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Issa Statement on Major Gulf Oil/Gas Discoveries Announced Today

(WASHINGTON)—House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) today released the following statement on news of a major oil/gas discovery in the offshore Gulf of Mexico. The Committee has held hearings in the last month regarding the 2010 spill response effects on the Gulf economy, and on Obama Administration policies impacting domestic energy production. Statement from Chairman Issa: "Today's announcement is good news—but ...

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Operation Fast and Furious Hearing to be Held June 13th

Title: Obstruction of Justice: Does the Justice Department Have to Respond to a Lawfully Issued and Valid Congressional Subpoena? Date/Time: 1:30 p.m. on Monday June 13th Location: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building This hearing will examine the constitutional questions raised by both the Department of Justice's refusal to comply with a Congressional subpoena as well as the withholding of documents from a Congressional subpoena. It is the ...

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Oversight Committee Hearing Schedule for May 30th to June 3rd

WEDNESDAY JUNE 1st Official Time: Good Value for the Taxpayer? Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy, Chairman Dennis Ross, R-Fla. 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday June 1st in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building. Official time is granted to a federal employee by his or her agency to perform ...

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Oversight Committee to Investigate Administration Policies on Domestic Energy Production

WASHINGTON- The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will host senior administration officials next Tuesday at a 9:00 a.m. hearing examining administration policies on domestic oil and gas production. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson will testify alongside Department of the Interior Deputy Secretary David Hayes. "We're looking for answers from this administration on some very fundamental questions about the future of ...

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Operation Fast and Furious Hearing to be Held June 13th

Title: Obstruction of Justice: Does the Justice Department Have to Respond to a Lawfully Issued and Valid Congressional Subpoena? Date/Time: 1:30 p.m. on Monday June 13th Location: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building This hearing will examine the constitutional questions raised by both the Department of Justice's refusal to comply with a Congressional subpoena as well as the withholding of ...

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Issa, Ross, and Chaffetz Introduce Bill to Cut Federal workforce by 10% by 2015

WASHINGTON- For every three federal employees that retire, only one new employee will be hired, according to H.R. 2114, the Reducing the Size of the Federal Government Through Attrition Act of 2011 introduced by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee leaders. Drawing on recommendations from the President's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, introduced the bill ...

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Issa, Ross, and Chaffetz Introduce Bill to Cut Federal workforce by 10% by 2015

WASHINGTON- For every three federal employees that retire, only one new employee will be hired, according to H.R. 2114, the Reducing the Size of the Federal Government Through Attrition Act of 2011 introduced by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee leaders. Drawing on recommendations from the President's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, ...

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Media Advisory: Rep. Chaffetz to Address Personal Democracy Forum 2011 on Federal Spending Transparency

Who: Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense & Foreign Operations, head of Speaker Boehner's House Technology Operations Team and frequent

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Media Advisory: Rep. Chaffetz to Address Personal Democracy Forum 2011 on Federal Spending Transparency

Who: Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense & Foreign Operations, head of Speaker Boehner's House Technology Operations Team and frequent