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James Comer

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James Richardson Comer is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Kentucky's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2016. A member of the Republican Party, Comer has focused on issues such as agriculture, economic development, and government accountability during his tenure. He previously served as the Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture from 2012 to 2016, where he worked on various initiatives to support farmers and promote the state's agricultural products.

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Dec 10, 2023

I think that the more transparency we have, because, as you mentioned earlier, the old way of doing things, putting a stamp on something important and hoping it gets there, that business model is kind of obsolete now.

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Dec 10, 2023

American citizens should have confidence that their ballot has securely traveled through the postal system to the board of elections.

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Dec 10, 2023

I believe such a requirement for barcodes will allow the Postal Service to better track each ballot through the mail.

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Dec 10, 2023

This Committee is dedicated to providing the American people with oversight and transparency into every government agency, and that includes the Bureau of Prisons.

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Dec 7, 2023

My concern is that Weiss may have indicted Hunter Biden to protect him from having to be deposed in the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday.

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Dec 5, 2023

They testified how investigators were prevented from following evidence that could have led to Joe Biden. Justice department officials didn't want to talk about dad or the big guy. Why is that? Because the evidence leads to Joe Biden.

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Dec 4, 2023

I think you should do exactly what you have been doing.

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Dec 4, 2023

I think that is a slap in the face to any athlete who worked so hard.

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Nov 28, 2023

This administration's proposed overtime rule poses a threat to the livelihoods of the very people that the administration claims it wants to help.

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Nov 28, 2023

I come from Michigan where we just had an incredible victory for the American worker led by the UAW, talking about worker wages, and increasing wages.

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Nov 28, 2023

Today I am again calling on President Biden to end the tenure of the now longest serving Acting Secretary in the United States history.

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Nov 28, 2023

Automatic increases are bad policy and bad government practice.

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Oct 2, 2023

I have no speakers, and I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

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Sep 27, 2023

If we had a box of all the foreign money the Biden's took, it would have reached to the ceiling.

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Sep 27, 2023

This deserves investigation. This deserves accountability. The American people expect this Committee to investigate public corruption.

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Sep 27, 2023

The bottom line is that the Committee has shown the Bidens alone have brought in over $15 million in their foreign-influence peddling, over $24 million if you account for their associates' earnings from the schemes.

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Sep 27, 2023

One thing I did not hear from my friends across the aisle in their never-ending defense of the Bidens is what exactly the Biden family did to receive the $20 million. Not one thing.

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Sep 27, 2023

David Weiss is complicit and must be removed from the special counsel.

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Sep 27, 2023

The Department of Justice is refusing to protect their rights.

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Sep 27, 2023

Hunter Biden needs to be held accountable for his sexual exploitation of women.

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Sep 27, 2023

If we discover that Joe Biden was taking half of Hunter Biden's income, like Hunter told his daughter in a text message, I hope that my Democrat colleagues will put politics aside, do the right thing, and join us in impeaching a corrupt…

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Sep 27, 2023

I apologize to the American people watching this hearing for the parliamentary stunts that the other side has pulled.

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Sep 27, 2023

In early 2016, Republican Senators Ron Johnson, Rob Portman, and Mark Kirk wrote to the Ukrainian President, assailing corruption in his country and urging him, quote, 'to press ahead with urgent reforms to the Prosecutor General's Office.'

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Sep 27, 2023

The leadership provided by Biden was part of a broad bipartisan campaign to oppose corruption in Ukraine.

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Sep 27, 2023

If the Republicans had a smoking gun--or even a dripping water pistol--they would be presenting it today, but they have got nothing on Joe Biden.

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