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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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Sep 17, 2025

I support H.R. 5125, the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Reform Act. This legislation aligns with the appointment of D.C. judges with the constitutional process for appointing members of the Federal judiciary. This bill preserves…

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Sep 16, 2025

we have debated these bills in a sincere effort to work with the President of the United States to lower crime in D.C. We have heard nothing from the Democrats other than there is no crime problem in D.C., and that a solution is to make…

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Sep 16, 2025

I support H.R. 4922, a bill providing commonsense reforms to the District of Columbia criminal code. It is clear to Members of the committee and the public that D.C.'s soft-on-crime policies have failed to keep D.C. residents and visitors…

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Sep 11, 2025

You could have had a fleet of security guards, and no one would have noticed a guy laying down on a rooftop.

cbsnews.com
Sep 10, 2025

The president says he did not sign it, so I take the president at his word.

newrepublic.com
Sep 5, 2025

there was clearly a cover-up of Joe Biden’s mental decline.

nypost.com
Sep 5, 2025

The thousands of pardons that were signed with the autopen — as well as the legal documents like the executive orders that were signed with the autopen — these are all in question now.

nypost.com
Sep 3, 2025

This is the most thorough investigation into Epstein and Maxwell to date, and we are getting results.

breitbart.com
Sep 3, 2025

The fact that Mike Johnson sat there for two and a half hours — we’re serious about this.

cnn.com
Sep 3, 2025

I don’t think [the discharge petition is] necessary at all.

breitbart.com
Sep 2, 2025

This was a two-and-a-half-hour discussion.

nypost.com
Sep 2, 2025

We’re gonna do everything we can to give the American public the transparency they seek as well as provide accountability in memory of the victims who have already passed away as well as those that were in the room and many others who…

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Aug 22, 2025

This was a huge interview today, and I think it contradicts everything that the former Biden people are saying with respect to the president’s mental fitness.

townhall.com
Aug 19, 2025

There are many records in DOJ’s custody, and it will take the Department time to produce all the records and ensure the identification of victims and any child sexual abuse material are redacted.

nypost.com
Aug 19, 2025

We spend a lot on our military. Our military has been in many countries around the world for the past two decades walking the streets trying to reduce crime. We need to focus on the big cities in America now.

newrepublic.com
Aug 19, 2025

I appreciate the Trump Administration’s commitment to transparency and efforts to provide the American people with information about this matter.

nypost.com
Aug 18, 2025

This is a serious investigation. This is a sincere investigation. I hope this will be a bipartisan investigation. I would encourage my Democrat colleagues not to politicize this.

nypost.com
Aug 18, 2025

I appreciate the Trump Administration’s commitment to transparency and efforts to provide the American people with information about this matter.

nypost.com
Aug 18, 2025

Car-jacking … we had people mugging people at all hours of the day. And it’s all out of control so the president had to send in the National Guard. And I think that you’ve seen, just in the last 24 hours, a huge decline in crime. And we’re…

newrepublic.com
Aug 14, 2025

I think this is an experiment that’s probably needed in a lot of the Democrat-run cities in America.

newrepublic.com
Aug 14, 2025

I think people that represent big cities, which are the Democrats in Congress, they’re going to probably hear from their constituents: ‘Look, that worked in Washington, D.C. Why don’t you vote to allow President Trump to come into Chicago…

newrepublic.com
Aug 14, 2025

We’re going to support doing this in other cities if it works out in Washington, D.C.

msnbc.com
Aug 14, 2025

We’re gonna support doing this in other cities, if it works out in Washington, D.C.

newrepublic.com
Aug 12, 2025

If someone doesn’t comply with a subpoena — we’ve seen it happen in the past, in both my committee, as well as on the Jan. 6 committee, when the Democrats had the majority — and you can hold them in contempt of Congress.

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