Press Releases

Washington, D.C. (June 24, 2025)—Below is an opening statement from Rep. Melanie Stansbury, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency.  The remarks were delivered at today’s hearing, wherein Chairwoman Greene and Committee Republicans defended the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) cruel, costly, and reckless cuts to the federal workforce and the vital programs and services American families rely on.

Washington, D.C. (June 23, 2025)— Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a statement on House Republicans’ targeted attacks on the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO), which include a 49% proposed cut in funding and a unilateral prohibition on GAO holding the Administration accountable for illegal impoundments of congressionally appropriated funding:

Washington, D.C. (June 23, 2025)— Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, and Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Military and Foreign Affairs, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reiterating requests for information from Committee Democrats that have gone unanswered on the Trump Administration’s rollback of lifesaving food inspection and disease surveillance activities, the firing of thousands of workers from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and HHS, and failure to inform the American public about the spread of life-threatening infectious diseases.

Washington, D.C. (June 16, 2025)—Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX) and Ranking Member Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) continue to examine the Department of Defense’s (DOD) financial management practices and path toward achieving a clean audit. In a letter to DOD Secretary Pete Hegseth, the lawmakers request a bipartisan briefing on DOD’s updated efforts to address any outstanding issues related to the Department’s financial management and progress toward achieving a clean audit by December 2028, with a plan declared by the end of June 2025.

Washington, D.C. (June 16, 2025)—Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella requesting information and documents in Microsoft’s possession regarding reports that individuals associated with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) attempted to remove sensitive information from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), raising serious concerns of technology-related misconduct.

Washington, D.C. (June 13, 2025)— Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement after Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Republicans released the text of their billionaire-subsidizing reconciliation bill that will escalate the Trump Administration’s political purge of federal workers, and gut the take-home pay and workforce protections of nonpartisan civil servants:

Washington, D.C. (June 13, 2025)— Today, Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Summer L. Lee, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement, led Committee Democrats in sending a letter to Chairman James Comer urging him to demand Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem appear before the Committee to address the violent detention of California Senator Alex Padilla.