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U.S. Rep. James Comer speaks at the annual Fancy Farm picnic Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, at Fancy Farm, Ky. (Dylan Payne/The Paducah Sun via AP)

Comer pushing for RFK stadium to be attached to government funding extension

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., talks with Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., during opening day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Jan 3, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Comer, Greene demand Biden halt plans to Trump-proof government

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, pauses as the House Rules Committee prepares to advance a contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General Merrick Garland for not complying with a subpoena, at the Capitol in Washington, June 11, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House subpoenas Mayorkas over Walz’s alleged ties to Chinese Communist Party

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris pose at the end of a joint press conference at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany, Saturday Feb. 17, 2024. (Tobias Schwarz/Pool via AP)

House GOP probes whether Zelenskyy’s taxpayer-funded trip was to campaign for Kamala Harris

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. James Comer speaks at the annual Fancy Farm picnic Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, at Fancy Farm, Ky. (Dylan Payne/The Paducah Sun via AP)

James Comer presses FBI to turn over its Tim Walz China files

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear addresses a crowd gathered in Jackson, Ky., Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Kentucky Republicans ridicule Beshear’s efforts to land spot on national Democratic ticket

By Bruce Schreiner - Associated Press

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, pauses as the House Rules Committee prepares to advance a contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General Merrick Garland for not complying with a subpoena, at the Capitol in Washington, June 11, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House Oversight probing potential White House involvement in 9/11 plea deal

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is sworn in to testify before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign event in Pennsylvania that also saw one rallygoer killed and two others seriously wounded, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Oversight panel grills Secret Service director on security failures in Trump assassination attempt

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair Rep. James Comer R-Ky., speaks, Jan. 10, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House would require presidents and vice presidents to publicly disclose tax returns before, during and after their time in the White House. The proposal — led by the unusual pairing of Republican Rep. James Comer and progressive Democratic Rep. Katie Porter — is the latest effort to deliver congressional oversight over presidential ethics as both parties grapple with ongoing congressional probes into their leading candidates for president. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Comer probes collusion between Biden officials, anti-gun lawsuit

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, pauses as the House Rules Committee prepares to advance a contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General Merrick Garland for not complying with a subpoena, at the Capitol in Washington, June 11, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House GOP opens investigation into bias at media watchdog NewsGuard

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., speaks during the House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

House panel faults intelligence agencies on response to Chinese influence operations

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

People walk on the street, Monday, April 26, 2021 in New York. The once-a-decade head count of the United States shows where the population grew during the past 10 years and where it shrank. New York will lose one seat in Congress as a result of national population shifts, according to census data released Monday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) **FILE**

Federal workers rebuff Biden decree; few heed call to return to offices a year after pandemic’s end

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a member of the Chinese honor guard unfurls the Chinese national flag during a flag raising ceremony to mark the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China held at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2022. Leaders of the Group of Seven advanced economies are generally united in voicing concern about China. The question is how to translate that worry into action.(Chen Zhonghao/Xinhua via AP, File)

Beijing waging political warfare against government, business, experts tell House oversight panel

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about the economy, Tuesday March 19, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House lawmakers seek Biden’s public testimony in corruption probe

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Jan. 23, 2023. The Biden administration is delaying consideration of new natural gas export terminals in the United States, even as gas shipments to Europe and Asia have soared since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm called to testify to House Oversight Committee

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., speaks to reporters prior to a closed-door deposition in a Republican-led investigation into the Biden family, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Lawmakers from the House Oversight and the House Judiciary Committee are conducting the inquiry. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House oversight panel launches wide-ranging probe into Chinese influence operations in U.S.

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Daniel Werfel testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing to be the Internal Revenue Service Commissioner, Feb. 15, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

House GOP launches probe of IRS over lenient treatment for liberal groups

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Lina Khan, then a nominee for Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), speaks at a hearing on April 21, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP) **FILE**

House lawmakers ramp up oversight of FTC amid allegations of ethics violations: ‘A disaster’

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Shenna Bellows speaks at an event, Jan. 4, 2023, in Augusta, Maine. Bellows on Thursday, Dec. 28, removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause, becoming the first election official to take action unilaterally in a decision that has potential Electoral College consequences. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) **FILE**

Comer predicts more blue states will kick Trump off 2024 ballot

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

FILE - House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., emerges from the committee room, followed by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to speak to reporters after Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden's son, defied a congressional subpoena to appear privately for a deposition before Republican investigators who have been digging into his business dealings, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The Republican leading the probe of Hunter Biden has his own shell company and complicated friends

By Brian Slodysko - Associated Press