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June 12, 2025

Washington, D.C. (June 12, 2025)— As Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform defended President Trump’s use of the military against the people of Los Angeles, the Administration’s cruel and illegal mass deportation operations, and the President’s attempts to seize and consolidate power, Secretary Noem’s security detail tackled and handcuffed U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) for attempting to ask the Secretary a question. 

Subcommittees

June 12, 2025

Washington, D.C. (June 12, 2025). Below is Acting Ranking Member Stephen F. Lynch's opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at today's Full Committee hearing on the Trump Administration's favoring of an extremist immigration agenda over the safety of American children and families.
 

Subcommittees

June 12, 2025

Washington, D.C. (June 12, 2025)— At a hearing called by Republicans to interfere with the policies of American states, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led Committee Democrats in condemning the Trump Administration’s extreme mass deportation operations and recent moves to unleash the U.S.

Subcommittees

June 11, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 11, 2025)— Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Healthcare and Financial Services, led Members of the Subcommittee in sending a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demanding information surrounding the decision to cancel a contract with producers of an avian influenza (avian flu) vaccine amid an uncontrolled avian flu outbreak across the nation.
Subcommittees
Issues: Health Care

June 11, 2025

Washington, D.C. (June 11, 2025)— Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led Oversight Democrats in sending a letter to Acting Postmaster General Doug Tulino and Chief Postal Inspector Gary Barksdale demanding to know whether the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) and U.S.

Subcommittees

June 11, 2025

Washington, D.C. (June 11, 2025)—Below is an opening statement from Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Military and Foreign Affairs.  The remarks were delivered at today’s hearing on the Department of Defense’s (DoD) unrestrained acquisition and procurement processes and the Trump Administration’s inability to rein in defense spending. 


June 11, 2025

Washington, D.C. (June 11, 2025)— Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led Committee Democrats in demanding stronger privacy protections for Americans’ sensitive data in light of the bankruptcy and sale of 23andMe, a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company, and the Trump Administration’s attacks on federal data, systems, and cybersecurity.


June 10, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 10, 2025)—Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, sent two letters to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a long time anti-vaccine activist with a history of promoting vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories. The letters demand information on Secretary Kennedy’s abrupt dismissal of all seventeen members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which develops evidence-based vaccine recommendations that doctors and insurance companies rely on in providing vaccines to children and adults, and HHS’s decision to take away the choice to receive annual vaccinations against COVID-19 from millions of people.
Subcommittees
Issues: Health Care

June 10, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 10, 2025)— Below is an opening statement, as prepared for delivery, from Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.  The remarks were delivered at today’s Full Committee hearing on the bankruptcy filing of genetic testing company 23andMe, and its implications on the privacy of Americans’ sensitive data.

June 6, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 6, 2025)— Today, Rep. Kweisi Mfume, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, led Subcommittee Democrats in sending a letter to Comptroller General of the United States Gene L. Dodaro requesting an investigation into the progress made on the U.S. Postal Service (Postal Service) and U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s (USPIS) Joint Project Safe Delivery Initiative, citing their continued concerns about the safety of Postal Service employees and facilities.
Subcommittees
Issues: Postal Service