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James Comer

House Oversight chairman whose committee hosts the UAP hearings; said in September 2026 a planned hearing was lost to cancelled session days and would be tried again in November.

Current role: U.S. Representative for Kentucky's 1st district (R); Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (since January 2023)

Former roles:

  • Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture (2012–2016)

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Background

Chairman of the House Oversight Committee since January 2023, the committee under which the July 2023 Grusch hearing, the November 2024 hearing and the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets all sit. He is not a UAP Caucus member and rarely speaks on the subject himself, but his committee's scheduling decides when hearings happen. In September 2025 he introduced a bipartisan contractor whistleblower-protection bill with ranking member Robert Garcia, and in September 2026 he confirmed a UAP hearing had been planned and cancelled with the session.

On the record

  • 2026-09-16 (published 2026-10-07) – Ask a Pol – on a UAP hearing: "They keep canceling days on us. So we were trying to do that in the third week [of September]... but [GOP leaders] canceled it. So we'll, we'll try to pick it back up in November." … "I don't know that we ever agreed on a topic." … "I'd like to have another one. I think there's demand for it. It's just getting good witnesses in is always a challenge." He named Burchett, Luna and "Burlison more than anybody" as the members driving it. Ask a Pol
  • 2025-09-26 – introduces, with Rep. Robert Garcia, a bipartisan bill extending whistleblower protections to federal contractors and grantees. Press release

Reported claims (secondary / anonymous-sourced)

Responses and criticism

Timeline of involvement

  • 2023-01-09 – becomes Oversight chairman
  • 2023-07-26 – committee's national security subcommittee holds the Grusch hearing
  • 2025-09-26 – Comer–Garcia contractor whistleblower bill
  • 2026-09-16 – says a September UAP hearing was cancelled with the session; November target

Part of the Key People in Disclosure series. Verified 2026-11-02. Spotted an error? Reach out.