House GOP subpoenas doctor behind 'Have My Baby in Miami' birth tourism business
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., is subpoenaing a doctor allegedly behind a sprawling birth tourism scheme based in Florida.It comes as Rep.Brandon Gill, R-Texas, is setting his sights on a new target after his crackdown on the Smithsonian Institution made headlines and thrust fresh scrutiny onto its teaching of American history.Gill's task force on investigating institutional abuses, which is part of the House Oversight Committee, is now gearing up for a hearing on the practice of birth tourism — something the White House sounded the alarm on just this month.As part of the hearing, Comer sent a subpoena to Dr.
Wladimir Lorentz of Have My Baby in Miami, a South Florida business that's aimed at helping foreigners give birth in the United States.The hearing is expected to take place Sept.
1.House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb.9, 2026.
(J.Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)Comer accused Lorentz of refusing to voluntarily appear via his attorney, and in a letter sent with the subpoena on Tuesday, Comer said Lorentz's attorney argued he could not speak with the committee due to a pending criminal probe being conducted by the U.S.
Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida."As the Founder and Chief Medical Officer of a company doing business as 'Have My Baby in Miami,' your knowledge regarding the company’s marketing practices and direct observations relevant to the birth tourism industry is vital to the immediate investigation," Comer's subpoena letter read.SEN ERIC SCHMITT SEEKS TO END BIRTH TOURISM, REVOKE CITIZENSHIP FOR BABIES OF FOREIGN DIPLOMATS"Furthermore, given the national security concerns raised by birth tourism, delaying the hearing or deferring your testimony to some unknown date in the (potentially far) future would be an extraordinary action that would curtail the Committee’s ability to glean valuable information that will inform its oversi...