House Oversight and Accountability Committee

Biden FDIC Chief Fends Off Calls for Ouster After Scathing Audit

The nation’s embattled chief regulator of federal banks, identified in an independent audit as easily angered and quick to berate employees, deliberately spoke softly and measuredly Wednesday on Capitol Hill as he fended off calls for his resignation.  Martin Gruenberg, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., explained, apologized, and took responsibility after the audit […]

Bill to Restore US Citizenship Question to Census Wins House OK

Legislation adopted Wednesday by the House of Representatives would restore a question about U.S. citizenship to the 2030 census, potentially reshaping congressional representation and the Electoral College. Lawmakers voted, 206-202, to pass the Equal Representation Act, a bill championed by Reps. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., and Warren Davidson, R-Ohio. Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., introduced the Senate […]

Media Ignore House Panel’s Hunter Biden Hearing

 For the first two years of Joe Biden’s presidency, the partisan Democrats of our “legacy media” treated the “Pelosi-Picked Panel” on Jan. 6 as a dominant story, worthy of hundreds of hours of television, both live coverage of the hearings and breathless cycles of previews and reviews.   Once Republicans took over the House, would […]

House Advances Hunter Biden Contempt of Congress Charge

In a chaotic day of political theater on Capitol Hill Wednesday, the House Oversight and Accountability Committee advanced a contempt of Congress resolution against the president’s son, Hunter Biden.  The House Judiciary Committee advanced its own contempt resolution earlier the same day. The two committees are involved with the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, […]

Hunter Biden Made ‘Important Tell’ in Defying Subpoena

Hunter Biden defied a congressional subpoena from House investigators Wednesday, but nevertheless may have “given up the store,” according to one leading House Republican. President Joe Biden’s son—indicted last week on federal tax charges—didn’t do a deposition, but did a press conference outside the Capitol, saying his father wasn’t “financially involved” in his business.   The qualifier […]