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James Comer is a Republican representative from Kentucky’s 1st District. The House Oversight Committee biography records earlier service in the Kentucky House of Representatives and as Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture before his 2016 election to Congress.
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James Comer is a Republican representative from Kentucky’s 1st District. The House Oversight Committee biography records earlier service in the Kentucky House of Representatives and as Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture before his 2016 election to Congress.
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Open leadership record ↓James Comer is a Republican representative from Kentucky’s 1st District. The House Oversight Committee biography records earlier service in the Kentucky House of Representatives and as Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture before his 2016 election to Congress.
Comer is Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The committee describes its mission as examining the efficiency, effectiveness and accountability of the federal government and its agencies.
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