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VIDEO RELEASE: Meet Your Oversight Watchdogs: Rep. Ron DeSantis

“We’ve seen this Administration rack up trillion dollar deficits for four consecutive years … if we continue on our current course we will have a national debt of $20 trillion when this president leaves office.”

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Issa Praises GOP Budget Passage – House plan balances budget in 10 years, eliminates government waste

“The House GOP plan passed today not only balances the budget in ten years but expands opportunity, creates jobs and removes the economic threat that rising debt and higher taxes poses to the economy...."

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Coburn and Issa to USPS: Use Your Authority to Proceed with Modified Six-Day Delivery Plans

“[T]he Board of Governors has a fiduciary responsibility to utilize its legal authority to implement modified 6-day mail delivery as recently proposed,” the letter continues. “The deficits incurred by the Postal Service and the low level of liquidity under which it is operating leaves it in a perilous position..."

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Oversight Advances FOIA 2013 and Other Transparency Bills

“The FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act ensures that many of the legislative and executive actions taken over the past two decades to improve agency response to requests are fully implemented,” said Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif.

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Oversight Committee Passes Information Technology and Cybersecurity Reforms

“These critical bills lay the groundwork for saving taxpayer money and protecting our information from cyber attacks,” said Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif. “Our update to the decade old Federal Information Security Management Act will enhance our cybersecurity...."

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Oversight Committee Advances Bills to Cut Travel Waste, Sell Excess Federal Property, and Hold Tax Evading Federal Workers and Contractors Accountable

“Taxpayers have lost all faith that their government has respect for their hard earned money,” said Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif. “These reforms will cut back on wasteful spending, and hold federal employees and contractors who refuse to pay their taxes accountable.”

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VIDEO RELEASE – “No Leadership, No Responsibility, No Tours”

"It’s telling that the President would rather cancel White House tours during the most popular tourist season than roll up his sleeves and get to work fixing our nation’s spending crisis.”

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Oversight Leaders Introduce Bill to Enhance GAO Investigative Powers

“The GAO’s work is vital to Congress and to this Committee in particular,” said Issa. “Congress must have current information on how Federal programs are performing in order to both legislate effectively and to conduct meaningful oversight.”

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Oversight Leaders Introduce Federal Information Security Update Legislation

“Currently, federal agencies are struggling with cyber-security threats,” said Issa. “This update to FISMA will incorporate the last decade of technological innovation, while also addressing FISMA shortcomings realized over the past years.”

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Oversight Subcommittees Question Agencies’ Plans for Sequester

Chairman Jim Jordan(R-OH) and Chairman Blake Farenthold will convene a joint subcommittee hearing Tuesday, March 19th at 1:30 p.m. to examine and contrast how three federal agencies are implementing mandatory budget cuts enacted by sequestration over the coming months.