Rainey Memorial Post Office Build-
ing.’’ Introduced on January 11, 2021, by Rep. Tom Rice.
H.R. 735, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 502 East Cotati Avenue in Cotati, California, as
the ‘‘Arturo L. Ibleto Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on February
2, 2021, by Rep. Mike Thompson.
H.R. 767, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 40 Fulton Street in Middletown, New York, as
the ‘‘Benjamin A. Gilman Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on Feb-
ruary 3, 2021, by Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney.
H.R. 772, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 229 Minnetonka Avenue South in Wayzata, Min-
nesota, as the ‘‘Jim Ramstad Post Office.’’ Introduced on February
3, 2021, by Rep. Dean Phillips.
H.R. 960, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 3493 Burnet Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the
‘‘John H. Leahr and Herbert M. Heilbrun Post Office.’’ Introduced
on February 8, 2021, by Rep. Brad Wenstrup.
H.R. 1095, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 101 South Willowbrook Avenue in Compton,
California, as the ‘‘PFC James Anderson, Jr., Post Office Building.’’
Introduced on February 18, 2021, by Rep. Nanette Barragán.
H.R. 1170, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 1 League in Irvine, California, as the ‘‘Tuskegee
Airman Lieutenant Colonel Robert J. Friend Memorial Post Office
Building.’’ Introduced on February 18, 2021, by Rep. Katie Porter.
H.R. 1298, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 1233 North Cedar Street in Owasso, Oklahoma,
as the ‘‘Technical Sergeant Marshal Roberts Post Office Building.’’
Introduced on February 24, 2021, by Rep. Kevin Hern.
H.R. 1444, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 132 North Loudoun Street, Suite 1, in Win-
chester, Virginia, as the ‘‘Patsy Cline Post Office.’’ Introduced on
February 26, 2021, by Rep. Jennifer Wexton.
H.R. 2044, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 17 East Main Street in Herington, Kansas, as
the ‘‘Captain Emil J. Kapaun Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on
March 18, 2021, by Rep. Tracey Mann.
H.R. 2142, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
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the ‘‘Indiana Hunt-Martin Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on
March 23, 2021, by Rep. Brian Higgins.
H.R. 2324, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 2800 South Adams Street in Tallahassee, Flor-
ida, as the ‘‘D. Edwina Stephens Post Office.’’ Introduced on April
1, 2021, by Rep. Al Lawson, Jr.
H.R. 2472, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 82422 Cadiz Jewett Road in Cadiz, Ohio, as the
‘‘John Armor Bingham Post Office.’’ Introduced on April 13, 2021,
by Rep. Bill Johnson.
H.R. 2473, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 275 Penn Avenue in Salem, Ohio, as the ‘‘How-
ard Arthur Tibbs Post Office.’’ Introduced on April 13, 2021, by
Rep. Bill Johnson.
H.R. 3210, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 1905 15th Street in Boulder, Colorado, as the
‘‘Officer Eric H. Talley Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on May 13,
2021, by Rep. Joe Neguse.
H.R. 3419, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 66 Meserole Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, as
the ‘‘Joseph R. Lentol Post Office.’’ Introduced on May 20, 2021, by
Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney.
H.R. 3508, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 39 West Main Street in Honeoye Falls, New
York, as the ‘‘CW4 Christian J. Koch Memorial Post Office.’’ Intro-
duced on May 25, 2021, by Rep. Chris Jacobs.
H.R. 3539, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 223 West Chalan Santo Papa in Hagatna, Guam,
as the ‘‘Atanasio Taitano Perez Post Office.’’ Introduced by on May
25, 2021, Rep. Michael San Nicholas.
H.R. 3579, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 200 East Main Street in Maroa, Illinois, as the
‘‘Jeremy L. Ridlen Post Office.’’ Introduced on May 28, 2021, by
Rep. Rodney Davis.
H.R. 3613, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 202 Trumbull Street in Saint Clair, Michigan, as
the ‘‘Corporal Jeffrey Robert Standfest Post Office Building.’’ Intro-
duced on May 28, 2021, by Rep. Lisa McClain.
H.R. 4168, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 6223 Maple Street, in Omaha, Nebraska, as the
‘‘Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Jackson French Post Office.’’ Intro-
duced on June 25, 2021, by Rep. Don Bacon.
H.R. 4622, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 226 North Main Street in Roseville, Ohio, as the
‘‘Ronald E. Rosser Post Office.’’ Introduced on July 22, 2021, by
Rep. Troy Balderson.
H.R. 4899, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 10 Broadway Street West, in Akeley, Minnesota,
as the ‘‘Neal Kenneth Todd Post Office.’’ Introduced on July 30,
2021, by Rep. Pete Stauber.
H.R. 5271, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 2245 Rosa L Parks Boulevard in Nashville, Ten-
nessee, as the ‘‘Thelma Harper Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on
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September 17, 2021, by Rep. Jim Cooper.
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H.R. 5349, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 1550 State Road S 38 211 in Orangeburg, South
Carolina, as the ‘‘J.I. Washington Post Office Building.’’ Introduced
on September 23, 2021, by Rep. James Clyburn.
H.R. 5577, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 3900 Crown Road Southwest in Atlanta, Georgia,
as the ‘‘John R. Lewis Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on October
12, 2021, by Rep. Nikema Williams.
H.R. 5659, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 1961 North C Street in Oxnard, California, as
the ‘‘John R. Hatcher III Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on Octo-
ber 21, 2021, by Rep. Julia Brownley.
H.R. 5650, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 16605 East Avenue of the Fountains in Fountain
Hills, Arizona, as the ‘‘Dr. C.T. Wright Post Office Building.’’ Intro-
duced on October 20, 2021, by Rep. David Schweikert.
H.R. 5794, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 850 Walnut Street in McKeesport, Pennsylvania,
as the ‘‘First Sergeant Leonard A. Funk, Jr. Post Office Building.’’
Introduced on November 1, 2021, by Rep. Michael Doyle.
H.R. 5809, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 1801 Town and Country Drive in Norco, Cali-
fornia, as the ‘‘Lance Corporal Kareem Nikoui Memorial Post Office
Building.’’ Introduced on November 2, 2021, by Rep. Ken Calvert.
H.R. 5865, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 4110 Bluebonnet Drive in Stafford, Texas, as the
‘‘Leonard Scarcella Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on November
4, 2021, by Rep. Al Green.
H.R. 5900, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 2016 East 1st Street in Los Angeles, California,
as the ‘‘Marine Corps Reserve PVT Jacob Cruz Post Office.’’ Intro-
duced on November 5, 2021, by Rep. Jimmy Gomez.
H.R. 5952, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 123 East Main Street, in Vergas, Minnesota, as
the ‘‘Jon Glade Post Office.’’ Introduced on November 12, 2021, by
Rep. Michelle Fischbach.
H.R. 5976, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 101 West Walnut Street in Watseka, Illinois, as
the ‘‘Sgt. Jeremy C. Sherman Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on
November 15, 2021, by Rep. Adam Kinzinger.
H.R. 6039, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 501 Charles Street in Beaufort, South Carolina,
as the ‘‘Harriet Tubman Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on No-
vember 18, 2021, by Rep. Nancy Mace.
H.R. 6040, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 11 Robert Smalls Parkway Suite C, in Beaufort,
South Carolina, as the ‘‘Robert Smalls Post Office.’’ Introduced on
November 18, 2021, by Rep. Nancy Mace.
H.R. 6041, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 10 Bow Circle in Hilton Head Island, South
Carolina, as the ‘‘Charles E. Fraser Post Office Building.’’ Intro-
duced on November 18, 2021, by Rep. Nancy Mace.
H.R. 6042, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
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land, South Carolina, as the ‘‘Caesar H. Wright Jr. Post Office
Building.’’ Introduced on November 18, 2021, by Rep. Nancy Mace.
H.R. 6080, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 5420 Kavanaugh Boulevard in Little Rock, Ar-
kansas, as the ‘‘Ronald A. Robinson Post Office.’’ Introduced on No-
vember 26, 2021, by Rep. French Hill.
H.R. 6175, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 135 West Wisconsin Street in Russell, Kansas,
as the ‘‘Robert J. Dole Memorial Post Office Building.’’ Introduced
on December 8, 2021, by Rep. Tracey Mann.
H.R. 6218, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 317 Blattner Drive in Avon, Minnesota, as the
‘‘W.O.C. Kort Miller Plantenberg Post Office.’’ Introduced on De-
cember 9, 2021, by Rep. Tom Emmer.
H.R. 6220, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 100 3rd Avenue Northwest in Perham, Min-
nesota, as the ‘‘Charles P. Nord Post Office.’’ Introduced on Decem-
ber 9, 2021, by Rep. Michelle Fischbach.
H.R. 6221, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 155 Main Avenue West in Winsted, Minnesota,
as the ‘‘James A. Rogers Jr. Post Office.’’ Introduced on December
9, 2021, by Rep. Michelle Fischbach.
H.R. 6267, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 15 Chestnut Street in Suffern, New York, as the
‘‘Sergeant Gerald T. ‘Jerry’ Donnellan Post Office.’’ Introduced on
December 14, 2021, by Rep. Mondaire Jones.
H.R. 6386, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 450 West Schaumburg Road in Schaumburg, Illi-
nois, as the ‘‘Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial Post Of-
fice Building.’’ Introduced on January 12, 2022, by Rep. Raja
Krishnamoorthi.
H.R. 6404, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 114 North Magnolia Street in Elmwood, Illinois,
as the ‘‘Corporal Benjamin Desilets Post Office.’’ Introduced on Jan-
uary 13, 2022, by Rep. Darin LaHood.
H.R. 6630, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 1400 N Kraemer Blvd. in Placentia, California,
as the ‘‘PFC Jang Ho Kim Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on
February 7, 2022, by Rep. Young Kim.
H.R. 6631, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 4770 Eureka Ave in Yorba Linda, California, as
the ‘‘Cottle Centanni Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on February
7, 2022, by Rep. Young Kim. Note: This bill failed the unanimous
consent request.
H.R. 6917, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 301 East Congress Parkway in Crystal Lake, Illi-
nois, as the ‘‘Ryan J. Cummings Post Office Building.’’ Introduced
on March 3, 2022, by Rep. Sean Casten.
H.R. 7082, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 2200 North George Mason Drive in Arlington,
Virginia, as the ‘‘Jesus Antonio Collazos Post Office Building.’’ In-
troduced on March 15, 2022, by Rep. Donald Beyer, Jr.
H.R. 7417, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
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the ‘‘Sergeant Bret D. Isenhower Memorial Post Office Building.’’
Introduced on April 6, 2022, by Rep. Stephanie Bice.
H.R. 7514, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 345 South Main Street in Butler, Pennsylvania,
as the ‘‘Andrew Gomer Williams Post Office Building.’’ Introduced
on April 14, 2022, by Rep. Mike Kelly.
H.R. 7518, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 23200 John R Road in Hazel Park, Michigan, as
the ‘‘Roy E. Dickens Post Office.’’ Introduced on April 14, 2022, by
Rep. Andy Levin.
H.R. 7519, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 2050 South Boulevard in Bloomfield Township,
Michigan, as the ‘‘Dr. Ezra S. Parke Post Office Building.’’ Intro-
duced on April 14, 2022, by Rep. Andy Levin.
H.R. 6725, To change the address of the Marilyn Monroe Post Of-
fice. Introduced on February 15, 2022, by Rep. Tony Cárdenas.
H.R. 7638, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 6000 South Florida Avenue in Lakeland, Florida,
as the ‘‘U.S. Marine Corporal Ronald R. Payne Jr. Post Office.’’ In-
troduced on April 29, 2022, by Rep. Scott Franklin.
H.R. 7832, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 396 South California Avenue in West Covina,
California, as the ‘‘Esteban E. Torres Post Office Building.’’ Intro-
duced on May 19, 2022, by Rep. Grace Napolitano.
H.R. 7873, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 400 Southern Avenue Southeast in Washington,
District of Columbia, as the ‘‘District of Columbia Servicemembers
and Veterans Post Office.’’ Introduced on May 24, 2022, by Con-
gresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton.
H.R. 7899, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 75 Commerce Drive in Grayslake, Illinois, as the
‘‘Army Specialist Joseph ‘Joey’ W. Dimock II Post Office Building.’’
Introduced on May 27, 2022, by Rep. Bradley Schneider.
H.R. 7988, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 79125 Corporate Centre Drive in La Quinta,
California, as the ‘‘Corporal Hunter Lopez Memorial Post Office
Building.’’ Introduced on June 8, 2022, by Rep. Raul Ruiz.
H.R. 8025, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 100 South 1st Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
as the ‘‘Martin Olav Sabo Post Office.’’ Introduced on June 13,
2022, by Rep. Ilhan Omar.
H.R. 8026, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 825 West 65th Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
as the ‘‘Charles W. Lindberg Post Office.’’ Introduced on June 13,
2022, by Rep. Ilhan Omar.
H.R. 8203, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 651 Business Interstate Highway 35 North Suite
420 in New Braunfels, Texas, as the ‘‘Bob Krueger Post Office.’’ In-
troduced on June 23, 2022, by Rep. Lloyd Doggett.
H.R. 8217, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 430 South Knowles Avenue in New Richmond,
Wisconsin, as the ‘‘Captain Robert C. Harmon and Private John R.
Peirson Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on June 23, 2022, by Rep.
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H.R. 8218, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 619 Hewett Street in Neillsville, Wisconsin, as
the ‘‘Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr. Post Office.’’ Introduced on
June 23, 2022, by Rep. Thomas Tiffany.
H.R. 8226, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 236 Concord Exchange North in South Saint
Paul, Minnesota, as the ‘‘Officer Leo Pavlak Post Office Building.’’
Introduced on June 24, 2022, by Rep. Angie Craig.
H.R. 8370, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 415 High Street in Freeport, Pennsylvania, as
the ‘‘Corporal Joseph Rodney Chapman Post Office.’’ Introduced on
July 13, 2022, by Rep. Glenn Thompson.
H.R. 8622, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 123 South 3rd Street in King City, California, as
the ‘‘Chief Rudy Banuelos Post Office.’’ Introduced on July 29,
2022, by Rep. Jimmy Panetta.
H.R. 8944, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 1 East Main Street in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania,
as the ‘‘Harold Billow Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on Sep-
tember 21, 2022, by Rep. Lloyd Smucker.
H.R. 8959, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at N4805 State Highway 32 in Krakow, Wisconsin,
as the ‘‘Romuald ‘Bud’ Brzezinski Post Office.’’ Introduced on Sep-
tember 22, 2022, by Rep. Mike Gallagher.
H.R. 9074, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 333 North Sunrise Way in Palm Springs, Cali-
fornia, as the ‘‘Chairman Richard Milanovich Post Office.’’ Intro-
duced on September 29, 2022, by Rep. Raul Ruiz.
H.R. 9308, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 6401 El Cajon Boulevard in San Diego, Cali-
fornia, as the ‘‘Susan A. Davis Post Office.’’ Introduced on Novem-
ber 16, 2022, by Rep. Sara Jacobs.
H.R. 9335, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 410 Franklin Street in Appleton, Wisconsin, as
the ‘‘Mitchell F. Lundgaard Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on
November 17, 2022, by Rep. Mike Gallagher.
S. 566, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Serv-
ice located at 42 Main Street in Slatersville, Rhode Island, as the
‘‘Specialist Matthew R. Turcotte Post Office.’’ Introduced on March
3, 2021, by Senator Jack Reed.
S. 4411, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 5302 Galveston Road in Houston, Texas, as the
‘‘Vanessa Guillen Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on June 15,
2022, by Senator Ted Cruz.
S. 4668, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 400 North Main Street in Belen, New Mexico, as
the ‘‘U.S. Senator Dennis Chavez Post Office.’’ Introduced on July
28, 2022, by Senator Martin Heinrich.
F. POSTAL NAMING MEASURES PASSED BY THE HOUSE
H.R. 91, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 810 South Pendleton Street in Easley, South
Carolina, as the ‘‘Private First Class Barrett Lyle Austin Post Of-
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H.R. 92, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 110 Johnson Street in Pickens, South Carolina,
as the ‘‘Specialist Four Charles Johnson Post Office.’’ Introduced on
January 4, 2021, by Rep. Jeff Duncan.
H.R. 207, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 215 1st Avenue in Amory, Mississippi, as the
‘‘Command Sergeant Major Lawrence E. Rabbit Kennedy Post Of-
fice Building.’’ Introduced on January 5, 2021, by Rep. Trent Kelly.
H.R. 209, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 305 Highway 15 North in Pontotoc, Mississippi,
as the ‘‘Lance Corporal Marc Lucas Tucker Post Office Building.’’
Introduced on January 5, 2021, by Rep. Trent Kelly.
H.R. 224, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 5302 Galveston Road in Houston, Texas, as the
‘‘Vanessa Guilltén Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on January 6,
2021, by Rep. Sylvia Garcia.
H.R. 228, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 2141 Ferry Street in Anderson, California, as the
‘‘Norma Comnick Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on January 6,
2021, by Rep. Doug LaMalfa.
H.R. 700, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 303 East Mississippi Avenue in Elwood, Illinois,
as the ‘‘Lawrence M. ‘Larry’ Walsh Sr. Post Office.’’ Introduced on
February 2, 2021, by Rep. Bill Foster.
H.R. 813, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 1050 Sunset Road Southwest in Albuquerque,
New Mexico, as the ‘‘Jose Hernandez Post Office Building.’’ Intro-
duced on February 4, 2021, by Rep. Debra Haaland.
H.R. 2142, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 170 Manhattan Avenue in Buffalo, New York, as
the ‘‘Indiana Hunt-Martin Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on
March 23, 2021, by Rep. Brian Higgins.
H.R. 3175, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 135 Main Street in Biloxi, Mississippi, as the
‘‘Robert S. McKeithen Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on May 13,
2021, by Rep. Steven Palazzo.
H.R. 3508, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 39 West Main Street, in Honeoye Falls, New
York, as the ‘‘CW4 Christian J. Koch Memorial Post Office.’’ Intro-
duced on May 25, 2021, by Rep. Chris Jacobs.
H.R. 5577, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 3900 Crown Road Southwest in Atlanta, Georgia,
as the ‘‘John R. Lewis Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on October
12, 2021, by Rep. Nikema Williams.
H.R. 5949, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 615 North Bush Street, in Santa Ana, California,
as the ‘‘Judge James Perez Post Office.’’ Introduced on November
12, 2021, by Rep. Luis Correa.
H.R. 6614, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 4744 Grand River Avenue in Detroit, Michigan,
as the ‘‘Rosa Louise McCauley Parks Post Office Building.’’ Intro-
duced on February 4, 2022, by Rep. Rashida Tlaib.
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G. POSTAL NAMING MEASURES APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE
H.R. 2842, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 120 4th Street in Petaluma, California, as the
‘‘Lynn C. Woolsey Post Office Building.’’ Introduced on April 26,
2021, by Rep. Jared Huffman.
H.R. 5951, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 202 2nd Avenue in Oklee, Minnesota, as the
‘‘Coya Knutson Post Office.’’ Introduced on November 12, 2021, by
Rep. Michelle Fischbach.
H.R. 6661, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 1663 East Date Place in San Bernardino, Cali-
fornia, as the ‘‘Dr. Margaret B. Hill Post Office Building.’’ Intro-
duced on February 9, 2022, by Rep. Pete Aguilar. Note: This bill
failed the unanimous consent request.
H.R. 7371, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 55 Broadway in Greenlawn, New York, as the
‘‘Samuel Ballton Post Office.’’ Introduced on April 1, 2022, by Rep.
Thomas Suozzi.
H.R. 8248, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 609 Portsmouth Avenue in Greenland, New
Hampshire, as the ‘‘Chief Michael Maloney Post Office Building.’’
Introduced on June 28, 2022, by Rep. Chris Pappas.
H.R. 8630, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 400 North Main Street in Belen, New Mexico, as
the ‘‘U.S. Senator Dennis Chávez Post Office.’’ Introduced on July
29, 2022, by Rep. Melanie Stansbury. Note: This bill failed the
unanimous consent request.
H.R. 9251, To designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 6444 San Fernando Road in Glendale, California,
as the ‘‘Paul Ignatius Post Office.’’ Introduced on October 28, 2022,
by Rep. Adam Schiff.
V. SUMMARY OF OVERSIGHT PLAN AND CORRESPONDING ACTIONS
Pursuant to rule X, Clause 2(d), of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee adopted an oversight plan at the be-
ginning of the 117th Congress. The plan consisted of topics des-
ignated for investigation, evaluation, and review by Chairwoman
Carolyn B. Maloney, in consultation with Ranking Member James
R. Comer, other Committee Members, and other Committees.
The plan highlighted intended subjects of oversight, including:
• Health care, including (1) aggressive drug pricing practices
in the U.S., tactics to limit competition, and actions the federal
government can take to lower drug prices; (2) barriers to access
to comprehensive reproductive health care in the U.S., includ-
ing (a) restrictions that prevent historically underserved com-
munities from accessing abortion care and (b) barriers to birth
control; and (3) the origins of the opioid crisis and the need for
robust, sustained federal funding to expand access to treat-
ment and support services for those with opioid and other sub-
stance use disorders;
• The U.S. Census, including the Trump Administration’s ef-
forts to add a citizenship question to the Census and the
undercounting of marginalized communities and communities
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• Information technology, cybersecurity, and data privacy,
including the Federal Information Security Management Act of
2002 (FISMA), the increasing number of cyberattacks affecting
federal agencies and the private sector, and the collection of
sensitive personal digital data by private companies;
• Environmental issues, including government and private
sector policies and actions related to the environment, natural
resources, climate change, and public health, and the ways in
which current policies and actions affect marginalized commu-
nities;
• Homeland and national security, including the January 6,
2021, insurrection at the Capitol, procedures for granting secu-
rity clearances and safeguarding classified information, and
management at the Transportation Security Administration
(TSA);
• Structural racism and racial equity, including systemic
discrimination in health care settings, health inequities, and
other barriers that prevent Black people, Indigenous people,
and people of color from accessing high-quality, nondiscrim-
inatory medical care in the U.S.;
• Gender equity, including structural barriers to gender eq-
uity, as well as the need for reforms to promote equity domesti-
cally and abroad for people of all sexual orientations, of all
gender identities, and with variations in sex characteristics—
particularly with a focus on the experiences of those who have
historically faced intersecting forms of discrimination;
• Voting Rights, including the development and impact of
laws and policies that have hindered eligible individuals from
registering to vote and casting their ballots, other efforts to re-
strict the right to vote, and the Voting Rights Act and other
laws aimed at preventing barriers to those seeking to exercise
their right to vote;
• Immigration, including the persisting results of the Trump
Administration’s immigration policies, and oversight of DHS,
DOJ, HHS, and other agencies tasked with developing and im-
plementing federal immigration policies;
• Gun violence, including the public health impacts of the
gun violence epidemic in the United States and the effective-
ness of firearms oversight and tracking by the Bureau of Alco-
hol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives;
• Corporate accountability, including the role of the private
sector in facilitating societal ills;
• Executive branch ethics, transparency, accountability, and
procurement, including oversight of compliance with ethics
laws such as the Hatch Act, compliance with the Federal
Records Act and PRA, implementation of open government
laws, and responses to allegations of whistleblower retaliation;
oversight of government procurement; and oversight of the
broader ‘‘good government’’ community, including GAO and
agency Inspectors General; and
• Presidential conflicts of interest and emoluments, includ-
ing former President Trump’s business interests, financial dis-
closures, and failure to divest himself of his myriad businesses
while in office; whether current ethics laws and regulations are
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lease for the Old Post Office Building; and the Trump Adminis-
tration’s abrupt decision in June 2017 to abandon a long-
planned move of the FBI’s headquarters.
The Committee’s oversight of these and many other issues in the
117th Congress resulted in substantial cost savings for American
taxpayers and improvement in the effectiveness and efficiency of
our government. The following highlights the major oversight ac-
complishments of the Committee in the 117th Congress.
A. FULL COMMITTEE
I. HEALTH CARE
Drug Pricing. In January 2019, the Committee launched an in-
vestigation into the pharmaceutical industry’s pricing and other
business practices. The purpose of the investigation was to deter-
mine why drug companies are increasing prices so dramatically,
how drug companies are using the proceeds, and what steps can be
taken to reduce prescription drug prices.
Continuing this investigation into the 117th Congress, the Com-
mittee issued four reports, including a 269-page final report on De-
cember 10, 2021. This report marked the culmination of a nearly
three-year investigation that included the review of nearly 1.5 mil-
lion pages of internal company materials, five hearings, and eight
interim staff reports.
This investigative work also informed Chairwoman Maloney’s
subsequent introduction, during the 117th Congress, of several
pieces of legislation, including the Discounted Drugs for Clinical
Trials Act (H.R. 7472), the Generic Substitution Non-Interference
Act (H.R. 7473), and the Pharmaceutical Research and Trans-
parency Act (H.R. 7474). All three pieces of legislation address con-
duct uncovered over the course of the drug-pricing investigation.
The Chairwoman also joined a group of bipartisan senators and
representatives in 2021 to introduce a legislative package aimed at
lowering prescription drug prices by addressing anticompetitive
practices used by large pharmaceutical companies. The bills in-
clude the Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars
Act (H.R. 2891), the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through
Promoting Competition Act (H.R. 2873), and the Stop Stalling Ac-
cess to Affordable Medications Act (H.R. 2883).
On May 18, 2021, the Committee held a hearing to examine the
pricing and business practices of Abb Vie, which sells the anti-in-
flammatory drug Humira—the highest grossing drug in the U.S.
and in the world—and the cancer drug Imbruvica. The hearing in-
cluded the CEO of Abb Vie as well as experts on the anticompeti-
tive practices employed by large drug companies. The same day as
the hearing, the Committee released a staff report and new docu-
ments showing how Abb Vie repeatedly raised the price of these
drugs and used a series of anticompetitive tactics to maintain mo-
nopoly pricing. The Committee also sent a letter to the Federal
Trade Commission (FTC) asking for a formal inquiry into Abb Vie’s
anticompetitive conduct.
On July 8, 2021, the Committee released a staff report analyzing
financial data from 14 of the largest drug companies in the world.
The report showed that, from 2016 to 2020, the companies spent
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and development. The report illustrated the need for structural re-
form to empower Medicare to negotiate directly with drug compa-
nies to lower prices, and showed that, even if the pharmaceutical
industry collected less revenue due to drug pricing reforms, drug
companies could maintain or even increase their research and de-
velopment expenditures if they reduced spending on buybacks and
dividends.
On September 23, 2021, the Committee released a staff report
with new information about the billions of dollars taxpayers lost
because of the prohibition against Medicare negotiating directly
with pharmaceutical companies to lower drug prices on behalf of
Medicare Part D beneficiaries. The report provided new evidence
about the extent to which drug companies target the U.S. market
for price increases, while maintaining or lowering prices in the rest
of the world.
The investigation’s final report, released on December 10, 2021,
presented the findings from the Committee’s sweeping investiga-
tion into pricing and other business practices in the pharmaceutical
industry and the need for effective reforms to make prescription
drugs more affordable, such as empowering Medicare to negotiate
for lower prices, restraining price increases, and capping out-of-
pocket costs.
Abortion Rights and Access. Over the course of the 117th Con-
gress, the Committee held three hearings addressing restrictions
on reproductive rights and access to abortion care. In addition to
these hearings, the Committee issued letters, a memorandum, and
a report in furtherance of its work to protect reproductive rights
and access to care.
On September 30, 2021, the Committee held a hearing to exam-
ine the impacts of bans like Texas’ S.B. 8, which banned abortion
after six weeks of pregnancy and authorized private citizens to
bring civil action against anyone who performed an abortion or who
assisted a pregnant person in obtaining an abortion in the state of
Texas. This hearing featured the historic testimony of sitting Mem-
bers of Congress, who shared their abortion stories to highlight the
need to protect and expand abortion rights and access.
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24, 2022, opinion in
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning Roe v.
Wade, the Committee convened a hearing on July 13, 2022, to ex-
amine the landscape of abortion bans and the impact of Dobbs on
people in states hostile to abortion.
On September 29, 2022, the Committee held another hearing on
the impact of Dobbs, focusing on how existing abortion bans affect
patients in impacted states and the threat of a national abortion
ban under a potential Republican-led Congress. In conjunction with
this hearing, the Committee issued a memorandum analyzing bills
Republican legislators have passed or introduced to restrict abor-
tion access at both the state and federal level.
Access to Medication Abortion. During the 117th Congress, the
Committee specifically focused on promoting access to medication
abortion. On February 9, 2021, the Committee wrote to FDA ask-
ing the agency to lift the medically unnecessary in-person dis-
pensing requirement for mifepristone, the first of two drugs used
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On August 19, 2021, the Chairwoman joined other representa-
tives to introduce a resolution supporting equitable, science-based
access to mifepristone (H. Res. 589). The resolution urged FDA to
follow its own data on the safety of mifepristone and lift unneces-
sary restrictions to accessing the drug.
On December 16, 2021, FDA announced its decision to eliminate
the medically unnecessary in-person dispensing requirement for
mifepristone.
On March 16, 2022, the Committee wrote to the Secretary of
HHS to commend the agency for creating the Reproductive Health
Care Access Task Force and to urge HHS to take immediate action
to protect and expand access to medication abortion care.
Access to Birth Control. On October 7, 2021, Chairwoman Malo-
ney joined other Committee leaders in urging HHS, the Depart-
ment of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury to ensure that
health insurance companies’ coverage of the full range of contracep-
tives approved by FDA was in accordance with ACA requirements.
On November 17, 2021, Chairwoman Maloney led more than 100
Democrats in reintroducing the Access to Birth Control Act (H.R.
6005), which would guarantee patients’ timely access to birth con-
trol at the pharmacy—including by addressing pharmacies’ refusals
of contraception that prevent patients from obtaining their pre-
ferred form of birth control medication.
On May 26, 2022, the Committee wrote to the four largest phar-
macy benefit managers and five largest health insurers requesting
information regarding zero cost-sharing coverage of contraceptives
and related services for individuals enrolled in private health
plans, as required by the ACA.
On October 25, 2022, the Committee issued a report analyzing
these entities’ compliance with the ACA’s ‘‘no cost-sharing’’ provi-
sions by identifying the products most often excluded from
formularies or requiring cost-sharing, detailing deficiencies in the
companies’ contraceptive exceptions processes, examining the im-
pact on certain patient populations, and providing recommenda-
tions for further guidance from the Departments of Health and
Human Services, Labor, and Treasury.
Opioids. On March 4, 2021, the Committee sent letters to four
companies seeking information about their plans to use the CARES
Act to receive tax deductions for costs related to opioid litigation.
On March 11, 2021, the Committee released a second set of docu-
ments obtained in the investigation into Purdue Pharma L.P. and
the members of the Sackler family regarding their role in fueling
the opioid crisis. The Committee released a first set of documents
in this investigation in October of 2020.
On March 19, 2021, Chairwoman Maloney and senior Committee
Member Rep. Mark DeSaulnier introduced the Stop Shielding As-
sets from Corporate Known Liability by Eliminating Non-Debtor
Releases (SACKLER) Act (H.R. 2096) to prevent bad actors from
using related wrongdoers’ bankruptcy proceedings to avoid liability.
The bill would promote accountability for bad actors by prohibiting
bankruptcy courts from releasing a non-debtor (i.e., an entity that
has not filed for bankruptcy) from claims brought by a state, mu-
nicipality, Tribe, or the U.S. government.
On April 20, 2021, the Committee released documents from the
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ily, who have owned a controlling share of Purdue Pharma since
1952, are collectively worth a total of $11 billion.
On June 8, 2021, the Committee held a second hearing on the
Sackler family’s role in the opioid crisis. The hearing examined how
the family members enriched themselves at the expense of Amer-
ican communities and evaluated the need for reforms like the
SACKLER Act. A bipartisan group of state attorneys general testi-
fied in support of the SACKLER Act. This hearing followed a hear-
ing held during the 116th Congress (on December 17, 2020), during
which members of the Sackler family testified before the Com-
mittee.
On June 30, 2021, Chairwoman Maloney and Rep. Mark
DeSaulnier sent a letter to DOJ urging the agency to oppose the
proposed bankruptcy reorganization plan of Purdue Pharma. This
plan would allow the company to evade liability that resulted from
opioid-related lawsuits.
On July 28, 2021, the Chairwoman joined three Democratic sen-
ators to introduce the Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021
(H.R. 4777), which expanded on the SACKLER Act to virtually
eliminate non-debtor releases and further prevent individuals who
have not filed for bankruptcy from evading accountability through
bankruptcy proceedings.
On August 6, 2021, Chairwoman Maloney and Rep. Mark
DeSaulnier joined Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Richard
Blumenthal in urging DOJ to appeal Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy
on the grounds that it would deny victims and state attorneys gen-
eral the opportunity to litigate their cases against the Sacklers.
On September 16, 2021, following the Committee’s letters, the
U.S. Trustee, a component of DOJ responsible for overseeing the
administration of bankruptcy cases, announced that it was appeal-
ing the confirmation of Purdue’s bankruptcy plan.
On December 16, 2021, Chairwoman Maloney led more than 100
Democrats in reintroducing her Comprehensive Addiction Re-
sources Emergency Act (H.R. 6311), which would provide state and
local governments with $125 billion in federal funding over ten
years, including nearly $1 billion per year directly to tribal govern-
ments and organizations.
On April 12, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney and Senator Tammy
Baldwin led more than two dozen bicameral, bipartisan colleagues
in sending letters to seven manufacturers of the overdose reversal
drug naloxone. The letters called on the manufacturers to apply for
over-the-counter status for their naloxone products to help increase
access and save lives.
On June 27, 2022, the Committee held a hearing to examine the
federal government’s response to the overdose and addiction crisis,
including the Biden-Harris Administration’s 2022 National Drug
Control Strategy. The Committee heard testimony from Dr. Rahul
Gupta, Director of the ONDCP, regarding the 2022 National Drug
Control Strategy. The Strategy proposes a whole-of-government ap-
proach to reducing the supply and availability of dangerous sub-
stances and ensuring that addiction is treated as a disease.
Pharmaceutical Industry and Drug Safety. On July 12, 2021, the
Chairwoman joined Chairman Pallone of the Committee on Energy
and Commerce in sending a letter to the CEO of Biogen—maker
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munications concerning the drug’s approval process, pricing, and
other related business strategies. The letter followed FDA’s con-
troversial approval of Aduhelm in June 2021 via the agency’s accel-
erated approval mechanism. On September 2, 2021, Chairwoman
Maloney and Chairman Pallone sent a letter to FDA requesting in-
formation regarding the agency’s review process and accelerated
approval of Aduhelm.
On December 29, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney and Chairman Pal-
lone issued a joint final report titled ‘‘The High Price of Aduhelm’s
Approval: An Investigation into FDA’s Atypical Review Process and
Biogen’s Aggressive Launch Plans.’’ The report presented the find-
ings of the Committees’ 18-month investigation into the regulatory
review and approval, pricing, and marketing of Aduhelm. The in-
vestigation found that FDA’s review and approval of Aduhelm con-
sisted of atypical procedures and deviated from the agency’s own
guidance. The investigation also found that Biogen had aggressive
launch plans for Aduhelm—including in its label and pricing—de-
spite concerns about efficacy, safety, and affordability. The Com-
mittees’ report made several recommendations to FDA intended to
help restore the American people’s trust in the agency’s processes
and assurances of drug safety and efficacy. The report also rec-
ommended actions that Biogen and other drug sponsors take in the
future to fulfill their responsibility to the patients and families who
rely on their treatments.
II. CENSUS
Citizenship Question. In the 117th Congress, the Committee con-
tinued the work began in the 116th Congress on oversight of the
decennial census. Over the course of this investigation, the Com-
mittee faced unprecedented obstruction from the Trump Adminis-
tration, including Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Attor-
ney General Bill Barr, both of whom were held in contempt of Con-
gress after they refused to produce documents responsive to the
Committee’s subpoenas.
After more than two years of litigation and the arrival of a new
administration, in January 2022, the Committee entered into an
agreement with Commerce and DOJ to obtain previously withheld
key documents. The new documents—over which President Trump
had previously asserted executive privilege—contain internal com-
munications and analyses by Trump Administration officials re-
garding the legality and constitutionality of a question Administra-
tion officials sought to have included on the 2020 Census asking
whether respondents were U.S. citizens.
On July 20, 2022, the Committee released a report and new doc-
uments obtained from Commerce and DOJ. These documents in-
clude multiple drafts of an August 2017 memorandum about the
citizenship question prepared by a senior political appointee and
lawyer at Commerce, James Uthmeier, as well as communications
among senior political appointees, which were all previously with-
held by the Trump Administration based on various claims of privi-
lege.
In response to investigative findings stemming from the new doc-
uments, on July 11, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney introduced H.R.
8326, the Ensuring a Fair and Accurate Census Act, designed to
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from future partisan manipulation. H.R. 8326 would codify existing
advisory committees aimed at engaging hard-to-count communities,
provide increased transparency into the projected resource needs of
the Census Bureau, and ensure that any new questions added to
the decennial census are vigorously researched and tested accord-
ing to establish protocol.
H.R. 8326 was marked up and reported favorably out of the
Oversight Committee on July 20, 2022. It passed the House 220–
208 on September 15, 2022.
Undercounting of Marginalized Communities. In the 117th Con-
gress, the Committee launched inquiries into the undercounting of
marginalized communities and communities of color in the 2020
Census.
On January 13, 2022, following reports that the residential units
in the city of Detroit, Michigan, may have been undercounted by
as much as 8.1%, Chairwoman Maloney, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chair-
man of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, along
with Committee Members Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Rep. Brenda
Lawrence, sent a letter to Census Bureau Director Robert Santos
requesting information on whether the agency was looking into re-
ported 2020 Census undercounting in Detroit and other hard-to-
count communities.
The Members requested that the Census Bureau provide a staff
briefing by January 27, 2022, on the process and timeline the agen-
cy is using to analyze potential undercounts in the 2020 Census;
the Bureau’s analysis of the potential undercount in Detroit and
any steps being taken to address it; and any steps communities can
take to challenge and amend their population counts when an
undercount has occurred.
Bureau staff later provided a briefing to committee staff on the
processes and programs that allow local jurisdictions to apply for,
and receive adjustments to, their population numbers via chal-
lenge.
Additional Committee Actions on Census. On November 2, 2021,
Chairwoman Maloney, Rep. Anna Eshoo, and Senator Brian Schatz
introduced a bicameral bill to ban all forms of disinformation about
the census. The Honest Census Communications Act (H.R. 5815)
would outlaw communicating false information about the census
using written, digital, or telephonic communications intended to
dissuade others from participating in the census. H.R. 5815 was
marked up and passed favorably out of Committee on June 15,
2022.
On June 14, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney and Committee Mem-
ber Rep. Rashida Tlaib led Oversight Committee Members in a let-
ter to Shalanda Young, Director of OMB, and Robert Santos, Direc-
tor of the U.S. Census Bureau, urging them to update the stand-
ards for federal data collection on race and ethnicity to include a
Middle Eastern or North African (MENA) response category. The
letter urged the Census Bureau to add MENA as a response to the
race and ethnicity question on the decennial census, and urged
OMB to increase the funding for federal programs targeted to the
needs of the MENA community so it is comparable to the funding
other minority communities receive. The following day, the White
House released a statement detailing its plans to review and up-
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On June 14, 2022, the Committee also marked up and reported
favorably H.R. 4176, the LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Act. H.R. 4176
would expand federal data collection efforts pertaining to LGBTQI+
people so that policy solutions could be better tailored to the spe-
cific challenges LGBTQI+ people face. H.R. 4176 passed the House
220–201 on June 23, 2022.
III. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CYBERSECURITY, AND DATA PRIVACY
Cybersecurity. The Committee continued to conduct robust over-
sight of federal agency resilience to cyberattacks and examine spe-
cific cybersecurity incidents affecting the public and private sectors.
In February 2021, the Committee held a joint hearing with the
Committee on Homeland Security to examine cyberattacks, includ-
ing the supply chain attack targeting SolarWinds’ Orion software.
The hearing examined the role of the private sector in preventing,
investigating, and remediating these attacks, as well as the need
for Congress and the Executive Branch to implement a strategy to
strengthen cybersecurity across federal government networks and
improve information-sharing with the private sector.
In June 2021, the Committee launched an investigation into
ransomware attacks and multi-million dollar payments to
cybercriminals by U.S. companies and sent letters to private com-
panies including Colonial Pipeline, CNA Financial Corporation, and
JBS Foods requesting documents related to the companies’ deci-
sions to pay ransom to cybercrime groups. The Committee also re-
quested answers from the FBI regarding its delay in aiding busi-
nesses impacted by the Kaseya ransomware attack while it secretly
worked behind the scenes to disrupt the criminals responsible for
the ransomware attack.
In November 2021, the Committee held a hearing to address the
complex threat that ransomware poses by urging a whole-of-gov-
ernment effort to disrupt criminal ransomware networks and help
organizations better prepare and respond to attacks. At the hear-
ing, the Committee heard testimony from Chris Inglis, National
Cyber Director; Brandon Wales, Executive Director for CISA; and
Bryan Vorndran, Assistant Director for FBI’s Cyber Division. The
Committee underscored the need to implement a ‘‘whole-of-govern-
ment’’ ransomware strategy to better share information between
private and public entities. Ahead of the hearing, the Committee
also released a staff memo showing preliminary findings of the
Committee’s investigation into the ransomware attacks on CNA Fi-
nancial, Colonial Pipeline, and JBS Foods. The memo examined
how these ransomware attacks unfolded and how legislation and
policies may be developed to counter the threat of ransomware.
In January 2022, the Committee held a hearing to examine strat-
egies to strengthen FISMA, which establishes the roles and respon-
sibilities of federal agencies related to the security of federal infor-
mation systems and data and requires compliance with cybersecu-
rity standards. FISMA has not been updated since 2014, and fol-
lowing the hearing, Chairwoman Maloney introduced H.R. 6497,
the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2022, which
was informed by the Committee’s work on cybersecurity.
Privacy. The Committee built on its data privacy work from the
previous Congress and launched an investigation into the Internal
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verify identity for accessing crucial government services. The Com-
mittee requested documents and information from the IRS regard-
ing its contract with ID.me, a private contractor that provides iden-
tity verification using biometric information. After the Committee
received documents and information from the IRS, it sent a joint
letter with the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis to
ID.me, requesting documents and information related to the com-
pany’s contracts with federal, state, and local governments for use
of its facial recognition technology.
The Committee also investigated the collection and sale of per-
sonal reproductive health data following the U.S. Supreme Court’s
decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. In July 2022, the Committee
launched an investigation into five data broker companies and five
personal health application companies requesting documents and
information.
IV. ENVIRONMENT
Fossil Fuel Industry Disinformation. On July 26, 2021, the Com-
mittee launched an investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s dec-
ades-long disinformation campaign regarding climate change and
solutions. The fossil fuel industry has had scientific evidence about
the dangers of climate change for years but has sought to block re-
forms by claiming that the science about climate change was unset-
tled. More recently, some companies have taken public stances in
support of action on global warming, even as they oppose meaning-
ful solutions and continue to invest in fossil fuel extraction.
On May 7, 2021, then-senior lobbyist for ExxonMobil Keith
McCoy was recorded discussing efforts by ExxonMobil and the fos-
sil fuel industry to spread climate disinformation to block action
needed to address climate change.
On July 26, 2021, the Committee requested Mr. McCoy’s appear-
ance at a transcribed interview. On August 6, 2021, the Committee
wrote to Mr. McCoy’s then-employer, ExxonMobil, seeking docu-
ments and communications to and from Mr. McCoy regarding cli-
mate change and related matters.
On August 30, 2021, Chairwoman Maloney, Rep. Khanna, Chair-
man of the Subcommittee on Environment, and Rep. Omar led over
50 Democrats in a letter to House Democratic leadership calling to
end the $21 billion in tax giveaways to fossil fuel companies, which
profit by selling oil and gas while heating the planet and polluting
communities.
On September 16, 2021, the Committee launched a broader in-
vestigation with letters to ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP America, Shell
Oil Company, the American Petroleum Institute, and the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce. These letters sought documents related to
the entities’ roles in contributing to climate change, their mar-
keting and lobbying efforts on climate change, and the funding of
third parties to spread climate disinformation. The letters also re-
quested testimony from the top executives at these six entities.
On October 28, 2021, the Committee, along with the Sub-
committee on Environment, held a hearing titled ‘‘Fueling the Cli-
mate Crisis: Exposing Big Oil’s Disinformation Campaign.’’ At this
hearing, executives from the six entities to which the Committee
wrote in September testified. In response to questioning from
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real, burning fossil fuels is a primary contributor to climate
change, and climate change is an existential threat to the planet.
On the same day, the Committee released a supplemental memo-
randum detailing the Committee’s analysis of fossil fuel companies’
lobbying efforts related to the Paris Agreement (a binding inter-
national treaty to hold the rise in average global temperature to
well below 2 °C, primarily by cutting greenhouse gas emissions)
and other climate policies. The memo showed that these efforts
were not consistent with the companies’ public rhetoric and support
for the Paris Agreement.
At the conclusion of the hearing, Chairwoman Maloney an-
nounced her intent to issue subpoenas to the entities represented
at the hearing. On November 2, 2021, the Committee issued sub-
poenas to these six entities.
On February 8, 2022, the Committee, along with the Sub-
committee on Environment, held a hearing titled ‘‘Fueling the Cli-
mate Crisis: Examining Big Oil’s Climate Pledges.’’ Witnesses in-
cluded a climate scientist, a climate policy expert serving the public
interest, and the founder of a group of shareholder activists engag-
ing with the fossil fuel companies in which they own shares. Wit-
nesses emphasized that the fossil fuel industry’s climate pledges
are part of a ‘‘greenwashing’’ campaign, in which companies claim
to support the Paris Agreement’s goals but invest more in adver-
tising touting this support than in clean energy solutions.
On April 4, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney and Rep. Khanna,
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, sent a letter to
the CEOs of Exxon, Chevron, Shell, and BP America. The letter
called on the CEOs to redirect their windfall profits—earned due
to higher gas prices following Russia’s attack on Ukraine—away
from enriching investors with dividends and stock buybacks and to-
wards lowering the price of gasoline and making real investments
in clean energy.
On September 14, 2022, the Committee released a supplemental
memorandum showing that fossil fuel companies knowingly mis-
lead the public about the industry’s commitment to reduce emis-
sions. The memo found that the fossil fuel companies under inves-
tigation try to create the impression that they are taking ambitious
steps to reduce emissions without actually doing so. Instead, these
companies claim the mantle of climate leadership to reduce social
and political consequences as they continue to profit from being the
primary cause of catastrophic warming.
On September 15, 2022, the Committee, along with the Sub-
committee on Environment, held a hearing titled ‘‘Fueling the Cli-
mate Crisis: Examining Big Oil’s Prices, Profits, and Pledges.’’ Ear-
lier in the year, the Committee invited board members from Exxon,
Chevron, Shell, and BP America to testify about the companies’ cli-
mate pledges. They failed to appear. The Committee once again in-
vited the board members, but they declined to appear on the date
requested. The Committee received testimony from two panels of
witnesses. The first panel consisted of witnesses who survived cli-
mate events. They testified about how heatwaves, wildfires, floods,
and other extreme weather made worse by climate change con-
stitute an ongoing crisis across the United States. The second panel
consisted of public policy, environmental law, and labor experts.
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the oil and gas driving climate change to make record profits while
fleecing working families and endangering employees.
On December 9, 2022, the Committee, along with the Sub-
committee on Environment, released a report with documents de-
tailing more evidence of the industry’s misdeeds. The report de-
tailed Big Oil’s more modern greenwashing campaign and evidence
that tended to show a failure to reduce emissions consistent with
the Paris Climate Agreement. The report explained how the Com-
mittee, along with the Subcommittee on Environment, uncovered
documents that suggest (a) a culture of obscuring long-term goals
for investments in fossil fuels and (b) failure to meaningfully re-
duce emissions.
Environmental Justice and Community Investment. In the 117th
Congress, the Committee worked on environmental justice issues
and emphasized the importance of directing environmental invest-
ments to communities most impacted by climate change, pollution,
and the economic impact of a transition away from fossil fuels.
On July 21, 2021, the Committee held a hearing titled ‘‘Building
Back with Justice: Environmental Justice Is Central to the Amer-
ican Jobs Plan,’’ in which witnesses from the White House Environ-
mental Justice Advisory Council and the New York Climate Action
Council testified alongside labor and racial equity experts. At the
hearing, Chairwoman Maloney pledged her support for ‘‘no harms’’
in the Justice40 Initiative (Justice40)—a Biden Administration ini-
tiative to direct 40% of federal climate and infrastructure invest-
ments to overburdened and underserved communities—so that in-
vestments that increased pollution or other negative environmental
consequences could not be considered Justice40 programs. She also
announced that the Committee would investigate peaker power
plants that are polluting the communities that she and Rep.
Ocasio-Cortez represent.
On July 21, 2021, Chairwoman Maloney and Rep. Bush sent a
letter to GAO requesting an evaluation of the Army Corps of Engi-
neers’ Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program. Under-
funding of the program has left discarded toxic hazards that
threaten communities across the country, including in Coldwater
Creek and schools in Rep. Bush’s Missouri District. GAO accepted
the request and began its engagement the following summer.
On August 26, 2021, the Committee held a field roundtable at
the Variety Boys and Girls Club in Astoria, Queens, titled ‘‘Tack-
ling Peak Pollution: Achieving Environmental Justice for Frontline
Communities.’’ At the roundtable and press conference that day,
Chairwoman Maloney unveiled Committee environmental justice
proposals to curb deadly pollution and direct federal resources to
frontline communities, including setting a 100% renewable energy
target for the federal government, supporting Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s
Green New Deal for Public Housing to ensure public housing resi-
dents have a voice in addressing the environmental justices they
face, and supporting Natural Resources Committee Chairman
Grijalva’s Environmental Justice for All Act (H.R. 2021) so that cu-
mulative effects of multiple pollution sources are addressed.
On August 26, 2021, immediately following the roundtable on
peaker plant pollution, Chairwoman Maloney testified in Astoria at
a New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)
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ber 27, 2021, DEC denied the permit, citing concerns about the
total impact of many peaker plants in communities in the Bronx
known as ‘‘Asthma Alley’’ for having worse air pollution and higher
rates of asthma than the national average and other parts of New
York City. DEC also cited the state’s statutory obligation to invest
in clean energy that does not pollute the community.
On September 2, 2021, the Committee held a markup on The
Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376) and voted to include Chair-
woman Maloney’s environmental justice priorities in the legisla-
tion. These priorities include funding to implement President
Biden’s Justice40 Initiative.
On December 2, 2021, the Committee passed the Federal Agency
Climate Planning, Resilience, and Enhanced Preparedness Act
(H.R. 5477) to bolster the federal commitment to address climate
change in every aspect of government operations, including by es-
tablishing an interagency council advised by environmental justice
experts to identify how the federal government deploys resources to
both prepare for and mitigate climate change in frontline commu-
nities.
In a December 15, 2021, letter to GAO, the Committee called for
robust oversight of Justice40, including assessing whether
Justice40 delivers the promised 40 percent of benefits of federal in-
vestments to disadvantaged communities. GAO accepted the re-
quest for periodic public reports and regular briefings with findings
and recommendations. Staff briefings began March 2022.
In a December 21, 2021, letter to GAO, Reps. Clarke and Ocasio-
Cortez joined Chairwoman Maloney to request that GAO examine
the impact of peaker power plant pollution on frontline commu-
nities and equitable rapid replacement strategies. The letter high-
lighted that New York City has 89 peaker plants, including 28 in
the vicinity of the Chairwoman’s District, 49 in Rep. Clarke’s home
borough of Brooklyn, and 16 in Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s district. GAO
accepted the request. Its engagement began in Summer 2022.
On February 1, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney introduced the Jus-
tice in Power Plant Permitting Act (H.R. 6548), which would (a)
combat air pollution from power plants as well as boilers and gen-
erators by denying permits if the combined impact of all pollution
in the area, including the newly proposed plant, would harm the
community, (b) establish a $10 billion Just Energy Transition
Fund, and (c) ensure the federal government is a partner in reduc-
ing climate emissions and air pollution by transitioning to 100% air
pollution-free renewable energy by 2030.
On March 11, 2022, the Committee and the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources jointly held a series of environmental justice field
events in New York City to create momentum for cumulative im-
pacts legislation meant to deny permits based on the combined ef-
fect of all pollution in the area, and to draw attention to pollution
from 89 peaker power plants in New York City, with a focus on
those at and near the Ravenswood Generating Station. Program-
ming included:
• A Justice40 Briefing at the Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood
Settlement in Queensbridge Houses with environmental justice
leaders and New York officials implementing the state’s place-
based environmental justice investment program, which in-
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woman Maloney called for the federal government to adopt
New York’s place-based investment model so benefits cal-
culated under Justice40 would be tied to verifiable direct in-
vestments in environmental justice communities;
• A ‘‘toxic tour’’ of the Ravenswood Generating Station—the
largest fossil fuel plant in the state, which is located next to
Queensbridge Houses, the largest public housing development
in the country—to urge the plant to convert to clean power
while protecting all jobs;
• A community tour of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, led by the en-
vironmental justice group UPROSE, to learn about the neigh-
borhood’s success organizing around community-driven plans
such as the largest cooperatively owned solar facility in the
city and a wind energy manufacturing and transport hub in
Sunset Park’s deep-water harbor; and
• A press conference at Queensbridge Houses building the
case for Congress and the state to advance cumulative impacts
policies and strong Justice40 implementation.
By April 27, 2022, both houses of the New York State Legislature
passed S8830, an environmental justice bill addressing the cumu-
lative impacts of pollution that the Environmental Justice for All
Act and Justice in Power Plant Permitting Act would address fed-
erally.
On July 12, 2022, Ravenswood Generating Station, after a year
of Committee engagement, released a plan to become completely re-
newable. The plan calls for conversion to air pollution-free renew-
able energy, in line with Chairwoman Maloney’s Justice in Power
Plant Permitting Act. The plan also confirms that the remaining
peaker plants will stop operating in 2023.
On July 20, 2022, the Justice in Power Plant Permitting Act was
successfully reported out of the Committee. The Act included both
environmental justice provisions, as well as high-road labor stand-
ards for federal energy use such as prevailing wages and project
labor agreements.
On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (H.R. 5376) be-
came law and funded Committee environmental justice priorities.
The Act authorized $50 million for OMB and GAO to track the
labor, equity, and environmental standards in the law and oversee
the equitable distribution of the economic, social, and environ-
mental impacts of the funds it authorizes.
On September 6, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney, Rep. Khanna
(Chair of the Subcommittee on Environment), Senator Markey, and
Reps. Bush and Tlaib led 60 colleagues in a letter to the White
House calling on the Administration to strengthen Justice40 com-
mitments. The letter urged the Administration to establish a Cli-
mate Justice and Equity Office in OMB to centralize its respon-
sibilities to oversee a whole-of-government approach to Justice40,
to consider the 40 percent goal a floor and not a ceiling of direct
investments, and to ensure programs ‘‘do no harm’’ by increasing
either pollution or greenhouse gas emissions.
On October 17, 2022, the Committee, jointly with the Committee
on Homeland Security, sent a letter to Mississippi Governor Tate
Reeves, launching a formal investigation into the distribution of
federal funds for water system repairs in Jackson, Mississippi,
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ies. On October 20, 2022, EPA announced it would investigate al-
leged discrimination by the Mississippi Department of Health and
the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality in violation
of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
V. HOMELAND AND NATIONAL SECURITY
Department of Homeland Security Inspector General. The Com-
mittee investigated allegations of misconduct by the DHS Inspector
General Joseph V. Cuffari. In May 2022, the Committee sent a
joint letter with the Committee on Homeland Security requesting
documents and information relating to reported efforts by the In-
spector General’s office to delay or conceal findings of domestic
abuse and sexual harassment by DHS employees.
In July 2022, the Committee sent a joint letter with the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security to the Inspector General urging him
to step away from the investigation into erased text messages re-
lated to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, and allow
another Inspector General to take over after he failed to provide
timely notification to Congress of the destruction of these commu-
nications. In August 2022, the Committees wrote to Inspector Gen-
eral Cuffari again, revealing new evidence that his office had aban-
doned efforts to collect these text messages for months, and had
known about the problem far earlier than previously reported. The
Committees followed up with an additional August 2022 letter de-
manding that the Inspector General’s office comply with the re-
quests for documents and transcribed interviews in the Commit-
tees’ investigation into potential mismanagement and misconduct
in the DHS OIG. Inspector General Cuffari has refused to comply
with the Committees’ requests.
January 6. During the first session of the 117th Congress, the
Committee investigated the deadly January 6, 2021, attack on the
U.S. Capitol. These efforts included:
• On January 7, 2021, the Committee led several other Com-
mittees in sending a letter to the FBI requesting an immediate
briefing on efforts to investigate the January 6 attack and hold
perpetrators accountable.
• On January 14, the Commitee sent letters to 27 compa-
nies, including hotel, bus, and car rental companies, requesting
assistance in preventing potential violence associated with In-
auguration Day on January 20, 2021.
• On January 16, the Committee sent a letter to the Major
Cities Chiefs Association raising concerns about participation
by off-duty law enforcement officers in the Capitol assault and
requesting information on steps to ensure chiefs of police ad-
dress threats within their ranks.
• On January 16, the Committee joined several other com-
mittees in requesting documents and briefings from the FBI,
DHS, NCTC, and ODNI related to threat information and in-
telligence leading up to the January 6 attack.
• On February 3, the Committee requested a bipartisan
briefing from the Secret Service on how it is managing its pro-
tective security mission to defend the White House Complex,
as well as the President, Vice President, former Presidents,
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• On March 25, 2021, the Committee led several House
Committees in sending joint requests to 16 different depart-
ments and agencies across the Executive Branch, the Legisla-
tive Branch, and the District of Columbia.
The Committee held two hearings to investigate the January 6
attack. In May 2021, the Committee held a hearing with former
Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller and former Acting
Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, which focused on the Trump Ad-
ministration’s preparations in advance of January 6 and response
to the attacks. In June 2021, the Committee heard testimony from
FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, U.S. Army Pacific Commanding
General Charles A. Flynn, and U.S. Army Director of Army Staff
Walter E. Piatt to address unanswered questions about the Janu-
ary 6 insurrection, including the Trump Administration’s failure to
anticipate, prepare for, and respond adequately to the attack.
In July 2021, the Committee released key evidence of former
President Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election, includ-
ing handwritten notes taken by then-Acting Deputy Attorney Gen-
eral Richard P. Donoghue of a December 27, 2020, phone call with
former President Trump showing attempts by former President
Trump to pressure the two most senior officials at DOJ to overturn
the certified results of the 2020 election.
VI. STRUCTURAL RACISM AND RACIAL EQUITY
Health Equity. The Committee continued to focus on identifying
and investigating systemic racial inequities in the nation’s
healthcare system.
On May 6, 2021, the Committee held a hearing titled ‘‘Birthing
While Black: Examining America’s Black Maternal Health Crisis,’’
where the Committee examined the historical and ongoing racism
plaguing the birthing experience of Black people. The hearing ex-
amined the root cause of the nation’s Black maternal mortality cri-
sis and evaluated the need for comprehensive reforms and invest-
ments at the federal level to ensure the health and prosperity of
Black mothers and Black families across the United States.
The same day, the Committee and leaders of the Black Maternal
Health Caucus requested three new studies on the state of this
health crisis from GAO. Specifically, the Committee asked GAO for
the following three reports: (1) an examination of how the
coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated America’s Black maternal
health crisis, and how federal and state efforts to support the coun-
try’s recovery from the pandemic are impacting maternal health
outcomes; (2) an analysis of the state of our country’s perinatal
workforce—including barriers to accessing care by midwives and
the full spectrum of maternity care professionals; and (3) an eval-
uation of how America’s Black maternal health crisis disproportion-
ately harms people who are incarcerated. On October 19, 2022, the
Committee and Black Maternal Health Caucus leaders released the
first of these reports, which showed that COVID–19 contributed to
one-quarter of maternal deaths during 2020 and 2021.
On March 29, 2022, the Committee held a hearing to examine
pathways to universal health care coverage, which explored the
positive impacts of expanding access to healthcare on historically
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Executive Order 13985. During the 117th Congress, the Com-
mittee oversaw the implementation of Executive Order 13985 (E.O.
13985), ‘‘Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved
Communities Through the Federal Government.’’ E.O. 13985 di-
rected OMB and the White House Domestic Policy Council to work
with federal agencies to identify and remove barriers to equal op-
portunity and programmatic benefits for people of color and other
historically marginalized and underserved groups.
The Executive Order directed OMB to work with agencies to
identify the best methods for measuring barriers to equity and
identify best practices for use of those methods across the federal
government; to assist agencies with selecting high-priority, high-
impact agency programs and policies to undergo racial equity as-
sessments; and to identify opportunities to promote equity in the
President’s budget and study strategies for allocating resources to
increase investment in underserved communities.
On October 15, 2021, Chairwoman Maloney, along with Rep.
Pressley, sent a letter to Acting Director of OMB Shalanda Young
and Ambassador Susan Rice, Assistant to the President for Domes-
tic Policy, commending the Administration for the implementation
of the Executive Order and emphasizing the need for robust data,
assessment tools, and stakeholder engagement to ensure the suc-
cess of the endeavor.
Agency Action Plans, as outlined in E.O. 13985, were due in Jan-
uary of 2022. In April of 2022, the Committee released a statement
with Rep. Pressley applauding a White House convening with all
federal agencies to present historic Equity Action Plans.
On December 16, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney and Rep. Pressley
introduced two bills to ensure that the federal government con-
tinues to pursue the goals of E.O. 13985. The Federal Government
Equity Improvement Act (H.R. 9609) would, among other things,
establish (1) a long-term Equitable Data Working Group within the
Chief Data Officer Council and (2) an Equity Subcommittee within
the Performance Improvement Officer Council. This Working
Group and Subcommittee would ensure agencies confer with each
other to develop and implement best practices surrounding (1) the
equitable collection and use of data and (2) equitable provision of
federal services, respectively. The Equity in Agency Planning Act
(H.R. 9610) would require, among other things, that at least 20%
of agencies’ performance goals relate to improving the equitable
provision of services to underserved individuals and communities.
Deteriorating Conditions on Rikers Island. In September 2021,
the Committee, along with the Committee on Civil Rights and Civil
Liberties and Committee Member Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, launched an
investigation into deteriorating conditions at Rikers Island. On
September 27, 2021, the Committee wrote to then-New York City
Mayor Bill de Blasio and then-New York Department of Correc-
tions Commissioner Vincent Schiraldi, requesting a briefing on the
dangerous conditions facing staff and incarcerated individuals at
the Rikers Island Correctional Facility.
On October 4, 2021, the Committee attended a briefing conducted
by then-Commissioner Schiraldi. The Commissioner reported on
the history of Rikers and how the conditions at Rikers continued
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overcrowding, the court delays during the pandemic, and the plan
to increase staffing.
On November 22, 2021, the Committee, in conjunction with the
Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Rep. Ocasio-
Cortez, wrote to the five New York City District Attorneys, request-
ing briefings on prosecutors’ use of excessive bail in New York and
their plans to reduce the jail population and improve the inhuman
conditions at Rikers.
On April 8, 2022, the Committee, in conjunction with the Sub-
committee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Rep. Ocasio-Cor-
tez, wrote to the newly elected New York City Mayor, Eric Adams,
requesting an update on the plans to improve the conditions on
Rikers Island. The Committee focused on the efforts to increase ac-
cess to mental health treatment and consider alternatives to incar-
ceration.
On June 27, 2022, the Committee, in conjunction with the Sub-
committee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Rep. Ocasio-Cor-
tez, wrote to a newly established Rikers Island Interagency Task
Force, requesting a briefing on how the task force is ensuring de-
tained individuals receive the mental and physical health services
they need. The task force was created in response to the deterio-
rating conditions at Rikers, and the Committee is interested in an
update on how the task force plans to tackle these issues.
On October 21, 2022, the Committee, in conjunction with the
Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Rep. Ocasio-
Cortez, organized a bipartisan briefing with the Rikers Island
Interagency Task Force. During this briefing, the Committee re-
ceived information about the agencies within the task force, the
various efforts they are undertaking to improve the deteriorating
conditions at Rikers Island, and the action plan to remedy these
issues.
VII. GENDER EQUITY
LGBTQI+ Equity. On April 1, 2021, Chairwoman Maloney joined
other representatives in reintroducing a resolution that urges non-
discriminatory and equitable blood and blood product donation poli-
cies in the United States.
On January 13, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney wrote to Acting
Commissioner Janet Woodcock to urge FDA to reassess its blood
donation policy, which has the discriminatory effect of preventing
gay and bisexual men from safely donating blood.
On December 14, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney held a hearing ex-
amining the rise of anti-LGBTQI+ extremism and violence in the
United States. The hearing featured testimony from survivors of
the Colorado Springs Club Q and Orlando Pulse nightclub mass
shootings.
Pay Equity. On January 28, 2021, Chairwoman Maloney and
other democratic leaders introduced the Comprehensive Paid Leave
for Federal Employees Act (H.R. 564). The bill would grant all fed-
eral employees 12 weeks of unpaid leave relating to personal ill-
ness, illness of a family member, or military deployment. Federal
workers currently receive 12 weeks of unpaid leave over 12
months. Giving all workers paid leave would help ensure that care-
taking responsibilities do not hinder career responsibilities for any-
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On June 24, 2021, the Committee held a hearing on the potential
impact of the Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees
Act. The hearing examined how the proposal would strengthen the
federal workforce and create a national standard for paid leave. On
July 20, 2021, the Committee reported the bill favorably.
On March 24, 2021, in honor of Equal Pay Day, the Committee
held a hearing to examine the economic harm cause by gender and
racial inequalities in pay.
On June 4, 2021, the Chairwoman hosted a roundtable in rec-
ognition of Moms’ Equal Pay Day. The roundtable addressed the
negative impact of the gender pay gap on women’s economic secu-
rity, especially for women of color. It also explored ways that Con-
gress can work with the Biden administration to create a family-
friendly economy.
On July 21, 2021, Chairs Carolyn B. Maloney and Rosa DeLauro,
along with Rep. Doris Matsui, introduced a resolution urging the
U.S. women’s national soccer team to pay its players the same
amount as their male counterparts (H. Res. 546).
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). On October 21, 2021, the Com-
mittee held a hearing to mark the 50th anniversary of Congress
passing the ERA. The hearing examined the final steps needed to
certify and publish the ERA as the 28th Amendment to the Con-
stitution. Although the amendment had recently met the constitu-
tional requirements for ratification and certification, a Trump Ad-
ministration legal opinion advised the Archivist of the United
States not to certify the ERA.
On March 8, 2022, the Chairwoman wrote to both Senate Major-
ity Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch
McConnell to urge the Senate to affirm the ERA as the 28th
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and schedule a vote on the
Senate floor for S.J. Res. 1, which would eliminate the time limit
for ratifying the ERA that is in the Amendment’s preamble.
On March 22, 2022, the Chairwoman wrote to Archivist of the
United States David Ferriero to share new legal analyses from
leading constitutional experts Laurence Tribe and former Senator
Russ Feingold, and to urge immediate certification and publication
of the ERA as the 28th Amendment. Both analyses found that the
ERA is currently a valid part of the United States Constitution,
and the Archivist was within his authority to immediately certify
and publish the ERA as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution.
Menstrual Equity. On August 8, 2022, the Chairwoman wrote to
Comptroller General Dodaro and GAO to request a review of men-
strual products’ accessibility and availability in the United States.
This review would inform future legislative efforts to advance
health and economic equity for people with menstrual cycles in the
United States.
Gender Equity in Student Athletics. On July 7, 2021, following
viral tweets showing the disparity between the facilities provided
to the men’s and women’s teams participating in their respective
March Madness tournaments, the Chairwoman joined other rep-
resentatives in sending a letter to the National Collegiate Athletic
Association (NCAA) requesting information about the organiza-
tion’s disparate treatment of athletes participating in men’s and
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In August 2021, after an internal report from the NCAA revealed
glaring gender inequities, the Committee requested a briefing from
the organization and information about prior gender equity assess-
ments. Members also asked for documents relating to budgets and
operations, media contracts, and promotional efforts for that year’s
tournaments. The Committee urged the NCAA to take action to ad-
dress the disparities identified in the report.
On March 14, 2022, the Chairwoman joined other representa-
tives in writing to NCAA President Mark Emmert regarding the
NCAA’s inadequate progress in addressing historically disparate
treatment of men and women student athletes. The letter detailed
the NCAA’s failure to take meaningful steps to correct deficiencies
identified by the Committee and an outside review. In conjunction
with this letter, the Committee released internal NCAA documents
illustrating NCAA’s response to the gender inequities that came to
light during the 2021 tournament.
National Football League (NFL). On October 21, 2021, the Com-
mittee sent a letter to the NFL, launching an investigation into al-
legations of a decades-long toxic workplace culture at the Wash-
ington Commanders as well as the NFL’s handling of an internal
investigation into the matter. The purpose of the investigation was
to understand how the NFL, with one of the most prominent plat-
forms in America, handles allegations of widespread abuse in the
workplace to help inform legislative efforts to address toxic work
environments and workplace investigation processes; strengthen
protections for women in the workplace; and address the use of
nondisclosure agreements to prevent the disclosure of unlawful em-
ployment practices, including sexual harassment.
During the investigation, the Committee requested documents
and information from the NFL and conducted five depositions and
two transcribed interviews with former Commanders employees.
The Committee also held a roundtable on February 3, 2022, and a
hearing on June 22, 2022. At the February 3, 2022, roundtable, the
Committee heard from six former Commanders employees regard-
ing the workplace misconduct they experienced while employed by
the Commanders, and efforts by Dan Snyder, the owner of the
franchise, to intimidate or silence them after they spoke out
against him. At the June 22, 2022, hearing, the Committee heard
from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell regarding the League’s
handling of its investigation into the Commanders as well as the
use of nondisclosure agreements and other tactics in the League to
conceal workplace misconduct.
On April 12, 2022, the Committee sent a referral letter to the
Federal Trade Commission detailing credible allegations of Mr.
Snyder’s financial malfeasance. On June 22, 2022, the Committee
released a supplemental memorandum detailing efforts by Mr. Sny-
der to target former employees and journalists who spoke out
against him during the NFL’s internal investigation, conduct his
own ‘‘shadow investigation’’ into his accusers, and present his find-
ings to the NFL to deflect blame. On December 8, 2022, the Com-
mittee issued a staff report summarizing the findings of its year-
long investigation. The Committee’s report revealed decades-long
misconduct by the owner of the Commanders and the extent to
which the NFL mishandled its internal investigation into the team
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Commanders and failing to make public the findings of the internal
investigation.
On June 17, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney introduced H.R. 8146,
the Accountability for Workplace Misconduct Act, to prevent em-
ployers’ abuse of non-disclosure agreements that prevent workers
from speaking out about workplace misconduct. She also intro-
duced H.R. 8145, the Professional Images Protection Act, to stop
employers from taking, using, and disseminating images of employ-
ees without their consent.
VIII. VOTING RIGHTS
Cyber Ninjas. On July 14, 2021, the Committee, in collaboration
with the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties,
launched an investigation of the partisan and sham post-election
‘‘audit’’ of the 2020 election results in Maricopa County, Arizona.
The Arizona State Senate launched the ‘‘audit’’ in April 2021 de-
spite a clear, bipartisan consensus among county officials and out-
side experts that the election results were valid, that no significant
fraud occurred, and that the additional audit served no legitimate
purpose. The Arizona State Senate hired a group of unaccredited
private companies, led by Cyber Ninjas, a Florida-based cybersecu-
rity company that is not accredited by the U.S. Election Assistance
Commission to test voting systems, to perform an additional audit.
On July 14, 2021, the Committee and the Subcommittee on Civil
Rights and Civil Liberties sent a letter to Cyber Ninjas CEO Doug
Logan, detailing questions and concerns about Cyber Ninjas’ role in
the highly unusual audit. The letter requested nine categories of
documents related to Cyber Ninjas’ audit procedures, funding
sources, communications regarding the audit with outside parties
that may have exerted improper influence on the company, and re-
lated issues.
On October 8, 2021, the Committee held a hearing titled ‘‘Assess-
ing the Election ‘Audit’ in Arizona and Threats to American De-
mocracy.’’ The hearing examined how, despite failing to find any
fraud, Cyber Ninjas’ audit has already inflicted grave damage to
our democracy. Two elected Republican officials from Maricopa
County, Arizona, along with election law experts, spoke about the
dangers of this partisan audit and how it has threatened the integ-
rity of Arizona’s elections, inspired similar hyper-partisan audits in
other states, and been used to justify dangerous state election sub-
version laws.
Echomail. In March 2022, the Committee, in collaboration with
the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, launched an
investigation of a partisan post-election ‘‘audit’’ of the 2020 election
results in Otero County, New Mexico. The ‘‘audit’’ was inspired by
unproven conspiracy theories about fraud during the 2020 election.
On March 16, 2022, the Committee wrote to the CEO of Echomail,
a company leading the audit effort, and sought documents and in-
formation relating to EchoMail’s involvement in an ‘‘audit’’ and
door-to-door voter canvass of the 2020 federal election in Otero
County, New Mexico, including EchoMail’s connection to the
conspiracist group New Mexico Audit Force (NMAF) that conducted
the canvass.
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DOJ calling on DOJ to review potential ongoing civil rights viola-
tions arising from the canvass, including the risk of intimidation of
minority voters, and to take any necessary steps to prevent further
violations of federal law.
On March 30, 2022, the Committee released new documents ob-
tained by the Committee that contradicted Echomail’s claims that
it was not conducting any canvass or audit in Otero County.
On May 5, 2022, Echomail cancelled its audit contract with Otero
County. However, inspired by the same conspiracy theories that
drove the ‘‘audit,’’ the Otero County Commission refused to certify
the results of their June 2022 primary election. Only after the
State Supreme Court ordered them to do so did the Commission
certify the election results.
Election Administration and Misinformation. On April 21, 2022,
the Committee, in collaboration with the House Administration
Committee, sent letters to state organizations of election officials in
Arizona, Florida, Ohio, and Texas—states where election misin-
formation appeared to be having a significant impact—requesting
information about the effects of misinformation and disinformation
on their ability to administer elections. The Committees also
sought information on how federal agencies could best assist local
election officials in combatting lies about election processes and re-
sults. The investigation uncovered that coordinated campaigns of
election disinformation are disrupting the crucial work of local elec-
tion officials, subjecting these Americans to violent threats, and
overwhelming the limited resources available to provide accurate
information to voters and protect the integrity of our democratic
system.
On August 11, 2022, the Committee released a report detailing
the findings from the election officials’ responses and the earlier in-
vestigations into fraudulent audits. The report detailed threats
faced by local election officials and indicated that strong federal
leadership is needed to support the state and local officials respon-
sible for running our elections, including the creation of a federal
whole-of-government plan to support state and local officials as
they counter election rumors and lies.
On the same day, the Committee held a virtual roundtable with
state officials and election experts to examine the effects of the un-
precedented increase in election lies following the 2020 presidential
election. The bipartisan panel discussed how lies about the 2020
election promoted by former President Donald Trump and his sup-
porters have undermined public confidence in our elections and
driven an unprecedented wave of threats against election officials.
On October 26, 2022, the Committee held a staff briefing titled
‘‘Voting Rights and Ongoing Threats to Election Integrity.’’ The
briefing featured a panel of election experts including Amber
McReynolds, a member of the United States Postal Service Board
of Governors and Chair of its Election Mail Committee; Natalie
Adona, Assistant Clerk-Recorder for Nevada County, CA; and Matt
Crane, Executive Director of the Colorado County Clerks Associa-
tion. Staff engaged the panelists in a discussion about insider
threats to elections offices, harassment and intimidation of election
officials, and the various security measures applicable to both in-
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IX. IMMIGRATION
Customs and Border Protection (CBP). In July 2019, the Com-
mittee began investigating racist, sexist, and xenophobic comments
relating to immigrants and Members of Congress made by employ-
ees of CBP in secret Facebook groups. Despite unprecedented ob-
struction and stonewalling by CBP, the Committee has received
final disposition documents in 110 cases. In November 2020, the
Committee issued a subpoena to CBP for complete and unredacted
copies of all documents related to these internal investigations. In
October 2022, the Committee released a report showing that most
CBP agents who committed misconduct by posting offensive com-
ments on a secret Facebook page had their discipline significantly
reduced and continue to work with migrants. The report also made
recommendations to improve CBP’s policies, training, and discipli-
nary process to address these issues.
Critical Incident Teams. In January 2022, the Committee, along
with the Committee on Homeland Security, launched an investiga-
tion into potential misconduct carried out by specialized teams
within CBP. On January 24, 2022, the Committees wrote to CBP,
seeking documents and information related to Critical Incident
Teams—specialized units within CBP tasked with investigating
and collecting evidence of allegations of excessive and deadly use
of force by Border Patrol agents.
On the same day, the Committee, along with four other House
and Senate committees, wrote to GAO, requesting it conduct a re-
view of CBP’s use of Critical Incident Teams along the southwest
border.
On May 6, 2022, DHS announced that it was disbanding the
Critical Incident Teams. Following the announcement, the Over-
sight and Homeland Security Committees wrote to DHS and re-
quested a briefing on the plan and process for disbanding these
teams.
On September 28, 2022, CBP briefed staff of the two Committees
on the Department’s progress in disbanding the Critical Incident
Teams and moving the function into DHS’s Office of Professional
Responsibility.
Irwin County Detention Center. The Committee continued the
work began in the 116th Congress regarding allegations of medical
neglect, unsanitary conditions, and abuse at the Irwin County De-
tention Center (ICDC) in Georgia. On September 21, 2020, the
Committee, along with the Committee on Homeland Security and
the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, sent joint re-
quests for records to ICE and LaSalle Corrections—the private con-
tractor that ran the detention center—to assess the allegations.
After LaSalle refused to produce these documents voluntarily, the
Committee on Homeland Security issued a subpoena to compel pro-
duction. LaSalle eventually produced records to the Committees. In
May 2021, ICDC was shut down by DHS.
On December 6, 2021, the Committees wrote to DHS regarding
health and safety standards at DHS detention facilities and re-
quested a briefing on any internal review or referrals DHS had
made related to Dr. Mahendra Amin, who allegedly provided un-
wanted medical treatment to female detainees at ICDC. The Com-
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ensure that migrants receive appropriate medical care while in
DHS custody.
On December 3, 2021, the Committee also wrote to the Georgia
Composite Medical Board regarding the allegations against Dr.
Amin, referring the matter for investigation.
X. GUN VIOLENCE
Gun Trafficking and Crime Gun Tracing. In the 116th Congress,
the Committee launched an investigation into Federal Firearm Li-
censees (FFLS)—also known as gun dealers—that sell guns used in
crimes. In the 117th Congress, the Committee continued working
to identify the most problematic FFLs in each state and dealers
who sold the most guns later used in crimes.
On April 28, 2022, the Committee released preliminary findings
from its investigation, showing that a small number of gun deal-
ers—particularly those in states with lax gun laws—have sold
thousands of guns used in violent crimes. The Committee’s find-
ings, and the limitations of the data that the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco, and Firearms has thus far released, highlight the urgent
need for more comprehensive and transparent data on gun sales.
Gun Violence and Gun Safety Reform. In the 117th Congress, the
Committee has examined the root cause and devastating harm of
the gun violence epidemic and the need to pass commonsense, pop-
ular gun safety legislation to curb gun violence.
On May 27, 2022, in the wake of devastating mass shootings in
Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, both carried out with AR–
15-style rifles, the Committee sent letters to five leading manufac-
turers of AR–15-style rifles for information related to the manufac-
ture, marketing, and sales of their weapons, to understand how
these guns are fueling the gun violence epidemic, and to inform
gun safety legislation to protect Americans.
On June 8, 2022, the Committee held a hearing titled ‘‘The Ur-
gent Need to Address the Gun Violence Epidemic’’ with survivors
and impacted family members from the mass shootings in Uvalde,
Texas, and Buffalo, New York, as well as law enforcement officials
and gun violence experts. The hearing examined the gun violence
epidemic in the United States and explored commonsense reforms
to prevent further loss of life from firearms.
On July 27, 2022, the Committee held a hearing titled ‘‘Exam-
ining the Practices and Profits of Gun Manufacturers’’ with chief
executives of prominent firearms manufacturers Daniel Defense
and Sturm, Ruger, as well as gun safety experts and advocates.
The hearing examined the responsibility that the firearm industry
bears in the gun violence epidemic in the United States and the
steps Congress can take to hold manufacturers accountable. The
CEO of Smith & Wesson was also invited to attend the hearing but
declined to appear despite a Smith & Wesson assault weapon being
used in the Highland Park, Illinois, shooting only weeks earlier.
On the same day, the Committee issued a supplemental memo-
randum on the Committee’s investigation into gun industry prac-
tices and profits. The memorandum demonstrated that, based on
information obtained by the Committee, the five leading gun com-
panies investigated by the Committee collected more than $1 bil-
lion over the last decade from the sale of military-style assault
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surged across the United States. The Committee also found that
the companies use disturbing sales tactics—including marketing
deadly weapons as a way for young men to prove their masculinity
and selling guns to mass shooters on credit—while failing to take
basic steps to monitor or mitigate the violence their products un-
leash.
On August 2, 2022, the Committee issued a subpoena to Smith
& Wesson, demanding documents related to the company’s manu-
facture and sale of AR–15-style assault weapons, including the
company’s internal communications around recent mass shootings.
The subpoena followed the Smith & Wesson CEO’s refusal to tes-
tify at the Committee’s July 27, 2022, hearing and the company’s
failure to voluntarily produce key information about the company’s
sale of weapons of war.
On August 19, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney, informed by the
Committee’s investigation, introduced legislation that seeks to hold
the firearm industry accountable for its dangerous business prac-
tices and role in fueling America’s gun violence epidemic.
H.R. 8740, the Firearm Industry Crime and Trafficking Account-
ability Act, would require firearm manufacturers to create a moni-
toring system to track crimes committed with guns they have sold.
The bill would also mandate that those manufacturers cease dis-
tributing weapons to a retailer when the manufacturer has reason
to believe that the guns sold by that retailer are being trafficked
or used for criminal purposes.
H.R. 8741, the Firearm Industry Fairness Act, would impose a
20% tax on the total revenue of gun manufacturers who choose to
produce assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Funds from
this tax would be used to fund programs designed to prevent gun
violence and support victims of gun violence.
Health Care Costs of Gun Violence. On July 14, 2021, the Chair-
woman, Rep. Robin Kelly, and Rep. Cori Bush released a GAO re-
port that showed gun violence costs the U.S. health care system
more than $1 billion a year.
XI. CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY
McKinsey Conflicts of Interest. On November 5, 2021, the Com-
mittee launched an investigation into McKinsey’s business prac-
tices and conflicts of interest. The Committee’s investigation found
significant, decade-long conflicts of interest stemming from
McKinsey’s simultaneous work for opioid manufacturers and the
federal government.
Documents obtained by the Committee showed that Purdue
Pharma explicitly tasked McKinsey with providing advice on how
to influence the regulatory decisions of FDA, another McKinsey cli-
ent. At least 22 McKinsey consultants, including senior partners,
worked for both FDA and opioid manufacturers on related topics,
including at the same time.
The Committee’s investigation also uncovered significant evi-
dence that McKinsey sought to use its government connections to
solicit private sector business. In other cases, McKinsey consult-
ants sought to influence government officials, including Trump Ad-
ministration HHS Secretary Alex Azar, to advance the interests of
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Despite these conflicts of interest, McKinsey failed to disclose its
opioid manufacturer clients and the work it performed for them to
FDA in apparent violation of federal law.
On April 13, 2022, the Committee released a 53-page staff report
detailing the extent of McKinsey’s conflicts of interests. Two weeks
later, on April 27, 2022, the Committee held a hearing with
McKinsey Global Managing Partner Bob Sternfels, Massachusetts
Attorney General Maura Healey, Professor Jessica Tillipman of the
George Washington University Law School, and Uttam Dhillon of
Michael Best & Friedrich, examining both these conflicts and
McKinsey’s unethical business practices on behalf of opioid manu-
facturers.
Since then, Chairwoman Maloney has sponsored two bills, H.R.
7602 and H.R. 8325, to prevent conflicts of interest in federal con-
tracts and ensure government contractors serve the American tax-
payers, and not their own financial interests.
Inclined Baby Sleepers. In the 117th Congress, the Committee
continued the investigation it began in 2019 on inclined sleepers
linked to dozens of infant deaths and injuries. In August 2019, the
full Committee and the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer
Policy requested documents from three companies responsible for
recalled inclined sleepers.
On June 7, 2021, the Committee held a hearing titled ‘‘Sleeping
Danger: The Rock ’n Play and Failures in Infant Product Safety.’’
The hearing included testimony from the CEO of Mattel and the
General Manager of Fisher Price, a subsidiary of Mattel. The hear-
ing examined dozens of infant deaths associated with the Rock ’n
Play Sleeper sold by Fisher-Price and flaws in the U.S. consumer
product safety system.
On the same day, the Committee released a report titled ‘‘Infant
Deaths in Inclined Sleepers: Fisher-Price’s Rock ’n Play Reveals
Dangerous Flaws in U.S. Product Safety.’’ The report highlighted
the Committee’s investigation and the lack of federal oversight that
resulted in dozens of infant deaths in inclined sleepers.
On May 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Safe Sleep
for Babies Act of 2021 (SSBA) (H.R. 3182), requiring that ‘‘inclined
sleepers for infants, regardless of the date of manufacture, shall be
considered a banned hazardous product’’ under the Consumer Prod-
uct Safety Act.
On September 1, 2022, the Committee, in collaboration with the
Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, wrote to the
Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
The Committee requested information about CPSC’s plans to pro-
tect babies from all harmful inclined products.
XII. EXECUTIVE BRANCH ETHICS, TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY,
AND PROCUREMENT
Hatch Act. In September 2020, the Committee called for the Of-
fice of Special Counsel (OSC) to investigate potential violations of
the Hatch Act by the Trump Administration during the Republican
National Convention. In response to the Committee’s request, OSC
released findings that at least 13 senior Trump Administration offi-
cials broke the law and engaged in a pattern of violating the Hatch
Act, which is intended to protect the government from political in-
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Federal Records and Transparency. The Committee investigated
a substantial backlog of veterans’ records requests at the National
Personnel Records Center (NPRC), which is part of NARA. The
backlog at NPRC increased due to the coronavirus pandemic and
a reduced onsite workforce. Veterans request their records to access
crucial services, including healthcare and housing. The Committee
worked in conjunction with NARA to reduce this backlog, including
by introducing the Access for Veterans to Records Act.
In May 2021, the Committee and the House Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs sent a joint letter to DOD asking DOD to prioritize
NARA’s request for assistance in organizing and digitizing files at
the NPRC. In June 2021, the Committee held a bipartisan briefing
on the backlog of veterans’ records requests and possible legislative
solutions to address challenges faced by NPRC. In July 2021, the
Committee wrote to NARA urging it to apply for funding through
the TMF to help clear the backlog of veterans’ records requests by
improving its information technology systems. In May 2022, NARA
was awarded $9.1 million in TMF funding.
In July 2022, the Committee requested documents and informa-
tion from three veterans’ records retrieval companies to investigate
whether these companies were misusing NPRC emergency proce-
dures to expedite requests while charging veterans to obtain gov-
ernment records they are entitled to receive at no cost. This was
part of the Committee’s long-standing advocacy on behalf of vet-
erans suffering from the NPRC records request backlog.
Presidential Records and Transparency. The Committee inves-
tigated the PRA violations committed by former President Trump
and White House officials. These violations included the destruc-
tion of presidential records, removal of records from the White
House after the Trump Administration ended, and the use of per-
sonal electronic devices and accounts to create presidential records
that were not preserved. The Committee sent two letters to NARA
in February 2022 requesting information about the contents of
boxes that NARA retrieved from former President Trump’s Mar-a-
Lago estate and inquiring about former President Trump’s compli-
ance with the PRA.
In August 2022, the Committee requested a damage assessment
from the DNI after the FBI recovered classified information from
the former President’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The Committee also
wrote to the Acting Archivist in September 2022 urging NARA to
assess missing presidential records and to seek certification from
former President Trump that he had surrendered all presidential
or classified records. NARA confirmed in its response to the Com-
mittee that some Presidential records still remain unaccounted for.
On November 7, 2022, the Committee introduced H.R. 9278, the
Presidential Records Certification Act of 2022, which would require
the President, Vice President, and covered White House employees
to individually certify compliance with the PRA annually and upon
leaving office.
On December 13, 2022, the Committee sent another letter to the
Acting Archivist urging NARA to conduct a review to determine if
former President Trump had retained any additional presidential
records at his storage facility in Florida or his other properties.
Foreign Gifts. After the State Department revealed in April 2022
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tration officials received during the final year of the Trump Admin-
istration, the Committee opened an investigation into former Presi-
dent Trump’s failure to account for gifts from foreign government
officials while in office, as required by the Foreign Gifts and Deco-
rations Act. The Committee received thousands of pages of records
from NARA and GSA on gifts received by former President Trump
and the First Family.
Presidential Libraries. The Committee evaluated a proposal by
NARA to privatize portions of the George W. Bush Presidential Li-
brary by reverting ownership and control of the Bush Presidential
Museum and education spaces from NARA to the Bush Foundation.
The Committee met with the historical community and facilitated
multiple meetings between Committee staff, the Bush Foundation,
and NARA to discuss the NARA proposal and how the library
would remain historically objective if parts of it were controlled by
the Bush Foundation. The Bush Foundation and NARA developed
a revised proposal that committed to (1) including NARA and histo-
rians in decisions about changes to the permanent exhibit gallery
and (2) incorporating signage in the museum that indicates which
spaces are overseen by NARA versus the Bush Foundation.
Federal Advisory Committee Act. The Committee, along with the
Committee on Veterans Affairs, investigated whether three Mar-a-
Lago members and associates of former President Trump who re-
portedly advised the President on veterans’ issues—Isaac Perl-
mutter, Dr. Bruce Moskowitz, and Marc Sherman—constituted an
advisory committee under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
The Committee reviewed thousands of documents from these three
individuals and found that the ‘‘Mar-a-Lago Trio’’ violated the Fed-
eral Advisory Committee Act and attempted to exert improper in-
fluence over government employees and policies involving the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs.
Sole-Source Contractor’s Profiteering. In December 2021, in re-
sponse to a report by DODIG, the Committee launched a new
phase of an investigation into whether TransDigm Group Incor-
porated (TransDigm) and its subsidiaries abused their position as
a sole-source manufacturer of spare parts to charge DOD exorbi-
tant prices for essential components of military aircraft. The inves-
tigation built off the Committee’s previous investigation into
TransDigm’s business practices in the 116th Congress.
On January 19, 2022, the Committee held a hearing with wit-
nesses including Kevin Stein, TransDigm’s CEO; Nicholas Howley,
TransDigm’s founder and Chairman of the Board; John Tenaglia,
the Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Ac-
quisition and Principal Director, Defense Pricing and Contracting;
and Theresa S. Hull, Deputy Inspector General of DODIG. On
April 14, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney wrote a letter with Senator
Charles E. Grassley to TransDigm renewing the Committee’s call
for the company to return excess profits to the government and re-
questing additional documentation related to TransDigm’s govern-
ment contracts.
The Committee also held a series of meetings with DOD to better
understand its acquisition and pricing practices for sole-source con-
tracts like TransDigm’s. On June 21, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney
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8161) to address flaws in DOD’s pricing of sole-source contracts un-
covered in the investigation.
XIII. PRESIDENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND EMOLUMENTS
Mazars Subpoena. At the beginning of the 116th Congress, the
Oversight Committee launched several investigations of former
President Trump’s unprecedented conflicts of interest, inadequate
financial disclosures, and violations of the Emoluments Clause to
determine the adequacy of existing laws and perform related agen-
cy oversight. Documents produced to the Committee raised ques-
tions about former President Trump’s representations on his finan-
cial statements and other forms, including some prepared by his
accounting firm Mazars USA LLP. The Committee sought key fi-
nancial documents from Mazars, ultimately subpoenaing the firm.
Former President Trump and his businesses filed a lawsuit seeking
to prevent Mazars from complying with the Committee’s subpoena.
On July 9, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in
Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP. The Court’s opinion reaffirmed the
principle that no one—not even the President—is above the law
and announced a new standard for evaluating congressional sub-
poenas for the President’s personal information. The Supreme
Court remanded the case to the lower courts to apply the new
standard.
On August 11, 2021, a district court ruling confirmed that the
Oversight Committee had ‘‘facially valid legislative purposes’’ in
seeking documents in this investigation and upheld in part the
Committee’s subpoena for financial information from President
Trump and his businesses.
On July 8, 2022, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled
that the Committee is authorized to obtain certain financial records
and communications from former President Trump and his busi-
ness entities covered by the Committee’s subpoena. The Court held
that former ‘‘President Trump’s financial information would ad-
vance the Committee’s consideration of ethics reform legislation
across all three of its investigative tracks,’’ including presidential
ethics and conflicts of interest, presidential financial disclosures,
and presidential adherence to Constitutional safeguards against
foreign interference and undue influence.
On September 1, 2022, the Committee reached an agreement to
settle the litigation. Under the agreement reached by the Com-
mittee, former President Trump has agreed not to further appeal
the D.C. Circuit’s ruling, and Mazars USA has agreed to comply
with the court’s order and produce responsive documents to the
Committee as expeditiously as possible.
On November 14, 2022, the Committee released new documents
obtained from Mazars that revealed foreign governments—includ-
ing the governments of Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United
Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), Turkey, and the People’s Republic of
China—spent more money than previously known at the Trump
Hotel in Washington, D.C., and did so at sensitive times for those
countries’ relations with the United States. The Committee re-
quested presidential records from NARA to determine whether
former President Trump distorted U.S. foreign policy to serve his
own financial interests at the expense of the American people and
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Old Post Office Building Lease and Trump Hotel. For the past six
years, the Committee has been investigating conflicts of interest re-
lated to GSA’s management of the hotel’s lease. Under the Trump
Administration, GSA failed to substantially comply with the Com-
mittee’s requests. On July 9, 2021, GSA finally produced requested
documents.
On October 8, 2021, Chairwoman Maloney and Rep. Connolly,
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a
letter to GSA detailing new concerns about former President
Trump’s lease for the Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C., after docu-
ments released by the Committee showed that he failed to disclose
at least $70 million in net losses, concealed debts when bidding on
the Old Post Office Building lease, and received over $3.7 million
in revenue from foreign governments.
On February 17, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney and Rep. Connolly,
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a
letter to GSA urging the agency to consider terminating the Old
Post Office Building lease held by President Trump and the Trump
Organization after Mazars USA LLP—the longtime auditor for the
Trump Hotel—announced that it severed ties with the Trump Or-
ganization and admitted that ten years’ worth of financial state-
ments prepared for former President Trump were unreliable. These
revelations further corroborated the Committee’s finding that the
financial information former President Trump provided to GSA to
secure the Old Post Office Building lease appeared incomplete and
misleading and contained possible material misrepresentations.
On May 6, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney and Rep. Connolly,
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a
letter to CGI Merchant Group requesting information related to the
planned sale of the Trump Hotel. Although the Trump Organiza-
tion reported losing tens of millions of dollars since the hotel
opened in 2016, the sale price represented a significant premium
over market rates, according to some experts, and reportedly stood
as the most expensive hotel transaction ever in Washington, D.C.,
on a per-room basis. The Committee has not yet obtained the iden-
tities of all investors funding this acquisition. The deal reportedly
yielded the Trump Organization a profit of $100 million, of which
approximately three quarters would flow to the former President.
Other Conflicts. The Committee also investigated Secret Service
spending at Trump-owned properties during former President
Trump’s presidency. Despite repeated claims that the former Presi-
dent would use his businesses to save the federal government
money, including representations from Eric Trump that govern-
ment employees traveling with former President Trump ‘‘stay at
our properties for free,’’ documents obtained by the Committee
show that the Secret Service was charged rates in excess of the
government rate at least 40 times from January 20, 2017, to Sep-
tember 15, 2021. Records obtained by the Committee show more
than $1.4 million in Secret Service spending at Trump-owned prop-
erties in the United States, but this data does not appear to be
complete.
On October 17, 2022, the Committee sent a letter to the Secret
Service requesting a full accounting of the Secret Service’s expendi-
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The Committee also launched a bicameral investigation with the
Senate Committee on Finance into whether senior Trump Adminis-
tration officials traded on their government positions for financial
benefits from Middle Eastern governments. On October 27, 2022,
the Committee requested documents from the Department of the
Treasury concerning former Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin’s invest-
ment fund, Liberty, and whether post-government investments
from Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds influenced his actions
while in office. On December 6, 2022, the Committee sent letters
to the Departments of State and Defense concerning Jared
Kushner’s conflicts of interest relating to the 2017 Qatar blockade
through his family’s real estate interests. The letters released new
documents relating to the Kushner family’s business interests and
requested documents concerning Mr. Kushner’s potential improper
influence on foreign policy.
B. SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY
I. U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATIONS AGAINST AL QAEDA, THE IS-
LAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA (ISIS), AND AFFILIATED TERRORIST
ORGANIZATIONS
At the beginning of the 117th Congress and the start of Presi-
dent Biden’s term, the Biden Administration inherited an agree-
ment that the prior Administration had reached with the Taliban,
which established a May 1, 2021, deadline for the withdrawal of all
U.S. military forces from Afghanistan. On February 19, 2021, the
National Security Subcommittee held a hearing with the Afghani-
stan Study Group to examine their findings and recommendations.
On March 16, 2021, the Subcommittee held a hearing with Special
Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) John F.
Sopko, who testified about his 2021 ‘‘High-Risk List.’’
On May 20, 2021, after President Biden announced that the U.S.
would withdraw from Afghanistan by September 2021, the Sub-
committee held a hearing with Special Representative for Afghani-
stan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad to examine the implications
of the withdrawal on U.S. national security and future engagement
in Afghanistan.
Following the withdrawal, on August 31, 2021, the Committee on
Oversight and Reform held a remote briefing with SIGAR Sopko,
and on September 22, 2021, the Committee received a classified
briefing from the Departments of State, DOD, and Homeland Secu-
rity, as well as the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
On December 7, 2021, the Subcommittee on National Security
held a hearing with representatives from DOD and the Department
of State to examine the worldwide threat posed by al Qaeda, ISIS,
and other foreign terrorist organizations. The hearing was followed
by a classified briefing from representatives of the Department of
State, DOD, and the National Counterterrorism Center.
II. MILITARY READINESS
The Subcommittee on National Security continued its oversight
work in the 117th Congress to help ensure the health, safety, and
well-being of U.S. servicemembers, veterans, and their families. On
November 17, 2021, the Subcommittee held a hearing to examine
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nity organizations are working to strengthen mental health and
curb the alarming rate of suicides among our nation’s military
servicemembers and veterans. On July 13, 2022, the Subcommittee
held a hearing to examine why fraudsters and scammers dispropor-
tionately target servicemembers and veterans compared to their ci-
vilian counterparts, and whether additional actions are needed to
protect the military community from exploitation.
III. CYBER THREATS TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
On July 27, 2021, the Subcommittee on National Security held
a hearing to examine U.S. government efforts to secure the nation’s
electrical grid from cyber attacks, as well as whether additional
regulations and public-private partnerships are needed to address
vulnerabilities in U.S. electrical systems.
C. SUBCOMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
I. FEDERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND CYBERSECURITY POLICY
Federal Information Technology (IT) Acquisition Reform Act. The
Subcommittee held five hearings on FITARA on April 16, 2021;
July 28, 2021; January 20, 2022; July 28, 2022; and December 15,
2022. These hearings examined the implementation of FITARA
through the FITARA Scorecard, which the Subcommittee uses to
grade agencies based on their performance on FITARA-related ac-
tivities. The Scorecard is a tool for Congress, CIOs, agency heads,
and outside stakeholders to understand how federal agencies per-
form in various IT-related categories and for Congress to hold
agencies accountable. FITARA oversight has saved taxpayers $30
billion over roughly seven years.
The Subcommittee’s FITARA hearings during the 117th Con-
gress focused on: (1) how federal agencies have developed and im-
proved their information technology security and management
since FITARA’s December 2014 enactment; (2) implementation of
new metrics to ensure the Scorecard evolves with technology
changes and agency improvements; and (3) consideration of addi-
tional new metrics for the Scorecard.
Technology Modernization Fund. In 2017, Congress enacted the
Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Act, authorizing the
TMF. The MGT Act tasked the TMF with using data-driven meth-
ods to provide agencies with funding to upgrade inefficient ‘‘legacy
information technology systems.’’ The goal is to provide agencies
with funding that can be spent over multiple years to incentivize
investments in more modern, nimble IT systems, therefore ena-
bling quicker, more secure, and more efficient service delivery to
the American public. These investments, if properly planned for
and scoped, can help agencies better execute their missions and
serve stakeholders.
Since its inception, Congress has provided the TMF a total of
$1.175 billion, including an unprecedented $1 billion Chairman
Connolly helped secure in the American Rescue Plan.
On May 25, 2022, the Subcommittee held a hearing titled ‘‘Tech-
nology Modernization Fund: Rewriting Our IT Legacy.’’ This hear-
ing highlighted the TMF’s success in providing the funding agen-
cies need to replace outdated and unsupported IT systems. It also
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tive implementation of the TMF and the most effective use of the
$1 billion investment.
Additional IT Work. On June 30, 2021, the Subcommittee held
a hearing titled ‘‘Catalyst for Change: State and Local IT After the
Pandemic,’’ which focused on how the pandemic exposed gaps in
state and local government IT functionality. This hearing ad-
dressed topics including (1) difficulty accessing unemployment in-
surance and other benefits and (2) ransomware attacks on state
and local governments. The hearing also focused on potential bipar-
tisan solutions to state and local IT concerns.
On September 16, 2022, the Subcommittee held a hearing titled
‘‘Project Federal Information Technology: Make IT Work.’’ At this
hearing, Federal CIO Clare Martorana offered her vision on (1)
scaling IT modernization across the federal enterprise and (2) how
the Administration will work with Congress to adopt new cyberse-
curity oversight metrics that further ensure agencies will employ
best cyber practices.
Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program
(FedRAMP). Chairman Connolly introduced the FedRAMP Author-
ization Act (H.R. 21) on January 4, 2021, and the House passed
this legislation the next day. FedRAMP provides a standardized ap-
proach for security assessments of cloud technology and aims to ac-
celerate the adoption of modern and secure cloud solutions across
the federal government.
The House included FedRAMP in the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 and Fiscal Year 2023. On Sep-
tember 29, 2022, the House again passed an updated version of
FedRAMP on a suspension vote. This version of the bill included
consensus language negotiated with the Administration and the
Senate. An identical version of this language passed the Senate as
part of S. 3600, the Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act of
2022. The Subcommittee’s September 16, 2022, hearing, ‘‘Project
Federal Information Technology: Make IT Work,’’ also highlighted
these FedRAMP successes.
Congress enacted FedRAMP as part of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023.
II. PREVENTING A PATRONAGE SYSTEM IN THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE
On October 21, 2020, President Trump signed Executive Order
13957, which attempted to classify a large number of federal civil
servants as ‘‘Schedule F’’ employees, effectively removing their civil
service protections and allowing a President to unilaterally remove
individuals from federal service if they proved disloyal.
Although one of President Biden’s first actions as President was
to repeal Trump’s ‘‘Schedule F’’ executive order, any future Presi-
dent could attempt to grant themselves the authority envisioned in
Executive Order 13957.
For this reason, on January 13, 2022, Chairman Connolly intro-
duced the Preventing a Patronage System Act (H.R. 302). The bill
would require Congress to approve the creation of any new ex-
cepted service position. Specifically, it would (1) prevent any posi-
tion in the competitive service from being reclassified to an ex-
cepted service schedule, (2) limit federal employee reclassifications
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2021, and (3) block any reclassifications of federal employees to
‘‘Schedule F.’’
H.R. 302 was included as Section XXIII of the Protecting Our De-
mocracy Act (H.R. 5314) and was adopted as an amendment to the
House-passed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2023 (H.R. 7900). The House passed H.R. 302 on September 15,
2022, and the bill was referred to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and Governmental Affairs in the Senate on September 19,
2022. The provision was also included in the House-passed version
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023.
III. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY (WMATA)
On February 9, 2022, the Subcommittee held a hearing on its
continued oversight of WMATA. This hearing shed light on serious
funding, operational, and safety concerns plaguing WMATA. These
concerns included inaccurate track inspection reports, the failure to
document or investigate more than 3,000 criminal complaints from
riders, and a defect found on 60 percent of the system’s railcar fleet
that was allowed to languish for four years. To counter these chal-
lenges, Chairman Connolly sponsored the Metro Accountability and
Investment Act (H.R. 694), which reauthorized $150 million in an-
nual dedicated federal capital funding for Metro through 2030 in
exchange for improvements to the WMATA OIG. Congress included
Chairman Connolly’s provision in the bipartisan Infrastructure In-
vestment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117–58).
At the February 9, 2022, hearing, the Subcommittee heard testi-
mony from the CEO of WMATA, the CEO of the Washington Met-
rorail Safety Commission, the Chair of WMATA’s Board of Direc-
tors, and the WMATA IG. The hearing highlighted the need to con-
tinue trends of improvement and take additional steps to increase
ridership and improve safety.
The Chairman’s efforts led to the inclusion of dedicated funding
for WMATA in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, pro-
viding $150 million annually to WMATA—with funding specifically
dedicated to the Inspector General for improved oversight of the
public transit entity’s operations and performance.
IV. SUPPORT FOR THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE
In addition to its work to preserve merit system principles across
federal government, the Subcommittee led efforts to explore and
define the ideal characteristics of post-pandemic federal service.
The Subcommittee held three hearings, a virtual roundtable, and
a briefing exploring federal service during and after the pandemic.
Chairman Connolly also led efforts to ensure federal pay rates kept
pace with rising inflation and comparable private sector jobs with
his FAIR Act (H.R. 392 for 2021; H.R. 6398 for 2022). In 2021, for
example, the Chairman championed efforts for a 2.7% pay increase.
For 2022, Chairman Connolly successfully fought for the largest
pay increase for federal employees in at least 20 years: at least
4.6% on average for federal employees.
On February 23, 2021, the Subcommittee held a hearing titled
‘‘Revitalizing the Federal Workforce,’’ which examined the damage
done to the federal workforce after four years of the Trump Admin-
istration’s efforts to (1) replace career professionals with partisan
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the independence of the competitive civil service. The hearing high-
lighted the success of telework in ensuring the federal government
performed its mission throughout the pandemic and thanked fed-
eral employees who could not telework and risked their well-being
each day serving the nation.
On May 26, 2021, the Subcommittee held a virtual roundtable for
industry partners to discuss the current state of the security clear-
ance process for government employees and contractors. Partici-
pants discussed (1) the successes that DSCA has had in improving
its background check process over the last two years, (2) the up-
coming transition to Workforce 2.0, and (3) the remaining difficul-
ties in getting workers and contractors through the security clear-
ance process, and how those delays affect their business.
On October 4, 2021, Chairman Connolly hosted a briefing with
OPM Director Kiran A. Ahuja at George Mason University to dis-
cuss on how the federal government can attract the next generation
of public servants.
The Subcommittee also led two hearings on the ‘‘Future of Fed-
eral Work.’’ The first, on December 1, 2021, examined the federal
government’s recruitment and hiring policies and explored strate-
gies to help build the next generation of public servants. With just
7% of the federal civilian employees under the page of 30 and po-
tentially one-third of employees eligible to retire in the next several
years, the federal workforce is facing a ‘‘Retirement Tsunami.’’
To avoid this fate, Chairman Connolly introduced the
NextGenFeds Act (H.R. 6014), which would leverage federal intern-
ships to build a robust cadre of early-career talent that reflects this
nation. On May 11, 2022, the Committee on Oversight and Reform
favorably reported the bill.
On July 21, 2022, the Subcommittee held a hearing titled ‘‘The
Future of Federal Work II.’’ This hearing followed more than two
years of strain on the federal workforce prompted by the pandemic.
The hearing explored what the government did right and what
could be improved to ensure that the well-being and resilience of
our workforce are at the forefront of all future policies.
At the hearing, Chairman Connolly announced his introduction
of the Chai Suthammanont Healthy Federal Workplaces Act of
2022 (H.R. 8466). The bill would require agencies to plan for future
public health emergencies and ensures employees are made aware
of their responsibilities and rights should a future health emer-
gency occur. The bill passed the House on September 29, 2022.
First Responder Fair RETIRE Act. Chairman Connolly’s First
Responder Fair RETIRE Act, signed into law on December 9, 2022,
addresses harsh inequities that prevented federal law enforcement
from securing retirement benefits they earned. Federal firefighters
and law enforcement officers put their lives on the line for their fel-
low Americans every day. Given the hazardous nature of federal
first responders’ jobs, Congress created an accelerated retirement
system for these positions and established a mandatory retirement
age of 57. Referred to as ‘‘6c’’ for the section of the law in which
this retirement system was established, federal first responders are
entitled to an annuity after serving for 20 years and reaching age
50. They pay a greater percentage of their salary into their retire-
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rate than other federal employees who make their payments over
the course of 30 years.
Unfortunately, not all federal first responders are able to com-
plete their 20 years of service. In cases where federal first respond-
ers become injured and are no longer able to complete the essential
functions of their jobs, they may be placed in a civil service position
that is not eligible for 6c benefits. When this happens, the federal
first responder is transferred to the Federal Employee Retirement
System (FERS) and loses the eligibility to retire after 20 years of
service. Additionally, the employee is not reimbursed for the higher
contributions he or she made while under the 6c retirement sys-
tem. The years of service are credited as if the federal first re-
sponder had been in the normal 30-year system and the federal
government keeps the overpayments.
The First Responder Fair RETIRE Act allows federal first re-
sponders to stay in the 6c retirement system if they are placed in
a position outside of that system after returning to work from a
duty-related injury. The bill also allows these employees to receive
a refund of their accelerated contributions should they be separated
from service before they are entitled to an annuity.
Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act. On April
4, 2022, Chairman Connolly introduced the Honoring Civil Serv-
ants Killed in the Line of Duty Act (H.R. 7376), an amended
version of a Senate companion bill. This legislation would set a re-
quired standard death gratuity payment at $100,000 plus $8,800
for funeral expenses, with adjustments for inflation, for civil service
employees who are killed in the line of duty or die because of an
injury sustained at work.
V. RESTORING THE INDEPENDENCE OF INSPECTORS GENERAL
During his time in office, former President Trump took actions
that threatened the independence of agency IGs. He removed and
replaced IGs who criticized his actions, policies, or associates—at
times seizing on legal loopholes to dismiss them. He also nomi-
nated political loyalists and campaign donors with no auditing or
investigations experience to vacant IG positions or assigned them
to ‘‘acting’’ IG roles when they had clear conflicting interests. He
left some agencies without a permanent IG for years.
Within the span of a few weeks during the spring and early sum-
mer of former President Trump’s final year in office, and as a pan-
demic swept across the nation, he fired two permanent IGs and re-
placed three acting IGs. Good government groups and others
claimed these firings were politically motivated.
In response to these issues, on April 20, 2021, the Subcommittee
held a hearing titled ‘‘Restoring Independence: Rebuilding the Fed-
eral Offices of Inspectors General.’’ This hearing explored how the
Trump Administration damaged the federal IG community, and
how Congress could help restore and rebuild it.
In addition, Chairman Connolly introduced three bills related to
federal IGs. On February 18, 2022, Chairman Connolly introduced
the Special Inspector General for Law Enforcement Act (H.R.
6762). This bill would establish the Office of the Special Inspector
General for Law Enforcement to investigate ‘‘racial profiling, officer
misconduct, use of force, use of deadly force, or pattern or practice
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On April 20, 2021, Chairman Connolly introduced the Integrity
Committee Transparency Act (H.R. 2681). The bill passed out of
Committee as an amendment to the IG Independence and Em-
powerment Act (H.R. 2662). This bill would (1) create more strin-
gent reporting requirements from the Integrity Committee (IC) to
Congress and Inspectors General (IGs); (2) require the IC Chair-
person to report immediately to an IG if the IC becomes aware of
any particularly serious or flagrant problems, abuses, or defi-
ciencies in the IG’s office; and (3) require the affected IG to trans-
mit that report to Congress within seven days. The bill would also
expand the membership of the IC to include a former IG. Congress
enacted this bill into law as part of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2023.
On June 24, 2021, Chairman Connolly introduced the Keep the
Watchdogs Running Act (H.R. 4125). This bill would grant author-
ity to federal Offices of the Inspector General to continue operating
at the previously appropriated level during lapses in appropria-
tions—for instance, during government shutdowns. On May 19,
2021, Chairman Connolly introduced the Enhanced Whistleblower
Engagement Act (H.R. 3338), which would amend the IG Act of
1978 to require OIG employees to receive whistleblower training
and require the designated whistleblower coordinator to facilitate
communication on whistleblower issues with the IG. The bill would
also require CIGIE to identify best practices to promote timely and
appropriate handling of alleged reprisals within an office of inspec-
tor general.
VI. IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE POSTAL SERVICE
Under the leadership of Postmaster General DeJoy, the Postal
Service made substantial operational changes to mail and package
delivery without consulting customers, disrupting critical delivery
services during a pandemic and a presidential election with unprec-
edented mail-in ballots. Among the crowning achievements in this
space was Chairman Connolly’s leadership role in enactment of the
Postal Service Reform Act.
During fiscal years 2020 and 2021, mail delivery services across
the United States plummeted. While on-time delivery rates have
improved nationwide, some of this improvement is the result of
new service standards that extend delivery targets, making it easi-
er for the Postal Service to meet the standards.
In addition, mail theft has emerged as a rampant problem in the
Philadelphia area and nationwide in recent years. The Sub-
committee is working with the Postal Service and GAO to ensure
the Postal Police Officer force is equipped and authorized to fight
postal crimes regardless of where they are perpetrated.
The Subcommittee held three field hearings that focused on post-
al issues in three geographic areas: (1) ‘‘Waiting on the Mail: Postal
Service Standard Drops in Chicago and the Surrounding Area,’’
held on October 15, 2021; (2) ‘‘Waiting on the Mail: Postal Service
Standard Drops in Baltimore and the Surrounding Area,’’ held on
February 14, 2022; and (3) ‘‘Delivering for Pennsylvania: Exam-
ining Postal Service Delivery and Operations from the Cradle of
Liberty,’’ held on September 7, 2022.
On November 16, 2022, the Subcommittee held a fourth Postal
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pared for peak season, which runs from November through mid-
January of each year. During the past four years, on-time delivery
performance for both packages and mail dropped during the first
quarter of the fiscal year (October to December). Increases in mail
volume and inclement weather events caused this drop in on-time
delivery rates. In 2021, between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve
(a portion of the first quarter of fiscal year 2022), the Postal Serv-
ice processed 13.2 billion pieces of mail, packages, and cards. The
Postal Service processed 12.6% more mail during the first fiscal
quarter of 2022 than in the fourth quarter of 2021. This increase
in volume places additional strain on the Postal Service’s workforce
and logistics network.
On September 9, 2022, Chairman Connolly introduced the En-
suring Accurate Postal Rates Act (H.R. 8781), which seeks to have
the Postal Regulatory Commission re-examine whether the positive
effects of the Postal Service Reform Act, coupled with increased
package sales during the pandemic, warrant removal of current au-
thorities allowing Postal Service leadership to raise rates above the
Consumer Price Index.
Chairman Connolly led efforts to electrify the Postal Service’s ve-
hicle fleet. The Postal Service currently owns and operates one of
the world’s largest civilian vehicle fleets, composed of more than
228,000 vehicles. Over 140,000 of these vehicles are decades old,
average only ten miles per gallon, and have reached the end of
their 24-year operational lifespan. Maintaining these aging vehicles
comes at a high environmental and financial cost—the Postal Serv-
ice spends $2 billion and over 30,000 hours per year on delivery ve-
hicle maintenance, and in Fiscal Year 2019, fuel costs alone for
these vehicles totaled $491 million. Many of these vehicles also
pose risks to the frontline workers who drive them. They lack air-
bags and antilock brakes, and there have been numerous accounts
of these vehicles catching fire.
In May 2021, Chairman Connolly joined Chairwoman Maloney to
lead 53 members of Congress in writing to President Biden to sup-
port his plan to acquire only ‘‘clean and zero-emission vehicles’’ for
the entire federal fleet, including the Postal Service Fleet. In Feb-
ruary 2022, Chairman Connolly and his fellow leaders of the House
Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) sent a let-
ter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to oppose the Postal Serv-
ice’s procurement plan that would have moved forward with the
purchase of an almost-exclusively gas-powered fleet. In March
2022, Chairman Connolly introduced the Green Postal Service
Fleet Act to prohibit the Postal Service from carrying out any pur-
chase of a new fleet of delivery vehicles unless 75 percent of the
new vehicles are electric or otherwise emissions-free. Chairman
Connolly introduced the legislation after the Postal Service final-
ized a contract with Oshkosh Defense for the purchase of a new,
almost entirely gas-powered fleet of delivery vehicles, despite Presi-
dent Biden’s clear and stated goal of electrifying the federal fleet.
In March 2022, Chairman Connolly also joined Chairwoman Malo-
ney and Reps. Lynch, Lawrence, and Huffman to request that the
Postal Service Office of Inspector General investigate the Postal
Service’s compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act,
particularly the filing of the Environmental Impact Statement
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On December 20, 2022, the Postal Service announced it would
purchase 66,000 electric vehicles, ensuring that 75% of its NGDV
fleet will be electric vehicles. The Postal Service investment—which
matches the requirements of the Green Postal Service Fleet Act—
includes $3 billion in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act,
which Chairman Connolly helped secure.
VII. IMPROPER PAYMENTS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
During the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee conducted over-
sight work to understand and reduce improper payments made by
the federal government. On March 31, 2022, the Subcommittee
held a hearing titled ‘‘Follow the Money: Tackling Improper Pay-
ments.’’ This hearing examined the causes of improper payments
and explored solutions for reducing them. For fiscal year 2021, 86
high-risk federal programs paid $281 billion dollars, or 7.2% of
their total outlays, in improper payments. Chairman Connolly later
introduced the STOP Fraud Act (H.R. 8322), which would require
agencies to adopt and employ analytics to combat fraud before it
occurs. The Committee on Oversight and Reform reported the bill
favorably on July 20, 2022.
VIII. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) OVERSIGHT
During the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee oversaw the IRS’s
work to ensure that IRS could serve the American public despite
prior challenges. On April 21, 2022, the Subcommittee held a hear-
ing titled ‘‘IRS: Is It Ready?’’ This hearing examined how the IRS
could make it through the 2022 tax season despite years of neglect
from Congress and a massive backlog from the previous season.
Chairman Connolly recommended supporting an $80 billion invest-
ment in the IRS and the Streamlining IRS Operations Act (H.R.
7428), which he sponsored with Rep. Katie Porter. Andrew Cohen,
Congressional Affairs Advisor at IRS, said that this hearing was
essential in securing $80 billion in funding for the IRS in the Infla-
tion Reduction Act.
In addition, shortly after the hearing, the IRS announced plans
to implement automated scanning technology to expedite the man-
ual processing of mailed-in tax forms. Chairman Connolly repeat-
edly called for IRS to implement this scanning technology through-
out the hearing.
IX. PEACEFUL TRANSITIONS OF POWER
Until the transition of President Trump to President Biden, the
United States had experienced 36 peaceful transitions following
presidential elections. The peaceful transfer of power is critical to
the success of American democracy. To promote that, Congress
passed the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (PTA).
The PTA requires GSA to financially support transition activities
and provide office space and other core support services to the
president-elect and vice president-elect. For purposes of the PTA,
‘‘President-elect’’ and ‘‘Vice-President-elect’’ are defined as ‘‘the ap-
parent successful candidates for the office of President and Vice-
President, respectively, as ascertained by the GSA Administrator
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On November 9, 2020, President Trump instructed leaders of fed-
eral agencies not to recognize Biden’s victory and to block coopera-
tion with President-elect Biden’s transition team.
At the direction of President Trump, GSA Administrator Emily
Murphy withheld for 20 days a decision to ‘‘ascertain’’ that Joe
Biden and Kamala Harris were ‘‘the apparent successful can-
didates.’’ GSA’s delay denied the Biden transition team access to
the PTA’s funding and designated office space that Congress in-
tended. Murphy’s delay also obstructed the activities of transition,
which include the vetting of individuals for the new administration
and the receipt of briefings from the outgoing administration.
These delays could pose challenges and prompt unnecessary delays
for the incoming administration.
Chairman Connolly led multiple efforts that led Administrator
Murphy to ascertain that President Biden won the election, includ-
ing drafting multiple letters and holding a hearing on the subject
in the 116th Congress. In the 117th Congress, Chairman Connolly
led efforts to draft legislation that would permit more than one
slate of candidates for president and vice president to have access
to materials and individuals that ensure an effective transition.
Provisions that support this change to the Administrator’s ministe-
rial duties were in the omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal year
2023.
X. GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, GENERALLY
In April 2021, Chairman Connolly introduced the Performance
Enhancement Reform Act (H.R. 2617) (PERA). Current law re-
quires federal agency Chief Human Capital Officers to develop a
performance plan each year that defines the agency’s mission, sum-
marizes strategic goals and objectives, and identifies strategies to
achieve them. Agencies use the plan to align resources and guide
decision-making to accomplish priorities and improve outcomes.
These performance plans should support planning across organiza-
tional operating units and describe how agency components are
working toward common results and serving the public.
PERA was included in the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2023 and would require agencies to integrate IT
modernization and evidence metrics more effectively into their per-
formance plans, leading to stronger outcomes for American tax-
payers. The amendment would also remedy a gap in expertise by
requiring agencies’ Performance Improvement Officers to work in
consultation with the Chief Human Capital Officer, the CIO, the
Chief Data Officer, and the Chief Financial Officer to prepare the
annual performance plans. The amendment would also require
agency performance plans to include descriptions of human capital,
training, data and evidence, information technology, and skill sets
needed for the agency to meet the agency’s performance goals. Fi-
nally, the amendment would require performance plans to include
descriptions of technology modernization investments, system up-
grades, staff technology skills and expertise, stakeholder input and
feedback, and other resources and strategies needed to meet the
agency’s performance goals.
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D. SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND CONSUMER POLICY
I. YOUTH E-CIGARETTE EPIDEMIC AND FLAVORED CIGARETTES
During the 116th Congress, the Subcommittee led congressional
oversight of the youth e-cigarette epidemic and the role of JUUL,
an e-cigarette manufacturer, in creating it. By the end of the 116th
Congress, the investigation—then lasting 18 months—had dras-
tically altered the e-cigarette landscape and forced significant
changes to the industry’s troubling practices. Oversight of the e-cig-
arette industry, FDA’s regulatory response, and related tobacco
concerns continued in the 117th Congress.
On February 17, 2021, the Subcommittee sent letters to 20 e-cig-
arette companies requesting documents and information regarding
sales of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), including e-
cigarettes and e-liquids. Between January 15 and February 12,
2021, all 20 companies had received warning letters from FDA ac-
cusing the companies of manufacturing and selling ENDS products
without the required marketing order.
On March 3, 2021, the Subcommittee sent a letter to FDA to
alert the agency that Puff Bar—a leading e-cigarette company—
had resumed its sale of e-cigarettes, claiming to have reformulated
its products using synthetic nicotine instead of tobacco to avoid
FDA regulation.
On April 21, 2021, the Subcommittee sent a letter to FDA calling
for a ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes to protect public health
and in light of racial equity concerns. On April 29, 2021, Chairman
Krishnamoorthi issued a statement applauding FDA’s announce-
ment that it would ban the sale of menthol-flavored cigarettes.
On June 17, 2021, the Subcommittee held a hearing titled ‘‘An
Epidemic Continues: Youth Vaping in America,’’ during which Act-
ing FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock agreed that: (i) flavored e-
cigarettes are dangerous to the public health because they attract
kids, and that if any flavors are left on the market, kids will flock
to them; (ii) menthol makes e-cigarettes more addictive; (iii) high-
nicotine e-cigarettes are dangerous because they lead to youth ad-
diction; and (iv) JUUL is responsible for the youth vaping epidemic.
On August 31, 2021, Chairman Krishnamoorthi issued a state-
ment applauding FDA’s decision to ban the sale of certain flavored
e-cigarettes but called on FDA to include menthol among the
banned flavors.
On September 10, 2021, the Subcommittee sent FDA a letter ex-
pressing deep concern about its failure to meet the September 9,
2021, deadline to rule on whether e-cigarette brands could stay on
the market. Following this failure, FDA agreed to a weekly call
with Subcommittee staff to explain the steps that FDA is taking to
regulate e-cigarettes. These weekly calls are ongoing.
On October 12, 2021, Chairman Krishnamoorthi issued a state-
ment condemning FDA’s decision to allow continued sales of R.J.
Reynolds’ high-nicotine Vuse e-cigarettes.
On November 18, 2021, the Subcommittee sent letters to both
Next Generation Labs LLC and Puff Bar—two companies that
manufacture or sell synthetic nicotine products—requesting infor-
mation about the companies and their sale of the products, which
were unregulated by FDA. Next Generation Labs had claimed to be
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tine, and Puff Bar, which claimed to have reformulated its products
with synthetic nicotine after it was found to be in violation of law,
had been called the favorite e-cigarette brand among teens and
children.
On December 6, 2021, the Subcommittee sent a letter to FDA re-
questing information about the agency’s progress in reviewing the
premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) from e-cigarette
manufacturers to determine whether the agency was exercising its
full authority to protect children from harmful e-cigarette products
after it missed the September 9, 2021, court-ordered deadline to
rule on all PMTA applications.
On June 23, 2022, Chairman Krishnamoorthi applauded FDA’s
decision to deny JUUL’s PMTAs. In announcing its decision, FDA
declared that JUUL’s devices do not meet the agency’s public
health standards and ‘‘may have played a disproportionate role in
the rise of youth vaping.’’ On July 7, 2022, FDA reversed course,
allowing JUUL to remain on the market pending its review of ‘‘ad-
ditional information.’’
On July 13, 2022, following a new federal law taking effect in
April 2022 clarifying FDA’s authority to regulate synthetic nicotine,
FDA issued its first two warning letters to manufacturers for un-
lawfully marketing non-tobacco nicotine e-liquid products without
the required authorization. FDA also announced that it had issued
107 warning letters to retailers for illegally selling non-tobacco nic-
otine products, including certain e-cigarette or e-liquid products, to
underage purchasers.
On October 6, 2022, FDA and Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention released the results of the annual National Youth To-
bacco Survey, showing that nearly 2.5 million middle and high
school students report using e-cigarettes. FDA also announced that
it had issued a warning letter to EVO Brands LLC and PVG2,
LLC, doing business as Puff Bar, for receiving and delivering e-
cigarettes in the U.S. without a marketing authorization order. The
agency also announced that it had issued marketing denial orders
(MDO) for applications submitted by Magellan Technology Inc. for
its Hyde e-cigarettes. Following the release of the new federal data
and the updated enforcement actions, Chairman Krishnamoorthi
recognized the steps that FDA had taken but called on FDA to act
more quickly to protect American youth from the harms of e-ciga-
rettes.
On October 14, 2022, as a result of continued oversight from the
Subcommittee, FDA announced that it had completed the initial re-
view of 95% of the synthetic nicotine product applications sub-
mitted on May 14, 2022, to determine whether they meet the min-
imum requirements to be accepted for further review. This review
resulted in: (i) the issuance of 889,000 Refuse to Accept (RTA) deci-
sions on applications that did not meet the criteria for acceptance;
and (ii) the acceptance of 1,600 applications, with the vast majority
being for e-cigarette or e-liquid products. On October 18, 2022, FDA
announced that DOJ, acting on its behalf, had filed complaints for
permanent injunctions in federal district courts against six e-ciga-
rette manufacturers—the first time FDA has initiated injunction
proceedings to enforce the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act’s
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On October 26, 2022, FDA announced that it had issued an MDO
for Logic e-cigarette products containing menthol flavoring, fol-
lowing a full scientific review from FDA that determined they did
not meet requisite public health standards.
To date, the Subcommittee’s work has already forced major
changes to troubling e-cigarette industry practices and fundamen-
tally altered the e-cigarette landscape for the better.
II. TOXIC HEAVY METALS IN BABY FOODS
On November 6, 2019, during the 116th Congress, the Sub-
committee launched an investigation into reports of high levels of
toxic heavy metals in baby foods. The Subcommittee requested in-
ternal documents and test results from seven of the largest manu-
facturers of baby food in the United States, including makers of
both organic and conventional products. Four of the seven compa-
nies cooperated with the Subcommittee’s investigation, providing
internal testing policies, test results for ingredients and finished
products, and documentation about what the companies did with
ingredients and finished products that contained heavy metals in
amounts that exceeded their internal testing limits.
On February 4, 2021, at the start of the 117th Congress, the
Subcommittee released a staff report on the issue titled ‘‘Baby
Foods are Tainted with Dangerous Levels of Arsenic, Lead, Cad-
mium, and Mercury.’’ The report found, among other things, that
(i) according to internal company documents and test results ob-
tained by the Subcommittee, commercial baby foods are tainted
with significant levels of toxic heavy metals, including arsenic,
lead, cadmium, and mercury; (ii) internal company standards per-
mit dangerously high levels of toxic heavy metals, and documents
revealed that the manufacturers have often sold foods that exceed-
ed those levels; and (iii) the Trump Administration ignored a secret
industry presentation to federal regulators revealing increased
risks of toxic heavy metals in baby foods.
On March 5, 2021, FDA announced its intention to reduce toxic
heavy metals in baby food, specifically noting the findings of the
Subcommittee’s staff report. On March 26, 2021, Chairman
Krishnamoorthi led the introduction in the House of the Baby Food
Safety Act of 2021 (H.R. 2229), bicameral legislation that would
dramatically reduce toxic heavy metals in baby foods.
On April 8, 2021, in response to the introduction of the legisla-
tion, FDA announced its ‘‘Closer to Zero’’ Campaign, setting
timelines for regulating toxic heavy metals in foods consumed by
babies and young children. The campaign includes three phases:
• Phase 1 (scheduled for April 2021 to April 2022): FDA pro-
vided draft action levels for lead in juice. FDA is still seeking
data and other information from stakeholders before finalizing
these action levels.
• Phase 2 (scheduled for April 2022 to April 2024): FDA is
engaging with stakeholders to help develop action levels for
cadmium, mercury, and arsenic while also finalizing action lev-
els for lead.
• Phase 3 (scheduled to begin in April 2024; no definite end
date): FDA will continue to work on action levels for cadmium
and mercury and plans to finalize action levels for arsenic.
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include enforcement and will reassess whether any action lev-
els should be adjusted downward.
On September 29, 2021, the Subcommittee released a second
staff report providing additional information about high levels of
toxic heavy metals in baby foods and the industry’s failure to end
harmful practices that allow this contamination to occur. On Octo-
ber 8, 2021, in response to this second staff report, Walmart an-
nounced a voluntary recall of certain batches of its baby foods.
In June 2022, Subcommittee Staff participated in a teleconfer-
ence with FDA concerning progress on their Closer to Zero Cam-
paign. Staff exchanges between the Subcommittee and FDA remain
ongoing, and the Subcommittee continues to press FDA to increase
its pacing for the Closer to Zero plan.
III. ORGAN PROCUREMENT INDUSTRY CONCERNS
On December 23, 2020, during the 116th Congress, the Sub-
committee launched an investigation into the organ donation and
transplant system in the United States following public reports of
mismanagement in the organ procurement system. On May 4,
2021, the Subcommittee held a bipartisan hearing on needed re-
forms in the organ transplant industry, finding that many people
die every year waiting for organs and that organ procurement orga-
nizations (OPOs)—geographically organized entities tasked with se-
curing organs for transplant by identifying eligible donors and re-
covering organs from deceased donors across the United States that
account for over 80% of transplants—had been failing to do their
jobs effectively. Following the hearing in May, the Subcommittee
expanded its investigation, requesting specific organ procurement
performance data from the OPOs and asking organ donor networks
for information about their requests for Medicare reimbursement.
To date, the investigation has revealed how OPOs are failing to
adequately provide their services, leaving hundreds of thousands of
Americans seeking organ transplants without essential healthcare.
Problems at both individual OPOs and the Organ Procurement and
Transplantation Network (OPTN), which manages the ecosystem in
which OPOs operate, have contributed to as many as 25,000 unnec-
essary deaths per year, significant financial waste, and racial in-
equalities in health care.
Beginning in April 2021, new reporting and documents obtained
by the Subcommittee demonstrated heightened concern about data
collection and management issues affecting OPOs and the organ-
sharing ecosystem more generally. A Washington Post article dated
July 31, 2022, and a hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance
on August 3, 2022, raised additional concerns about data collected
and maintained by OPOs. Accordingly, the Subcommittee sent a
letter on November 11, 2022, to all OPOs subject to the investiga-
tion asking them to confirm the accuracy and completeness of infor-
mation the organizations previously provided to the Subcommittee
as part of its investigation.
IV. SALE OF UTILITY CUSTOMER INFORMATION TO ICE FOR
DEPORTATION PURPOSES
On February 26, 2021, the Subcommittee sent letters to Thomson
Reuters and Equifax, Inc., requesting documents and information
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The companies’
databases contained information for over 200 million utility cus-
tomers. Under the Trump Administration, ICE reportedly paid
$20.6 million to access customer information from these databases
to surveil and target undocumented immigrants.
V. TOXIC PET COLLARS
On March 17, 2021, the Subcommittee launched an investigation
into deaths and injuries to animals caused by the Seresto flea and
tick collar, a popular product among pet owners. Earlier that
month, a report from USA TODAY revealed that, as of June 2020,
there had been more than 75,000 incidents and approximately
1,700 pet deaths linked to the collar, numbers that increased to
more than 98,000 incidents and 2,500 pet deaths during the inves-
tigation.
As part of its investigation, the Subcommittee obtained internal
documents from Bayer Animal Health, Elanco Animal Health, and
EPA. Based on those documents as well as additional reporting
from USA Today and internal EPA emails made public via a Free-
dom of Information Act (FOIA) request, the Subcommittee con-
cluded that EPA had known about the dangers posed by the
Seresto collar for years yet failed to take action to protect pets and
their owners.
On June 15, 2022, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the sub-
ject and released a staff report setting out its findings, including
that (i) EPA rushed Seresto’s approval through a flawed scientific
review process; (ii) EPA first discovered serious issues with the col-
lar’s safety in 2015; (iii) Canadian regulators refused to allow the
collar to be sold due to safety concerns; (iv) EPA allowed the collar
to stay on the market despite (a) the Canadian regulators’ decision
and (b) frustrations among EPA personnel regarding the Seresto
collar’s safety; and (v) incident figures may understate the harm
caused by the Seresto collar.
On July 18, 2022, the Subcommittee sent a follow-up letter to the
EPA and FDA summarizing the key takeaways from the hearing
and staff report and reiterating Chairman Krishnamoorthi’s call for
EPA to take action. The letter encouraged EPA to (i) commence No-
tice of Intent to Cancel (NOIC) proceedings by providing the re-
quired notice to the Secretary of Agriculture, which would allow
EPA to remove Seresto from the market; (ii) strengthen EPA’s pre-
registration scientific review process; (iii) improve EPA’s incident
data collection system; and (iv) work with FDA, which has exten-
sive expertise in post-market monitoring and adverse event report-
ing, to implement the recommendations.
On November 21, 2022, Subcommittee staff participated in a
briefing with EPA officials, who provided an update on their sci-
entific review of the Seresto flea and tick collar.
VI. ONLINE CONTENT
Between April and November 2021, the Subcommittee launched
inquiries into harmful content available to youth on social media
platforms including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.
On April 6, 2021, the Subcommittee sent a letter to YouTube
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form amid concerns about content quality, advertisement practices,
and the impact the platform has on children.
On September 20, 2021, following reported public concerns, the
Subcommittee sent a letter to Facebook requesting documents and
information on Facebook’s role in facilitating human trafficking
content on its platforms and its failure to address the effects of
Instagram on the mental health and well-being of teen girls. On
September 27, 2021, just one week after the letter, Facebook an-
nounced that it was stopping the development of Instagram for
Kids.
On November 10, 2021, the Subcommittee sent a letter to TikTok
requesting documents and information about dangerous content
made available to minors who use the platform, including content
meant for adults and COVID–19 misinformation, and steps the
platform had taken to adjust its algorithm or remove harmful con-
tent.
VII. SEX TRAFFICKING LINKED TO POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
On July 6, 2021, the Subcommittee sent a letter to Secretary of
Education Miguel Cardona to bring the Department of Education’s
attention to a new report indicating that certain postsecondary vo-
cational schools were potentially being used as a cover for illegal
practices, including sex trafficking. While students at the massage
therapy programs in question did not receive federal student loans,
the programs did receive federal funding through other channels,
including the CARES Act. Chairman Krishnamoorthi requested the
Department of Education’s policies and procedures for protecting
against sex trafficking in postsecondary education, and information
on federal funds that may have gone to schools of concern.
On May 27, 2022, the Subcommittee received a response letter
and document productions from the Department of Education,
which provided detailed descriptions of what the Department had
done, and was continuing to do, to address the concerns raised in
the Subcommittee’s letter.
VIII. SPAM TEXT MESSAGES AND FRAUD
In August 2021, the Subcommittee sent a letter to Federal Com-
munications Commission (FCC) Acting Chairwoman Jessica
Rosenworcel requesting a briefing on the Commission’s ongoing ef-
forts to combat the rise in spam robotext messages, through which
scammers stole at least $86 million in 2020. Following FCC’s brief-
ing to the Subcommittee in September 2021, at which the Commis-
sion confirmed its intention to ‘‘clamp down on (robotexts),’’ FCC
announced plans to initiate a rulemaking to require wireless pro-
viders to block illegal text messages.
In November 2021, the Subcommittee requested—and FCC pro-
vided—further information regarding the Commission’s efforts to
investigate and crack down on spam robotexts. In September 2022,
Chairman Krishnamoorthi applauded FCC’s unanimous decision to
initiate the public comment process on a proposed rule—the notice
for which referenced information provided by the Subcommittee—
aimed at cracking down on robotexts by forcing cellphone compa-
nies to block texts from illegal or fraudulent phone numbers. Com-
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2022, and reply comments were due on or before November 25,
2022.
IX. HIGHER EDUCATION TRANSCRIPTS
On October 5, 2021, the Subcommittee sent letters to seven high-
er education authorities in five states requesting documents and in-
formation concerning the practice of withholding transcripts from
students who have unpaid bills. 95% of respondents in a survey
from the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admis-
sions Officers answered that they withheld transcripts for ‘‘one or
more reasons,’’ with 64% of survey respondents saying that they
withheld transcripts even if students owed under $25. The Sub-
committee was concerned that, without their transcripts, students
could not apply course credits they had already earned to a degree
at another institution or use those documents to help them obtain
a job. The Subcommittee requested documents and information on
all transcripts withheld, and all policies and practices governing
transcript withholding, across the five states.
X. TEAR GAS
On June 10, 2021, Chairman Krishnamoorthi, along with Rep.
Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and
Civil Liberties, Rep. Cori Bush, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,
sent letters to Safariland, Combined Systems, Inc., and Pacem De-
fense LLC requesting documents and information regarding the
safety of tear gas products manufactured by these companies. The
Members also sent a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, At-
torney General Merrick Garland, and EPA Administrator Michael
S. Regan seeking information on whether there was any existing
federal oversight of the use of tear gas products on humans.
The Subcommittee received and reviewed documents and infor-
mation from the companies and information from the agencies. The
investigation culminated in an October 2021 staff memorandum
from the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy and
Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, which revealed
that the federal government does not regulate the use of tear gas
on humans and has never determined if such use is safe. The
memorandum also found that the health effects of tear gas on hu-
mans have been woefully understudied.
XI. CHEMICALS IN FOOD PACKAGING
On January 10, 2022, the Subcommittee sent a letter to FDA re-
questing information about its regulation of phthalates, dangerous
chemicals commonly found in food packaging and processing mate-
rials. Phthalates can cause significant health problems, including
fertility and reproductive issues in adults and behavioral and cog-
nitive development issues in children. While progress had been
made in recent years, FDA still allowed 28 different phthalates to
be used in food packaging and processing materials.
The Subcommittee’s letter requested that FDA provide informa-
tion about the steps it has taken to evaluate the dangers posed by
phthalates and its efforts to ban these dangerous chemicals from
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2022, the Subcommittee received and reviewed information from
FDA explaining its ongoing oversight of phthalates.
Following the Subcommittee’s letter, on May 19, 2022, FDA
issued a rule to amend its food additive regulations governing
phthalates. FDA specifically revoked authorizations for the food
contact use of 23 phthalates and two other substances. Although
FDA continued to allow nine phthalates to be used in food contact
applications, FDA also issued a request for information about the
current specific food contact uses. If, in the future, a manufacturer
wants to use any of the revoked phthalates in food contact applica-
tions, the manufacturer is expected to submit either a food additive
petition or a food contact substance notification to FDA given that
such use had been previously authorized under FDA’s food additive
authorities.
The comment period that opened on May 19, 2022, was initially
closed on July 19, 2022, but subsequently reopened. The new dead-
line for comments is December 27, 2022.
XII. EXCESS CORPORATE PRICE HIKES
Between January 25, 2022, and March 18, 2022, the Sub-
committee sent letters to companies in the ocean shipping industry
(jointly with the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis),
as well as the meat processing and rental car industries, seeking
information and documents explaining their decisions to increase
the prices of their products or services beyond their costs and de-
spite rising profits. The Subcommittee also sought information and
documents related to any investigations surrounding such price in-
creases. In the ocean shipping industry, recipients were AP Moeller
Maersk, CMA CGM, and Hapag-Lloyd. In the meat processing in-
dustry, recipients were Tyson Foods, JBS Foods, National Beef,
and Seaboard. In the rental car industry, recipients were Hertz
Global Holdings, Inc. and Avis Budget Group, Inc.
On September 22, 2022, to shine a light on record-high corporate
profits and profit margins, the Subcommittee held a hearing to ex-
amine the role of excess corporate price hikes in driving the infla-
tion that U.S. consumers have been experiencing since early 2021.
On November 4, 2022, the Subcommittee released a follow-up staff
report, providing an original analysis of financial data within cer-
tain industries, summarizing existing analyses concerning the role
of excess price hikes on inflation, and discussing the key takeaways
from the hearing.
XIII. HEART PUMP DEVICES
On March 22, 2022, the Subcommittee sent a letter to FDA re-
questing information about its regulation of the HeartWare Ven-
tricular Assist Device (HVAD) System—a heart pump device asso-
ciated with over 20,000 patient injuries and 3,000 deaths before it
was recalled in June 2021. Even as the device underwent 15 com-
pany-initiated recalls—more than any other high-risk device in
FDA’s database—the agency failed to take action to remove the de-
vice from the market or alert other federal agencies of the problems
FDA found with the device during factory inspections. As a result,
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Department
of Veterans Affairs spent millions of dollars to implant heart pa-
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The Subcommittee’s letter requested information about why FDA
did not take further action after issuing a warning letter to the
company and what steps it has taken to revise its protocols to en-
sure that other federal agencies, patients, and doctors are notified
of FDA warning letters.
XIV. BABY FORMULA
On March 24, 2022, the Subcommittee launched an inquiry into
FDA’s delayed response in addressing contaminated infant formula
that had been linked to five hospitalizations and two deaths. Ac-
cording to reports, FDA was alerted in September 2021 that an in-
fant’s Cronobacter sakazakii infection had been traced back to for-
mula produced at an Abbott Nutrition Facility in Sturgis, Michi-
gan. Between September and December 2021, FDA received two
more reports of Cronobacter sakazakii infections, as well as a com-
plaint about a salmonella illness, linked to the same facility. In
September 2021, FDA inspected the facility and noted unsanitary
conditions, but it failed to issue a public warning about the con-
taminated products until February 17, 2022, when Abbott volun-
tarily recalled the formula.
On May 13, 2022, after it had become clear that the Abbott recall
had directly contributed to an increasing shortage of baby formula
nationwide, Chairwoman Maloney and Chairman Krishnamoorthi
jointly sent letters to four baby formula manufacturers—Abbott
Nutrition, Mead Johnson Nutrition, Nestlé USA, and Perrigo Com-
pany—requesting information on the steps these companies are
taking to address the shortage of infant formula in the United
States. Together, these four companies control nearly 90% of the
U.S. market for formula manufacturing. The letter to Abbott Nutri-
tion also asked for documents related to sanitary conditions, qual-
ity control, contamination, and the closure of Abbott’s facility in
Sturgis, Michigan.
XV. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH DATA PRIVACY
On July 8, 2022, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to
overturn Roe v. Wade, Chairwoman Maloney and Chairman
Krishnamoorthi jointly launched an investigation into reproductive
health data privacy, sending letters to five data broker companies
and five personal health application (‘‘app’’) companies requesting
information and documents regarding the collection and sale of per-
sonal reproductive health data. The letters expressed concerns
about the potential misuse of this data to invade the privacy of in-
dividuals seeking reproductive health care. Reproductive health ap-
plications, which are known to share information with data brokers
and other third parties, have been plagued by data privacy con-
cerns. A recent study found that 87% of the 23 most popular wom-
en’s health apps—including reproductive health apps—shared user
data with third parties, yet just over 50% requested consent from
their users. Similarly, data brokers have been found to sell sen-
sitive user location data. Recent reporting indicates that data bro-
kers have sold mobile phone location data from individuals who
have visited health care clinics that provide abortions, leading to
concerns about the misuse of private data to target individuals
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XVI. GAS STOVES
On August 1, 2022, the Subcommittee sent a letter to CPSC re-
questing documents and information about CPSC’s failure to estab-
lish safety standards or provide warnings to consumers on the sig-
nificant health risks posed by air pollutants emitted from gas
stoves despite having knowledge of potential risks as early as 1986.
According to industry reports and third-party studies, despite hav-
ing the authority either to issue mandatory standards and require
warning labels or to work with industry to develop voluntary
standards and labels that would address indoor air pollution from
gas stoves, CPSC has not yet done either.
XVII. CRYPTOCURRENCY FRAUD AND SCAMS
On August 30, 2022, the Subcommittee sent letters to four fed-
eral agencies—the U.S. Department of Treasury, Securities and Ex-
change Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and
Federal Trade Commission—and five digital asset exchanges—
Binance.US, Coinbase, FTX US, Kraken, and KuCoin—requesting
information about the steps they are taking to combat
cryptocurrency-related fraud and scams and additional actions that
are needed to protect Americans. More specifically, the Sub-
committee posed a series of questions and document requests
aimed at gathering information about what the federal agencies
and digital asset exchanges are doing to protect consumers and in-
form legislative solutions to bring stability to the digital asset in-
dustry.
On October 14, 2022, based on information obtained in the inves-
tigation to date, the Subcommittee also sent a copy of the letter to
the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. On November 18, 2022,
following the bankruptcy of FTX Trading Ltd. (FTX), including its
affiliated entity FTX US, the Subcommittee sent a letter to the
founder and former CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, and the
current CEO of FTX, John J. Ray III, pressing for more informa-
tion on FTX’s collapse and the full scope of harm inflicted upon its
investors, and reiterating its expectation that FTX fully comply
with the Subcommittee’s August 30, 2022, request for documents.
XVIII. INCLINED INFANT PRODUCTS
On September 2, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney and Chairman
Krishnamoorthi jointly sent a letter to CPSC requesting informa-
tion about how the Commission is working to protect babies from
harmful inclined products such as sleepers, rockers, and other
products with an incline of more than ten degrees. The Committee
first began investigating this issue in 2019, leading to a CPSC final
rule banning infant inclined sleeping products in June 2021. The
September 2022 letter followed a June 14, 2022, statement released
by CPSC and Mattel Inc. warning of 13 infant deaths associated
with inclined rockers and advising consumers against using the
products for sleep or leaving infants unsupervised or unrestrained
in those rockers. The letter also followed the May 16, 2022, signing
of the Safe Sleep for Babies Act as well as a CPSC rule promul-
gated on June 23, 2022, making it unlawful to sell non-compliant
infant sleep products manufactured on or after that date. The let-
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would apply to all products that could pose risks to infants during
sleep and sought a statement on CPSC’s position on current law
that requires CPSC to consult with manufacturers before taking
certain safety actions.
On October 13, 2022, CPSC responded to the Committee’s letter,
providing certain requested information, deferring to the ongoing
rulemaking process in other cases, and stating Chairman Hoehn-
Saric’s position that ‘‘the overly restrictive provisions of [existing
law] should be repealed as they hinder the Commission’s ability to
act quickly to keep American consumers safe.’’
E. SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT
I. FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES
During the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee investigated the
massive subsidies—approximately $15 billion per year—that sup-
port the fossil fuel industry and prevent action from Congress on
climate change. According to the International Monetary Fund, the
U.S. government ranks second in the world in its support of the oil
and gas industry.
On Earth Day, April 22, 2021, the Subcommittee held a hearing
titled ‘‘The Role of Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Preventing Action on
the Climate Crisis.’’ Internationally recognized activist Greta
Thunberg joined other witnesses virtually from Sweden to discuss
the ways the international community views the United States in
light of its failures to align with the Paris Climate Agreement. The
hearing also explored how the fossil fuel industry has used tax-
payer-funded subsidies to lobby for further preferential treatment
from the federal government.
II. JOB CREATION
During the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee investigated how
to address the climate crisis while making sure no one is left be-
hind. To achieve that goal, the federal government must target in-
vestments towards areas of the country that have been
deindustrialized and historically disadvantaged.
On June 16, 2021, the Subcommittee held a hearing titled
‘‘Jumpstarting Main Street: Bringing Jobs & Wealth Back to For-
gotten America’’ to explore these issues. The Subcommittee heard
testimony from five witnesses to examine racial economic inequal-
ity and how investments to stop the climate crisis can address it.
III. WILDFIRES
In the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee investigated forest re-
silience in mitigating wildfires. Wildfires carry a significant cost to
human life, property, and wildlife across the country.
On March 15, 2022, the Subcommittee held a hearing titled
‘‘Fighting Fire with Fire: Evaluating the Role of Forest Manage-
ment in Reducing Catastrophic Wildfires.’’ The Subcommittee
heard from Carole King, a celebrated singer-songwriter and land
conservation advocate, the head of the United States Forest Serv-
ice, and other witnesses regarding the Forest Service’s fuel man-
agement practices, including prescribed burns, thinning, and com-
mercial logging, and their effectiveness at preventing wildfires. The
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forest management, including by allowing Tribes—and, in par-
ticular, traditional ecological knowledge-holders—to take the lead
in maintaining forest health. Witnesses also addressed the need to
prioritize investments in engineering solutions that protect homes
and buildings from wildfires over commercial logging practices that
exacerbate fires.
IV. REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE
During the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee examined regen-
erative agriculture, the role it can play in preventing the worst of
the climate crisis while protecting food supply, and the urgent need
to reform federal policies that unjustly favor corporate agri-
business, often at the expense of family farmers. Climate change
fundamentally threatens the world’s food supply as extreme weath-
er events, water scarcity, pests, and warming make it harder to
grow staple crops and renders farmland unusable. Regenerative ag-
ricultural practices, such as rotating crops, can help reduce and re-
verse the desertification of farmland, increase nutrients in the soil,
and enhance food security.
On July 19, 2022, the Subcommittee held a hearing titled ‘‘Re-
generative Agriculture: How Farmers and Ranchers Are Essential
to Solving Climate Change and Increasing Food Production.’’ The
Subcommittee heard from regenerative farmers and soil health ex-
perts about the programs of USDA and the unfair market power
held by corporate agribusiness that limits small- and medium-sized
farmers’ ability to adopt regenerative agricultural practices. While
a small number of companies control most of the market for beef,
pork, and grain, family farmers earn just 16 cents of every dollar
spent on food.
The federal government already supports regenerative agri-
culture and conservation methods, but many of these programs are
oversubscribed and under-resourced. Some federal policy, however,
supports inherently unsustainable practices, such as concentrated
feeding operations (i.e., facilities where animals live and eat in con-
fined spaces), which produce large amounts of waste that cause sig-
nificant greenhouse gas emissions and can runoff into water re-
sources.
The Subcommittee revealed the need to amend federal policies
that unjustly protect corporate agribusiness, often at the expense
of family farmers, and fully fund farm conservation programs.
V. LEADED AVIATION FUEL
During the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee examined the
health harms associated with leaded aviation fuel and its impacts
on American communities and the environment.
On July 28, 2022, the Subcommittee held a hearing titled ‘‘Toxic
Air: How Leaded Aviation Fuel Is Poisoning America’s Children.’’
This hearing explored the urgent, yet little-known, health crisis of
airborne lead exposure from aviation fuel. This problem impacts
millions of people who live near general aviation airports in the
United States. Lead is highly toxic and a probable carcinogen,
causing health effects such as brain damage, learning disabilities,
reduced fertility, nerve damage, and death. Despite the dangers as-
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ting the health and safety of Americans—especially children—at
risk.
In the United States, general aviation airports are often located
in low-income communities and communities of color, causing those
communities to suffer disproportionately from the health impacts of
leaded aviation fuel. Lead exposure from aviation fuel is an ongo-
ing environmental justice crisis.
Despite clear evidence of harm and the existence of unleaded fuel
alternatives, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and EPA
had failed for many years to take meaningful action to curb the use
of leaded aviation fuel. Simultaneously, the fossil fuel and aviation
industries have lobbied to delay efforts to phase out leaded fuel.
Shortly after the Subcommittee’s hearing, EPA issued an
endangerment finding for the lead content in aviation fuel (i.e., a
finding that lead emissions may reasonably be anticipated to en-
danger public health and welfare). Additionally, FAA finally signed
off on the commercial production of an unleaded fuel alternative.
VI. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
During the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee examined the
gaps in current laws and regulations that leave frontline commu-
nities vulnerable to pollution, and the policy changes necessary to
safeguard public health and the environment. Countless Americans
live in communities where current air and water pollution permit-
ting schemes fail to protect residents from the cumulative health
and environmental impacts of concentrated industrial pollution.
These sacrifice zones are disproportionately found in low-income
communities and communities of color.
On August 25, 2022, Chairman Khanna and Vice Chair Rashida
Tlaib held a field hearing in Detroit, Michigan, which focused on
the reality of living in ‘‘sacrifice zones’’—areas where Americans
feel their lives are being sacrificed for the profits of corporate pol-
luters. Most of the witnesses described living in the impact zone of
either Stellantis, an automobile company, or U.S. Ecology Detroit
South, one location of a waste treatment company.
To follow up from the hearing, on December 8, 2022, the Sub-
committee sent a letter to U.S. Ecology Detroit South and
Stellantis, requesting information regarding health concerns stem-
ming from toxic emissions at their facilities.
F. SUBCOMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
I. SPREAD OF WHITE SUPREMACY AND EXTREMIST IDEOLOGIES
During the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee continued its se-
ries of hearings on ‘‘Confronting Violent White Supremacy,’’ holding
two hearings on the subject: ‘‘Examining the Rise of Militia Extre-
mism’’ (Part V) on May 26, 2021, and ‘‘Examining the Biden Ad-
ministration’s Counterterrorism Strategy’’ (Part VI) on September
29, 2022. On May 26, 2021, in conjunction with the first of these
two hearings, the Subcommittee sent a letter to DHS Secretary
Alejandro Mayorkas requesting information about how DHS evalu-
ated the dangers associated with militia violent extremists prior to
the January 6, 2021. The Subcommittee also sought information
about how DHS combats violent extremism that arises at the inter-
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extremists. DHS responded on March 16, 2022, explaining that it
would designate such domestic violent extremism a ‘‘National Pri-
ority Area’’ and noting that the agency would allocate increased
funding to respond to related threats. The Subcommittee held a
briefing with DHS on September 28, 2022, addressing the realloca-
tion of Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grant Program
funding to address domestic terrorism threats posed by white su-
premacy.
On December 12, 2022, the Subcommittee held the final hearing
in this series, ‘‘Confronting White Supremacy (Part VII): The Evo-
lution of Anti-Democratic Extremist Groups and the Ongoing
Threat to Democracy.’’
In addition, on March 9, 2021, the Subcommittee sent a letter to
FBI Director Christopher Wray seeking a member-level briefing
from the FBI on efforts to address the infiltration of federal, state,
and local law enforcement by white supremacists and other extrem-
ists. On September 28, 2022, the Subcommittee received a briefing
from DHS regarding the increased diversity in FY 2022 grant
awards under the Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention pro-
gram, including new funding streams to Historically Black Colleges
and Universities.
II. VOTING RIGHTS
During the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee worked closely
with the full Committee on its oversight related to voting rights de-
scribed above. In addition, the Subcommittee worked with the full
Committee on investigations into audits of the 2020 presidential
election conducted in Arizona and Otero County, New Mexico.
On Thursday, July 29, 2021, the Subcommittee held a hearing on
restrictive voting bills under consideration in Texas and how they
related to nationwide voter suppression efforts fueled by baseless
claims of widespread voter fraud. The Subcommittee heard from
Texas lawmakers who fled the state in protest of the undemocratic
nature of the proposed bills and the manner in which they were
proceeding through the state legislature. The hearing focused on
the need to pass comprehensive voting rights reforms in H.R. 1, the
For the People Act, and H.R. 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
On December 14, 2021, Chairman Jamie Raskin introduced legisla-
tion, H.R. 6283, the Get Foreign Money Out of U.S. Elections Act,
limiting the manner in which monetary donations can be made to
campaigns.
III. FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND CIVIL/LGBTQ+ RIGHTS
In 2022, the Subcommittee held three hearings in a series, ‘‘Free
Speech Under Attack,’’ addressing protected First Amendment
speech and activities. Two hearings, held on April 7 and May 19,
2022, focused on book bans, curriculum gag orders, and attacks on
the freedom of education and inquiry in schools across the nation.
The book bans and curriculum gag orders predominantly focus on
prohibiting topics related to race and the LGBTQ+ community. The
Subcommittee heard from students, parents, teachers, administra-
tors, and First Amendment experts to identify the manner in which
race and sex-based discrimination is encroaching on public schools
in the wake of an anti-Critical Race Theory Movement. On Sep-
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1392, ‘‘Recognizing ‘Banned Books Week’ and the sweeping attacks
on books in the United States Today . . . .’’
The third hearing in the ‘‘Free Speech Under Attack’’ series, on
September 14, 2022, focused on issues relating to the abuse of the
legal system through the use of strategic lawsuits against public
participation (‘‘SLAPP’’ lawsuits) to silence critics on powerful and
moneyed interests, including the fossil fuel industry. On September
15, 2022, Chairman Raskin introduced legislation, H.R. 8864, the
SLAPP Protection Act of 2022.
On March 7, 2022, Chairman Raskin and Ranking Member
Nancy Mace sent a letter to GAO Comptroller General Gene L.
Dodaro requesting that GAO conduct a comprehensive review of
the FBI’s practice of surveilling Americans through activities it
classifies as ‘‘assessments.’’ The review will determine the number
of assessments opened against Americans in which racial, religious,
ethnic, or political affiliation, or First Amendment-protected activ-
ity was the basis for opening the assessment.
IV. EQUAL PROTECTION AND PROPERTY RIGHTS
On May 5, 2021, the Subcommittee held a hearing on property
damage committed by fossil fuel companies during pipeline con-
struction and their frequent failure to remediate such damage be-
fore pipelines go into use. The hearing also examined the inability
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to enforce
federal pipeline regulations and penalize those that violate them.
On January 13, 2022, in conjunction with the full Committee,
Subcommittee Chairman Raskin sent a letter to FDA Acting Com-
missioner Janet Woodcock requesting a briefing from FDA regard-
ing the three-month blanket deferral preventing gay and bisexual
men from donating blood.
V. DUE PROCESS IN THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
During the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee continued inves-
tigations into violations of due process of individuals moving
through the immigration system. On August 4, 2021, the Sub-
committee sent a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas re-
questing a briefing, information, and documents related to CBP’s
potential misuse of its authority to take certain enforcement ac-
tions within the ‘‘100-mile border zone’’ on the northern border.
The Subcommittee specifically requested information and docu-
ments on possible misconduct in Michigan related to enforcement
activities against minority groups.
On September 22, 2021, in conjunction with the full Committee,
the Subcommittee also sent a letter to the Acting Commissioner of
CBP, Troy A. Miller, requesting information on whether CBP
agents were acting within agency policy in their treatment of Hai-
tian immigrants seeking asylum on the southern border.
VI. CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM POLICIES
Since September 27, 2021, the Subcommittee has been working
with the full Committee to examine the inhumane treatment of de-
tainees held in Rikers Island jail in New York City, including the
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has participated in briefings provided by New York City officials,
including the Mayor’s Office and the Board of Corrections.
In coordination with the Subcommittee on Economic and Con-
sumer Policy, on October 14, 2021, the Subcommittee released a
staff report detailing the health risks to humans from tear gas, and
the lack of federal regulation surrounding the use of tear gas on
humans.
On December 8, 2021, the Subcommittee held a bipartisan hear-
ing addressing the abuse of the civil asset forfeiture process by
state law enforcement agencies that seize personal and real prop-
erty through federal partnerships, including from individuals who
have not been convicted of a crime. The Subcommittee urged pas-
sage of H.R. 2857, the Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act,
which was co-led by Chairman Raskin.
On February 2, 2022, Chairman Raskin, along with Rep. Jimmy
Gomez, sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and As-
sistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, renewing a request to
DOJ that went unanswered under the prior Administration. The
Subcommittee again requested that the Department begin a civil
rights investigation into organized gangs operating within the Los
Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, to run in parallel with the
investigation being conducted by the state of California.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on March 3, 2022, ad-
dressing the epidemic of missing and murdered Black and Indige-
nous women and women of color (collectively, BIPOC women). The
Subcommittee examined methods by which federal and state law
enforcement can better coordinate to address the disparity between
treatment of missing and murdered BIPOC women and girls and
white women and girls.
The Subcommittee worked closely with the full Committee in
holding a hearing on March 19, 2022, with Administration officials
to examine the federal law enforcement response to the wave of
bomb threats made to Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
On September 28, 2022, the Subcommittee received a briefing from
DHS regarding the increased diversity in FY 2022 grant awards
under the Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention program,
including new funding streams to Historically Black Colleges and
Universities.
G. SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
I. ROLE OF POLITICAL APPOINTEES IN PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE
The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis investigated
the extent to which political appointees undermined the federal
coronavirus response for political purposes during the first year of
the pandemic. The Select Subcommittee’s investigation began dur-
ing the 116th Congress and was renewed and expanded upon dur-
ing the 117th Congress. As part of this expanded investigation, the
Select Subcommittee conducted transcribed interviews with 19 sen-
ior officials involved in executing the pandemic response, reviewed
more than 200,000 pages of emails and other documents, and ob-
tained relevant testimony at public hearings.
On June 21, 2022, the Select Subcommittee released the first in-
stallment in a series of staff reports documenting its findings from
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tion’s embrace of a strategy that called for increasing the spread
of coronavirus among the general public before coronavirus vac-
cines were available. On June 22, 2022, the Select Subcommittee
held a hearing with former White House Coronavirus Response Co-
ordinator Dr. Deborah Birx, during which she testified that the em-
brace of this strategy by the prior White House undermined the
federal coronavirus response.
On August 24, 2022, the Select Subcommittee released a second
report from its investigation, which revealed new evidence of the
Trump Administration’s efforts to influence FDA’s scientific deci-
sion-making on the coronavirus, including decisions regarding
coronavirus treatments and vaccines. As part of its report, the Se-
lect Subcommittee released an interview transcript from former
FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn, who confirmed that he was
subjected to pressure by White House officials while leading FDA
during the first year of the pandemic, including pressure to reau-
thorize hydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus treatment after FDA
revoked its prior authorization for the drug due to its inefficacy
and potential safety issues.
On October 17, 2022, the Select Subcommittee released a third
report from its investigation, detailing how the prior Administra-
tion interfered with CDC’s coronavirus response. The report con-
tains documentary evidence and statements from multiple CDC of-
ficials showing that senior officials in the Trump Administration
blocked CDC from telling Americans the truth about the pandemic,
directed CDC to make changes to its coronavirus guidance that did
not advance public health interests, used CDC’s public health au-
thorities for political purposes, and suppressed accurate CDC re-
ports to downplay the seriousness of the pandemic.
II. DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF CORONAVIRUS VACCINES
Vaccine Development. On April 19, 2021, the Select Sub-
committee and the full Committee opened a joint investigation into
Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.’s (Emergent) receipt of more than $600
million dollars in federal contracts to manufacture coronavirus vac-
cines following reports of contamination and problems with quality
control. On May 19, 2021, the Committees released preliminary
findings from their investigation, detailing how Emergent failed to
promptly and fully remediate serious deficiencies in its perform-
ance on taxpayer-funded contracts, resulting in the destruction of
millions of Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca coronavirus vac-
cines. That same day, the Select Subcommittee held a hearing with
Emergent’s Chairman and CEO and Executive Chairman of the
Board of Directors.
The Committees expanded the investigation on June 22, 2021, to
fully understand the problems plaguing Emergent’s manufacturing
facility and the impact they had on the availability of Johnson &
Johnson and AstraZeneca vaccines. During this investigation, Com-
mittee staff conducted bipartisan briefings with and obtained docu-
ments from Emergent, Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca, FDA, and
HHS; conducted a staff site visit to Emergent’s facility in Balti-
more, Maryland; and conducted a transcribed interview with
former HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
Dr. Robert Kadlec. On November 1, 2021, HHS terminated its
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eral manufacturing standards, saving taxpayers more than $320
million.
On May 10, 2022, the Committees released a staff report reveal-
ing that Emergent senior executives had promoted the company’s
manufacturing capabilities despite being warned of and privately
acknowledging severe deficiencies within the company’s quality
control systems. Documents obtained by the Committees also re-
vealed that Emergent employees attempted to hide evidence of vac-
cine contamination from FDA inspectors, and that inexperienced
staff and high staff turnover contributed to the extensive contami-
nation at the facility. On August 11, 2022, the Committees released
further evidence revealing that over 525 million coronavirus vac-
cine doses were ultimately wasted due to Emergent’s failure to
meet or maintain quality standards, as required by its federal con-
tracts. Emergent’s failures wasted hundreds of millions of taxpayer
dollars and impacted our country’s ability to meet the urgent, glob-
al need for coronavirus vaccines.
Vaccine Distribution. The Select Subcommittee also investigated
One Medical’s administration of coronavirus vaccinations after pub-
lic reporting indicated that the company disregarded vaccination
prioritization guidelines and diverted vaccines away from vulner-
able populations to benefit VIP clients and friends and family
members of One Medical’s executives. On December 21, 2021, the
Select Subcommittee released a staff memorandum demonstrating
how many health care providers took advantage of access to
coronavirus vaccines to benefit their own business and personal in-
terests, did not adequately monitor patients signing up for and re-
ceiving vaccinations to ensure their eligibility under prioritization
guidelines, and failed to administer coronavirus vaccines equitably
during the early vaccine rollout. This conduct undermined public
health priorities and diverted scarce doses away from vulnerable
seniors, health care providers, and other frontline workers who
struggled to get vaccinated in the early months of 2021.
The Select Subcommittee also investigated reports that Florida
Governor Ron DeSantis failed to pre-order coronavirus vaccines for
children under five, making it the only state to do so. On June 29,
2022, the Select Subcommittee held a staff briefing with Florida
Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo and other representatives of
the Florida Department of Health. The Select Subcommittee re-
leased findings showing that Florida intentionally failed to pre-
order vaccines for young children by the federal deadline and
blocked pediatricians and other health care providers from placing
their own orders through the state’s vaccine ordering system.
III. DISTRIBUTION OF CRITICAL SUPPLIES
The Select Subcommittee investigated federal contracts awarded
to Federal Government Experts, LLC (FGE) after the company
failed to provide critical PPE to the Department of Veterans Affairs
and the Federal Emergency Management Agency during the early
months of the coronavirus crisis. This investigation was renewed
on March 18, 2021, after originally being opened during the 116th
Congress.
On June 17, 2021, the Select Subcommittee released a staff
memorandum detailing how FGE president and owner Robert
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contracts to purportedly supply the federal government with mil-
lions of N95 masks at inflated prices, when, in actuality, he had
none and no realistic plan to obtain any. Evidence obtained by the
Select Subcommittee also revealed how federal procurement offi-
cials failed to perform adequate due diligence prior to awarding the
contracts, despite clear red flags.
The Select Subcommittee’s investigation illustrated how sky-
rocketing demand for PPE, as well as the lack of a coordinated na-
tional strategy to alleviate supply shortages, forced federal agencies
to enter risky contracts with unproven suppliers and pay above-
market prices to compete for limited, critical supplies on the open
market. These factors substantially increased the risk of waste,
fraud, and abuse of taxpayer resources, and wasted valuable time
federal officials could have spent working with other suppliers in
the crucial early weeks of the pandemic.
IV. IMPACT OF PANDEMIC ON NURSING HOMES
The Select Subcommittee continued its investigation into the im-
pact of the coronavirus pandemic on nursing home residents and
staff. This investigation began in the 116th Congress following re-
ports of disproportionate coronavirus infections and deaths at nurs-
ing homes. The Select Subcommittee’s original investigation re-
quested documents and information from five for-profit nursing
home chains concerning coronavirus infections and deaths, infec-
tion control and prevention measures, staffing and pay data, and
other relevant issues. On July 22, 2022, the Select Subcommittee
sent additional document and information requests to the compa-
nies, seeking updated information concerning coronavirus infec-
tions and deaths, staffing and pay data, infection prevention and
control measures, and vaccination rates.
On September 20, 2022, the Select Subcommittee released find-
ings from its investigation illustrating the harsh conditions at for-
profit nursing homes during the early months of the pandemic, and
the complex corporate structures that may allow for-profit nursing
homes to evade oversight and accountability. The Select Sub-
committee also held a hearing on September 20, 2022, examining
the difficulties posed by the coronavirus in nursing homes and un-
derscoring the need for reforms to protect nursing home resident
and staff from future pandemics.
On December 9, 2022, the Select Subcommittee released, as part
of its final report, additional findings from its investigation into the
impact of the coronavirus crisis on nursing home residents and
staff at five for-profit nursing home chains. Data obtained by the
Select Subcommittee revealed that, as of June 2022, there had
been a total of 81,775 coronavirus infections and 10,362 deaths
among residents and 67,140 infections and 118 deaths among staff
across these five companies. The five companies investigated were
the largest for-profit nursing home chains in the U.S. at the onset
of the coronavirus pandemic. They had collectively operated over
850 skilled nursing facilities and were charged with caring for
80,000 residents around the country at the time the investigation
began in June 2020.
The Select Subcommittee also released findings on how staffing
practices, wages and benefits, and administration of vaccinations
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investigated companies throughout the pandemic. The Select Sub-
committee’s analysis of data from these facilities found that the
five companies have each had significant staffing deficiencies
throughout the course of the pandemic, have often provided low
wages and poor benefits to their front-line workers, and continue
to lag in coronavirus booster vaccination rates, despite having ini-
tially robust primary series vaccination rates.
V. FEDERAL LENDING PROGRAMS
The Select Subcommittee conducted a number of investigations
into federal lending programs designed to respond to the economic
crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Program. The Select Sub-
committee continued its investigation into the COVID–19 EIDL
program, which initially opened during the 116th Congress in July
2020. The Select Subcommittee renewed its document requests and
sought further information from the three contractors the Small
Business Administration had engaged to assist in implementing
the EIDL program, which disbursed $378 billion in loans and
grants for American businesses harmed by the coronavirus crisis.
On February 11, 2021, the Select Subcommittee, in conjunction
with the Committee on Small Business under Chairwoman Nydia
Velázquez, sent letters to SBA contractors and subcontractors RER
Solutions, Rocket Loans, and Rapid Finance seeking documents
and information about their role in implementing EIDL program
fraud controls and the cost of the services they provided. On May
11, 2021, and July 14, 2021, the Select Subcommittee and the Com-
mittee on Small Business sent letters to SBA requesting documents
and information concerning fraud controls and policies in the EIDL
program and the use of contractors to implement the program.
As a part of its investigation, the Select Subcommittee received
and reviewed 17,000 pages of documents responsive to its requests.
The Select Subcommittee also held two briefings with SBA contrac-
tors RER and Rapid Finance, four briefings with SBA, and a March
22, 2021, hearing that included testimony from SBA Inspector Gen-
eral regarding fraud committed against the EIDL program. On
June 14, 2022, the Select Subcommittee released a report detailing
the Trump Administration’s failure to implement basic fraud con-
trols to protect the EIDL program and its decision to rely on a
small contractor, RER, that received a windfall $750 million con-
tract while relying on a subcontractor for nearly all the work re-
quired.
CARES Act National Security Loan Program. On June 3, 2021,
the Select Subcommittee initiated an investigation of the Trump
Administration’s implementation of the CARES Act national secu-
rity loan program, in which 95% of funds disbursed went to the
trucking company Yellow Corporation (Yellow). The program was
authorized by the CARES Act and was intended to provide ‘‘liquid-
ity’’ to companies that were ‘‘critical to maintaining national secu-
rity’’ related to ‘‘losses incurred as a result of the coronavirus’’ cri-
sis. Following reports that called into question Yellow’s eligibility
for and use of the loan funds, the Select Subcommittee requested
documents and information from Yellow, the Department of the
Treasury (Treasury), DOD, and Crowley Logistics, a major DOD
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On October 5, 2021, following the receipt of records indicating
Trump White House involvement, the Select Subcommittee re-
quested presidential records from the Trump Administration at
NARA.
As a part of its investigation, the Select Subcommittee received
and reviewed approximately 12,000 pages of documents responsive
to its requests. The Select Subcommittee also interviewed the
Trump Administration Treasury official who led negotiations with
Yellow and a senior career DOD official involved in evaluating
whether Yellow was critical to national security.
The Select Subcommittee released findings from its investigation
on April 27, 2022. The Select Subcommittee found that Trump Ad-
ministration political appointees, with the apparent involvement of
the Trump White House, certified that Yellow was eligible for a na-
tional security loan despite the assessment of career DOD officials
that the company should not be certified as eligible for a national
security loan. The Select Subcommittee further found that the
Trump Administration made the loans on terms that violated the
CARES Act’s interest rate, risk, and use of funds requirements.
The Select Subcommittee referred potential misrepresentations
made by Yellow to the Department of Treasury’s OIG, which re-
ferred the matter to the Special Inspector General for Pandemic
Recovery for further investigation.
Paycheck Protection Program. On May 27, 2021, the Select Sub-
committee launched an investigation into the role financial tech-
nology companies (FinTechs) played in facilitating fraud against
the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). This investigation fol-
lowed reports, independent analyses, and prosecution records show-
ing that FinTech lenders and companies processed a disproportion-
ately large share of the fraudulent publicly funded loans made
under PPP while receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in fees.
These reports also suggested some FinTechs may have approved
loan applications with little to no scrutiny or due diligence.
The Select Subcommittee’s investigation commenced with letters
requesting documents and information from FinTech companies
Kabbage, Inc. and BlueVine, as well as Cross River and Celtic
banks, which partnered with FinTechs in approving hundreds of
thousands of PPP loans totaling nearly $10 billion. On November
22, 2021, the Select Subcommittee expanded its investigation and
requested additional information and documents from the FinTechs
Blue Acorn PPP, LLC and Womply, Inc. As a part of this investiga-
tion, the Select Subcommittee received and reviewed thousands of
pages of documents and conducted numerous briefings and meet-
ings with FinTech and lender representatives and Small Business
Administration (SBA) employees.
On December 1, 2022, the Select Subcommittee released a staff
report on the role of FinTechs in facilitating PPP loans. The report
identified significant vulnerabilities in the government’s reliance on
unvetted, underregulated private-sector companies to implement
the program. The Select Subcommittee’s investigation found that
FinTechs were given extraordinary responsibility in administering
the nation’s largest pandemic relief program, as certain SBA lend-
ers heavily delegated applicant screening to companies that
claimed to employ effective and innovative fraud control tech-
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incentives for FinTechs to implement strong fraud prevention con-
trols.
At least three of the four FinTechs investigated by the Select
Subcommittee appear to have ignored clear red flags and failed to
stop preventable fraud, leading to the needless loss of taxpayer dol-
lars. The investigation found that several FinTechs, largely exist-
ing outside of the regulatory structure governing traditional finan-
cial institutions and with little to no oversight, took billions in fees
from taxpayers while becoming easy targets for those who sought
to defraud the PPP. These companies also appear to have abused
their positions of public trust to benefit themselves and their ex-
ecutives.
VI. CORONAVIRUS PROTECTIONS FOR MEATPACKING WORKERS
On February 1, 2021, the Select Subcommittee initiated an inves-
tigation of the conditions faced by meatpacking workers during the
coronavirus crisis and the Trump Administration’s response to
coronavirus infection risks in meatpacking facilities. The investiga-
tion followed reports that meatpacking workers were particularly
vulnerable during the crisis as meatpacking plants had dozens of
significant coronavirus outbreaks early in the pandemic. The Select
Subcommittee requested documents and information from the large
meatpacking firms JBS, Tyson Foods, and Smithfield Foods, as
well as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA). On September 15, 2021, the Select Subcommittee ex-
panded its investigation with letters to the large meatpacking com-
panies National Beef and Cargill.
As a part of its meatpacking investigation, the Select Sub-
committee received and reviewed more than 151,000 pages of docu-
ments responsive to its requests. The Select Subcommittee also
held briefings with OSHA and the USDA and conducted more than
a dozen background calls with meatpacking workers, union rep-
resentatives, former OSHA and USDA officials, and state and local
health authorities.
On October 17, 2021, the Select Subcommittee released a staff
report showing the numbers of coronavirus infections and deaths of
meatpacking workers during the crisis were significantly higher
than previously reported. The Select Subcommittee held a hearing
that same day on the meatpacking industry’s failure to adequately
protect workers during the coronavirus crisis. On May 12, 2022,
the Select Subcommittee released a staff report detailing findings
that the meatpacking industry was aware of the undue coronavirus
risks faced by its workers and that the industry coordinated with
Trump Administration political appointees to keep workers on the
job without adequate coronavirus mitigation measures.
VII. FARMERS TO FAMILIES FOOD BOX PROGRAM
The Select Subcommittee continued its investigation into the
Farmers to Families Food Box program (Food Box), which began
during the 116th Congress. The Select Subcommittee originally re-
quested documents and information from USDA and significant
Food Box contractors on August 24, 2020, following reports that
USDA had awarded the contracts to implement the program to in-
experienced companies that had failed to perform adequately. Dur-
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sive review of three of the contractors that received among the
largest contract awards in the Food Box program’s first round,
Yegg, Inc., Ben Holtz Consulting, and CRE8AD8, to examine the
design and implementation of the Food Box program. The Select
Subcommittee held briefings or interviews with representatives of
USDA, Yegg, and CRE8AD8; surveyed representatives of 18 orga-
nizations that interacted with the Food Box contractors; and re-
ceived and reviewed thousands of pages of documents.
On October 13, 2021, the Select Subcommittee released a staff
report detailing the findings of its investigation of the Food Box
program. The report found that, in 2020, the USDA awarded con-
tracts to carry out the Food Box program worth tens of millions of
dollars to unqualified companies that appeared to lack the capacity
to adequately distribute food. USDA also failed to adequately mon-
itor contract performance to detect possible fraud. The report also
found that USDA allowed the unqualified contractors to profit ex-
cessively, and that Trump Administration officials manipulated the
program for political advantage by requiring vendors to include a
signed letter from the President in distributed boxes and con-
necting it to the Republican National Convention.
VIII. PROTECTING HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS DURING THE PANDEMIC
The Select Subcommittee conducted investigations and hearings
to ensure that federal efforts to keep people in their homes during
the crisis were successful and that pandemic protections were not
violated. On July 19, 2021, the Select Subcommittee launched an
investigation of four large, corporate landlords that had reportedly
filed to evict tenants at high rates during the pandemic, despite
CDC’s eviction moratorium and Congress’s appropriation of tens of
billions of dollars in emergency rental assistance. The Select Sub-
committee requested information and documents from Pretium
Partners, Invitation Homes, the Siegel Group, and Ventron Man-
agement. On July 17, 2021, the Select Subcommittee held a hear-
ing on the effectiveness of federally funded rental assistance pro-
grams and abuses by large landlords during the pandemic. On Au-
gust 30, 2021, the Select Subcommittee sent letters to state govern-
ments that had been slowest to distribute federal emergency rental
assistance, requesting information on their plans for improvement
and urging them to expedite the delivery of aid.
During its investigation of corporate landlords’ pandemic eviction
practices, the Select Subcommittee obtained and reviewed more
than 50,000 pages of responsive documents and held four briefings
or meetings with company employees.
On July 28, 2022, the Select Subcommittee released a staff re-
port detailing findings from the investigation. The Select Sub-
committee found that the four corporate landlords had filed nearly
three times as many evictions during the first three months of the
pandemic than was previously known. The investigation further
found that the companies had policies or practices of filing to evict
tenants with pending rental assistance applications, and that two
companies used very low thresholds of rent owed before filing pan-
demic eviction actions. The investigation also found that Invitation
Homes downplayed the impact of its eviction filings to its major
government-backed creditor, and that the Siegel Group used har-
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homes. The Select Subcommittee referred its findings for further
inquiry and potential enforcement action to appropriate entities, in-
cluding the Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Finan-
cial Protection Bureau.
VI. SUMMARY OF ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES AND
ACTIONS
In addition to topics and matters referenced in the Committee’s
Oversight Plan, the Committee engaged in the following oversight
activities and actions during the 117th Congress.
A. ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS OF THE FULL
COMMITTEE AND STANDING SUBCOMMITTEES
I. WAR IN UKRAINE
In early 2022, Russian forces began to amass along Ukraine’s
eastern border. On February 16, 2022, the Subcommittee on Na-
tional Security held a hearing to examine Russia’s destabilizing ac-
tivity in Eastern Europe, including its buildup of approximately
130,000 troops along Ukraine’s borders. On February 24, 2022,
Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine.
On March 8, 2022, the Committee on Oversight and Reform held
a briefing with former U.S. and Ukrainian government officials
about Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked and unjustified invasion of
Ukraine.
Later that month, the Subcommittee on National Security led a
bipartisan congressional delegation to Poland, Romania, Moldova,
and Austria to observe the humanitarian impacts of Russia’s inva-
sion of Ukraine and to demonstrate the United States’ unwavering
support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alli-
ance and the people of Ukraine.
On May 18, 2022, the Committee on Oversight and Reform held
a classified briefing with representatives from DOD, the Depart-
ment of State, and the U.S. Agency for International Development
to receive an update on the status of the war in Ukraine and U.S.
and allied efforts to support Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial
integrity.
On June 7, 2022, the Subcommittee on National Security held a
hearing to examine the humanitarian crisis resulting from Russia’s
unprovoked war against Ukraine and the efforts of international
aid organizations to deliver urgently needed assistance to support
civilians affected by the conflict.
On September 21, 2022, the Subcommittee on National Security
held a hearing to examine how Russia has used private military
companies to foment and exploit instability and conflict in Ukraine,
the Middle East, and Africa, as well as how the United States and
the international community can hold these organizations account-
able for the war crimes, atrocities, and other illegal activities they
have carried out on behalf of the Kremlin.
II. MONKEYPOX
On July 20, 2022, in response to rising monkeypox case counts,
the Chairwoman wrote to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to urge
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available to all people, including people with monkeypox symptoms
or suspected exposure.
On July 29, 2022, the Chairwoman wrote again to HHS Sec-
retary Becerra, urging him to declare a public health emergency in
response to the ongoing monkeypox outbreak and rising case
counts across the country. On August 4, 2022, the Biden Adminis-
tration declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emer-
gency.
On August 10, 2022, the Chairwoman wrote to HHS Secretary
Becerra to commend the Administration’s declaration of a public
health emergency in response to the monkeypox outbreak and to
urge the Department to take all steps necessary to ensure that pa-
tients and providers could easily access monkeypox treatment—in-
cluding any steps required to evaluate a potential emergency use
authorization for TPOXX to treat monkeypox.
B. ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES OF THE SELECT
SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
I. WORKFORCE INEQUITIES
On December 13, 2021, the Select Subcommittee initiated an in-
vestigation of the pandemic’s impact on the U.S. workforce by send-
ing requests to 12 major companies that had reportedly laid off at
least 1,000 workers during the crisis: AT&T, Berkshire Hathaway,
Boeing, Chevron, Cisco, Citigroup, Comcast, ExxonMobil, Oracle,
Salesforce, Walmart, and the Walt Disney Company. The Select
Subcommittee’s investigation followed reports indicating that
women and low-wage workers were disproportionately impacted by
the economic crisis that followed the onset of the coronavirus pan-
demic. The Select Subcommittee collected data on seven key em-
ployment outcomes—furloughs, layoffs, terminations/firings, vol-
untary departures, hourly wage and salary reductions, hourly wage
and salary increases, and promotions. During its investigation, the
Select Subcommittee developed a unique and innovative method-
ology for analyzing the significant quantity of data obtained from
these companies and used the data to reach its findings. The Select
Subcommittee also held briefings with the Equal Employment Op-
portunity Commission and the Department of Labor’s Office of Fed-
eral Contract Compliance Programs.
On October 25, 2022, the Select Subcommittee released a report
detailing its findings from the investigation. The Select Sub-
committee found a number of inequities across numerous dimen-
sions. Hourly employees were more likely to quit or be fired and
less likely to be promoted than salaried workers, and these inequi-
ties were compounded by racial, ethnic and gender inequities.
Workers without access to paid sick leave quit at much higher
rates than workers with paid sick leave, while workers that had ac-
cess to and used family and caregiving leave had better employ-
ment outcomes than workers that did not. Older workers were laid
off at higher rates than younger workers. Further, the Select Sub-
committee found that most companies were not collecting com-
prehensive data on their workers’ benefits, sexual orientation, or
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C. OFFICIAL TRAVEL/DELEGATIONS
The Subcommittee on National Security led a congressional dele-
gation (CODEL) to Poland, Romania, Moldova, and Austria from
March 18 to March 24, 2022. The delegation travelled to the region
to observe the humanitarian impacts of Vladimir Putin’s invasion
of Ukraine and to demonstrate the United States’ unwavering sup-
port for NATO alliance and the people of Ukraine.
The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis led a bipar-
tisan staff delegation on August 1, 2022, to the CDC in Atlanta as
part of its oversight of the CDC’s response to the coronavirus pan-
demic. Bipartisan staff toured the CDC campus, including labora-
tory facilities, and met with CDC officials to obtain information on
CDC’s coronavirus response practices, data modernization initia-
tive, and preparedness for public health emergencies.
D. STATE AND DISTRICT LEVEL REPORTS
In the 117th Congress, the Committee issued 444 state and dis-
trict level staff reports for Members of the House. These reports
covered the following:
• Inflation Reduction Act (IRA):
Æ Committee Staff issued two sets of District-level re-
ports to every member of the Democratic caucus (two sets
of 222 reports) on the anticipated benefits of the IRA. The
first set of reports described how the legislation would help
make health insurance more affordable for constituents,
including by reducing premiums. The second set of reports
described how the IRA would make prescription drugs
more affordable for constituents. Both reports included
multiple examples illustrating savings for constituents.
Æ Committee staff also issued a national report on the
IRA’s anticipated benefits. This report used the underlying
data gathered for the District-level reports, and included a
national-level summary of the IRA’s benefits of reducing
both prescription drug costs and health insurance pre-
miums.
VII. HEARINGS HELD PURSUANT TO PURSUANT TO CLAUSE
2(N) OF HOUSE RULE XI
Under House Rule XI clause 2(n):
(1) Each standing committee, or a subcommittee thereof,
shall hold at least one hearing during each 120-day period fol-
lowing the establishment of the committee on the topic of
waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government pro-
grams which that committee may authorize.
(2) A hearing described in subparagraph (1) shall include a
focus on the most egregious instances of waste, fraud, abuse,
or mismanagement as documented by any report the com-
mittee has received from a Federal Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral or the Comptroller General of the United States.
During the 117th Congress, the Committee held the following
hearings pursuant to this requirement (see Section II, above, for
witnesses):
Hearing on ‘‘Legislative Proposals to Put the Postal Service
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Hearing on ‘‘The 2021 GAO High-Risk List: Blueprint for a
Safer, Stronger, More Effective America’’ (March 2, 2021).
Hearing on ‘‘The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan
Reconstruction’s 2021 High-Risk List’’ (March 16, 2021).
Hearing on ‘‘Rooting Out Fraud in Small Business Relief
Programs’’ (March 25, 2021).
Hearing on ‘‘Restoring Independence: Rebuilding the Federal
Offices of Inspectors General’’ (April 20, 2021).
Hearing on ‘‘Examining Emergent BioSolutions’’ Failure to
Protect Public Health and Public Funds’’ (May 19, 2021).
Hearing on ‘‘Defending the U.S. Electric Grid Against Cyber
Threats’’ (July 27, 2021).
Hearing on ‘‘FITARA 12.0’’ (July 28, 2021).
Full Committee Hearing on ‘‘Hurricane Ida and Beyond:
Readiness, Recovery, and Resilience’’ (October 5, 2021).
Hearing on ‘‘Waiting on the Mail: Postal Service Standard
Drops in Chicago and the Surrounding Area’’ (October 15,
2021).
Hearing on ‘‘Cracking Down on Ransomware: Strategies for
Disrupting Criminal Hackers and Building Resilience Against
Cyber Threats’’ (November 16, 2021).
Hearing on ‘‘Cybersecurity for the New Frontier: Reforming
the Federal Information Security Modernization Act’’ (January
11, 2022).
Full Committee Hearing on ‘‘Price Gouging in Military Con-
tracts: New Inspector General Report Exposes Excess Profit
Obtained by TransDigm Group’’ (January 19, 2022).
Hearing on ‘‘FITARA 13.0’’ (January 20, 2022).
Hearing on ‘‘Waiting on the Mail: Postal Service Standard
Drops in Baltimore and the Surrounding Area’’ (February 14,
2022).
Hearing on ‘‘From Recession to Recovery: Examining the Im-
pact of the American Rescue Plan’s State and Local Fiscal Re-
covery Funds’’ (March 1, 2022).
Hearing on ‘‘Follow the Money: Tackling Improper Pay-
ments’’ (March 31, 2022).
Hearing on ‘‘It’s Electric: Developing the Postal Service Fleet
of the Future’’ (April 5, 2022).
Hearing on ‘‘IRS: Is It Ready?’’ (April 21, 2022).
Hearing on ‘‘Ensuring Scientific Integrity at Our Nation’s
Public Health Agencies’’ (April 29, 2022).
Hearing on ‘‘Technology Modernization Fund: Rewriting Our
IT Legacy’’ (May 25, 2022).
Hearing on ‘‘Restoring Independence: Rebuilding the Federal
Offices of Inspector General’’ (April 20, 2022).
Hearing on ‘‘Examining Federal Efforts to Prevent, Detect,
and Prosecute Pandemic Relief Fraud to Safeguard Funds for
All Eligible Americans’’ (June 14, 2022).
Hearing on ‘‘FITARA 14.0’’ (July 28, 2022).
Hearing on ‘‘Delivering for Pennsylvania: Examining Postal
Service Delivery and Operations from the Cradle of Liberty’’
(September 7, 2022).
Hearing on ‘‘Project Federal Information Technology: Make
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Hearing on ‘‘The Holiday Rush: Is the Postal Service Ready?’’
(November 16, 2022).
Hearing on ‘‘FITARA 15.0’’ (December 15, 2022).
VIII. HEARINGS HELD PURSUANT TO PURSUANT TO
CLAUSE (P) OF HOUSE RULE XI
Under House Rule XI clause 2(p):
Each standing committee, or a subcommittee thereof, shall
hold at least one hearing on issues raised by reports issued by
the Comptroller General of the United States indicating that
Federal programs or operations that the committee may au-
thorize are at high risk for waste, fraud, and mismanagement,
known as the ‘‘high-risk list’’ or the ‘‘high-risk series.’’
During the 117th Congress, the Committee held the following
hearings pursuant to this requirement (see Section II, above, for
witnesses):
Hearing on ‘‘Revitalizing the Federal Workforce’’ (February
23, 2021).
Hearing on ‘‘The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan
Reconstruction’s 2021 High-Risk List’’ (March 16, 2021).
Hearing on ‘‘FITARA 12.0’’ (July 28, 2021).
Hearing on ‘‘The Future of Federal Work’’ (December 1,
2021).
Hearing on ‘‘FITARA 13.0’’ (January 20, 2022).
Hearing on ‘‘Follow the Money: Tackling Improper Pay-
ments’’ (March 31, 2022).
Hearing on ‘‘Technology Modernization Fund: Rewriting Our
IT Legacy’’ (May 25, 2022).
Hearing on ‘‘The Future of Federal Work II’’ (July 21, 2022).
Hearing on ‘‘FITARA 14.0’’ (July 28, 2022).
Hearing on ‘‘Project Federal Information Technology: Make
IT Work’’ (September 16, 2022).
Hearing on ‘‘FITARA 15.0’’ (December 15, 2022).
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