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Rep. Comer issues subpoena to former White House counsel Dana Remus

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Rep. James Comer

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) this week issued a subpoena to former White House Counsel Dana Remus to appear for a deposition related to President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents. In addition, Chairman Comer is seeking transcribed interviews with four White House employees familiar with President Biden’s mishandling of classified material.

“Facts continue to emerge showing that the White House’s narrative of President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents doesn’t add up,” said Chairman Comer. 

“It is imperative to learn whether President Biden retained sensitive documents related to any countries involving his family’s foreign business dealings that brought in millions for the Biden family. The Oversight Committee looks forward to hearing directly from Dana Remus and other central figures to further our investigation into President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents and determine whether our national security has been compromised.”

The House Oversight Committee has obtained financial records revealing the Biden family and associates received significant payments from entities in China, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Romania. On October 11, the House Oversight Committee released information revealing the White House and President Biden’s attorney omitted important information about the discovery of classified materials at Penn Biden Center. 

The Committee seeks to further understand why President Biden retained certain classified documents, if such information related to any of his family’s foreign business transactions, and why so many White House officials were involved in obtaining personal materials on behalf of President Biden.

“President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents, including the apparently unauthorized possession of classified material at a Washington, D.C. private office and in the garage of his Delaware residence, raise serious concerns about his mishandling of sensitive intelligence information and his Department of Justice’s double standard of justice. Today’s subpoena and transcribed interview requests represent another step in holding President Biden and the DOJ accountable,” said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).

“This is just the latest example of President Biden’s willingness to skirt the law in order to hide the truth. If the President himself was illegally holding classified material for some purpose, the American people deserve to know what that purpose is – and whether it constitutes an abuse of office. His Administration hasn’t hesitated to scrutinize political opponents’ use of classified materials, and he should be held to the same standard,” said Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.).

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Comer, Fallon probe secretive 
sue-and-settle practices 
between EPA, special interests

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas.) are conducting oversight over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s use of secretive “sue-and-settle” practices. 

In a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, the lawmakers request documents and communications to examine how the Biden Administration is using sue-and-settle tactics to avoid congressional oversight and implement more burdensome regulations at the bidding of special interests.

“On March 28, 2022, you revoked a policy designed to protect the American taxpayer from the veiled influence special interests exercise on federal policy through sue-and-settle consent decrees and settlement agreements. Because of your action, sue-and-settle abuses appear to have proliferated at the Biden Administration EPA. We request documents and information to examine how the Biden Administration is using sue-and-settle practices to skirt congressional oversight and promulgate burdensome regulations at the bidding of special interests,” the lawmakers wrote.

Sue and settle practices are costly and detrimental to American businesses and consumers. For example, for the first time in nearly 20 years, the EPA is considering new standards for water pollution rules for meat processors. The new rule is part of a consent decree resulting from a lawsuit filed by environmental groups against EPA. New rules on wastewater standards will be detrimental for small businesses, costing each processor upwards of a million dollars.

“Sue-and-settle litigation has plagued the federal regulatory system for decades, allowing special interest groups to dictate federal policy through lawsuits without adherence to normal regulatory processes. […] In the wake of your decision to revoke past policy, it remains unclear how many sue-and-settle consent decrees and settlement agreements have been entered into by your agency as well as their costs. Recent reports indicate that the Biden Administration has already shoveled out ‘over double the amount in taxpayer-backed payouts to liberal climate activists and other groups’ in sue-and-settle litigation than the previous administration did over four years,” the lawmakers continued.

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