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Hearing Documents Chairman Todd Russell Hearing Opening Statement May 13, 2011 In 2003 and 2004, I was proud to work with Ranking Member Ed Towns to sponsor the DHS Financial Accountability Act. That law placed the Department under the CFO Act, requiring a Senate-confirmed CFO, and imposed the first-ever statutory ...

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WASHINGTON, DC – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today sent a letter to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Douglass Elmendorf requesting that CBO provide an official cost estimate of President Obama's proposed "Civilian Property Realignment Act." The White House estimates the bill could ...

Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa released the following statement regarding the Department of Justice's announcement of a month old indictment for the December 15, 2010, murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. At the scene of Terry's murder, investigators found guns that the ATF had knowingly allowed to fall into the hands of criminals. "The announcement of an indictment against Manuel Osorio-Arellanes for the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry is ...

WASHINGTON, DC – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today sent a letter to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Douglass Elmendorf requesting that CBO provide an official cost estimate of President Obama's proposed "Civilian Property Realignment Act." The White House estimates the bill could save ...

Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa released the following statement regarding the Department of Justice's announcement of a month old indictment for the December 15, 2010, murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. At the scene of Terry's murder, investigators found guns that the ATF had knowingly allowed to fall into the hands of criminals. "The announcement of an indictment against Manuel Osorio-Arellanes for the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry is ...

  WASHINGTON- At a House Judiciary Committee hearing yesterday, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa confronted Attorney General Eric Holder on the DOJ’s Operation Fast and Furious, a highly controversial operation where federal authorities facilitated the purchase of assault weapons for drug cartels and chose not to interdict them before being transported to Mexico.    While Attorney General Holder was unwilling ...

WASHINGTON- At a House Judiciary Committee hearing yesterday, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa confronted Attorney General Eric Holder on the DOJ’s Operation Fast and Furious, a highly controversial operation where federal authorities facilitated the purchase of assault weapons for drug cartels and chose not to interdict them before being transported to Mexico. While Attorney General Holder was unwilling to provide answer about who at the Department ...

WASHINGTON, DC – The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released "Meet Your Oversight Watchdogs: Rep. Scott DesJarlais," the fifth in a series of videos to introduce committee members to the American people. Rep. DesJarlais serves the people of Tennessee's Fourth Congressional District on the Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census & the National Archives and Oversight Subcommittee ...