Releases

Facility Located in District of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The Border Patrol station in Bisbee, Ariz., will be renamed to honor the memory of agent Brian Terry who died December 15, 2010 after being shot in the line of duty. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Chairman of the Committee…

(WASHINGTON) House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today released the following statement in support of Speaker John Boehner’s debt plan: “Under Speaker John Boehner’s leadership, the House of Representatives has advanced the most serious spending reforms considered during my tenure in Congress. From the House Republican…

WASHINGTON- White House figures estimating $15 billion in savings from the sales of surplus federal property were called into question today by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) at a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee led by Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif. “There is broad agreement that…

Issa, Grassley release staff report focusing on impact of Operation Fast and Furious on Mexico WASHINGTON – Findings in a second staff report released by Representative Darrell Issa and Senator Chuck Grassley show that ATF officials based in the United States Embassy in Mexico City were increasingly worried about the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today sent letters of inquiry to ten of the nation’s leading mortgage servicers seeking information from about violations of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). “Servicemembers are afforded additional protections against foreclosure because answering a call to defend our nation shouldn’t…

(WASHINGTON)—House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today released the following statement on news that the Obama Administration had closed the outstanding bailout loan to Chrysler at a $1.3 billion loss to taxpayers: “I am deeply disturbed to learn that the Obama Administration left $1.3 billion taxpayer…

(WASHINGTON)—House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today released the following statement regarding a new report issued by I.H.S. Cambridge Energy Research Associates and IHS Global Insight that documents job creation and energy security potential in the Gulf energy industry from ending the Obama Administration’s permit backlog:…

(WASHINGTON)—Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today released the following statement about the upcoming House of Representatives vote on the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act: “The American people know the solution to our debt crisis—they do it every month: restrict spending to income. “The Cut, Cap, and…

Chairman Issa and Senator Grassley Press Attorney General Holder with Key Testimony WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley today pressed Attorney General Eric Holder about the Justice Department’s unsatisfactory responses and lack of cooperation with an investigation…

WASHINGTON, DC – The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released “Meet Your Oversight Watchdogs: Rep. Blake Farenthold,” the eighth in a series of videos introducing committee members to the American people. Rep. Farenthold serves Texas’ 27th Congressional District as a member of the Oversight Subcommittee on Government…