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WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) joined with Reps. Dennis Moore (D-KS), Judy Biggert (R-IL) and Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) to introduce H.R. 4450, the Federal Housing Finance Agency Inspector General Technical Corrections Act of 2009, which.” In November of 2009, the 

WASHINGTON. D.C. - Rep. Darrell Issa has sent a letter to House Democratic health care bill negotiators urging them to scrap the existing health care takeover proposal and substitute H.R. 3438, the “Access to Insurance for All Americans Act,” a proposal which would offer all Americans the opportunity to obtain the same health care choices that members of Congress have. The letter from Rep. Issa advocating an alternative idea he introduced explains: “The ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – After declining an October 30th request made by House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) to ...

WASHINGTON D.C. - Rep. Darrell Issa, the Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee expressed skepticism regarding a report released tonight by the Council of Economic Advisors regaarding the economic impact of the stimulus: “What’s the American public going to believe?  Self-serving and deceptive numbers being put out by the White House on the stimulus, or the ...

Issa Calls on Towns to Issue Subpoena – Towns Complies WASHINGTON. D.C. – In a response to a request made by House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) to the Office of Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) for all “communications referring or relating” to the decision to pay AIG’s counterparties at full par,

New Guidance Ignores Law, Moves Goal Posts in Attempt to Disguise Failure of Stimulus WASHINGTON D.C. – In a letter to Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board Chairman Earl Devaney, Rep. Darrell Issa, the Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, asked if Recovery.gov will continue to use the “Jobs Created/Saved” label, in light of the Administration's recent decision to count all jobs that simply receive stimulus funds, ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – Responding to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Edolphus Towns’ (D-NY) latest revelation that he has always supported conducting hearings into the Christmas-day terrorist attempt, Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued the following statement: “Chairman Towns’ accusation that Committee Republicans are grandstanding and politicizing the security of the American people, while simultaneously latching-on to some ...

Newsweek Reports Chairman Towns Changed His Mind on Terror Hearings after White House and Democratic Leadership Intervened Friday, January 08, 2010 | House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) Rep. Ed Towns (D-N.Y.) had planned to convene a hearing of the House Government Affairs Committee, which he chairs. But doing ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) welcomed Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns’ (D-NY) interest in new questions raised by Issa’s investigation surrounding Tim Geithner and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s decision to pay billions of dollars to AIG counterparties. “The week of January 18th, the Oversight Committee will hold a hearing in which Secretary Geithner and NYFRB General Counsel Thomas ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Members Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Patrick McHenry (R-NC) today sent a letter to Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) calling on him to “bring Secretary Geithner before the Committee, and to subpoena his appearance should he refuse to appear voluntarily” to address new questions raised by Issa’s ...