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Ten GOP Ranking Members Request EPA Extension on Endangerment Finding

WASHINGTON. D.C.– Ten House Ranking Republican Members are requesting that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) give stakeholders more time to respond to the Proposed Endangerment Finding, which is the predicate for regulating carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) through the Clean Air Act (CAA). EPA has initially established June 23, 2009, as the deadline for interested parties to comment. “Clearly, EPA's final decision on the ...

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Oversight Committee Republicans Ask President to Explain Methodology of Jobs ‘Created and Saved’ Claims

WASHINGTON. D.C. – Despite objective evidence that the President’s Economic Stimulus is failing to meet expectations for creating and protecting jobs, President Obama and other officials continue to claim that the Stimulus has “created or saved” 150,000 jobs and will create or save an additional 600,000 in the next 100 days. These claims create concern because they are contradicted by available information and the Administration, mysteriously, refuses ...

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Oversight Committee Republicans Scrutinize President’s ‘Jobs Saved’ Claim

Administration that Touts ‘Sound Science’ Disregards Sound Economics in Hiding Formula for Job Calculations; Republicans to Explain WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a press conference today at 1 pm in Rayburn 2203 on the Obama Administration’s claims that the stimulus has created or saved 150,000 jobs and will create or save 600,000 jobs in the next 100 days. ...

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Ranking Members Issa, Sensenbrenner Demand Joint Committee Probe on Carbon Emissions ‘Vow of Silence’

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) and House Select Committee on Global Warming Ranking Member James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), in a letter to Chairmen Towns and Markey, demanded a joint investigation of a reportedly deliberate effort to circumvent transparency requirements in the formulation of carbon emissions regulations. “Negotiating back room deals with select special interests, ...

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House GOP Introduces American Energy Act

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today joined with House Republicans led by Chairman Mike Pence to unveil the American Energy Act, a comprehensive Republican bill that will help America achieve true energy independence. “Without a firm commitment to nuclear power, Congress’ effort to reduce carbon emissions is nothing but a fools-errand,” Issa, an original sponsor of the ...

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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Subpoenas Federal Reserve for BofA-Merrill Lynch Documents

Towns, Issa, Kucinich Demand Documents for Hearing This Week WASHINGTON D.C. – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) and Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today agreed to have a subpoena served on the Federal Reserve (the Fed) to compel it to turn over documents related to Bank of America’s acquisition of Merrill Lynch. The full committee and Domestic Policy Subcommittee, under the leadership of Chairman ...

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Stimulus Spending Spree Continues – Whatever Happened to Oversight and Transparency?

“If we see money being misspent, we're going to put a stop to it, and we will call it out and we will publicize it.” – President Obama speaking at the White House on March 12, 2009 WASHINGTON. D.C. – As President Obama announces his intention to accelerate implementation of stimulus spending, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) called on the President to fulfill his promise of stimulus ...

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Investigation Emotive Line From Bankruptcy Court xamines Why Chrysler Hid $35 million Offer to Buy “Viper” Auto

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today, in a letter to former Chrysler CEO Bob Nardelli, expressed serious concerns about the omission of a $35 million offer to purchase the Viper automotive line from the company’s bankruptcy filings. The probe is investigating whether Chrysler’s assets have been valued properly and managed in the best interest of the American taxpayers and not in a ...

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Issa Amendment to Paid Parental Leave Act Relieves Taxpayers of New Cost Burden – Vote Likely Today

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) will offer an amendment to legislation likely to be considered by the House of Representatives today, H.R. 626, the Paid Parental Leave Act of 2009, that will address concerns with the cost associated with the proposal which would guarantee four weeks of paid parental leave exclusively to government employees at a cost of almost $1 billion to ...

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Issa Questions Transparency in Chrysler Dealings

Calls on Administration to Disclose Role of Task-Force WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today sent letters to Chrysler Chairman and CEO Bob Nardelli and Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury Steven Rattner expressing concern about “the lack of transparency surrounding the decision to reduce the number of existing Chrysler dealerships by 25 percent that was reportedly made ...