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Oil Spill Moratorium Bad for American Jobs, Energy Production WASHINGTON. D.C. – The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today released "No Excuse to Shut Down an Industry," a new video in which Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour underscores the far-reaching hardships Gulf residents face as a result of the Obama Administration's response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Gov. Barbour testified before the ...

Washington, DC – Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a report titled “The BP Oil Spill Recovery Effort: The Legacy of Choices Made by the Obama Administration.”  The report examines the adequacy of the response to the Gulf Oil Spill and decisions made by the Obama Administration. “The response to the oil spill was a partnership between the White House and BP.  While the arrangement may have worked well for BP and the White House, many ...

The Oversight and Government Reform Committee has conducted a yearlong investigation into the efficiency, adequacy, and accuracy of the federal response to the Gulf Oil Spill. This on-going investigative effort included three separate fact finding trips to southern Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida, careful examinations of accounts provided by the Administration that directly conflict with the experience of federal and local officials on the ground, as well as a Congressional hearing. ...

Washington, DC – Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a report titled “The BP Oil Spill Recovery Effort: The Legacy of Choices Made by the Obama Administration.”  The report examines the adequacy of the response to the Gulf Oil Spill and decisions made by the Obama Administration.   “The response to the oil spill was a partnership between the White House and BP.  While the arrangement may have ...

Chairman Darrell Issa Hearing Preview Statement Thursday’s hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, entitled “Making the Gulf Coast Whole Again: Assessing Recovery Efforts of BP and the Obama Administration After the Oil Spill,” will focus on the economic hardships and other issues still facing the Gulf Coast community one year after the Deepwater Horizon disaster.  By examining the disaster response of both BP and the Obama ...

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