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Continuing Oversight of Regulatory Impediments to Job Creation: Job Creators Still Buried by Red Tape

Chairman Issa released a new report documenting the strangling effect of red tape on job creation. In this report, job creators across the country describe problems with these regulations that prevent them from adding new jobs into our economy.
Hearing
Continuing Oversight of Regulatory Impediments to Job Creation: Job Creators Still Buried by Red Tape

9:30am in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building   In Congress, we hear it every day from our constituents – Americans’ top concern is job creation. The June figures show that unemployment has remained unchanged at 8.2 percent. There are 12.7 million Americans unemployed. Almost 42 percent have been unemployed for six months or more. The verdict is in - the President’s stimulus plan, that counted on the government to create jobs, was a failure.
Hearing
Changes to the Heights Act: Shaping Washington, D.C. for the Future

1:30pm in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building
Press Release
Grassley, Issa Seek Clarification of ATF Acting Director’s Message to Employees on Reporting Agency Concerns

“Your ominous message – which could be interpreted as a threat – is likely to have a major chilling effect on ATF employees exercising their rights to contact Congress. Therefore, it needs to be clarified.”
Press Release
Issa Statement on Federal Spending Data Transparency

“Federal spending data, especially the data most readily available to the American people, is not accurate, not timely, not complete, and not useful. "
Hearing
The Administration’s Bet on Abound Solar: Assessing the Costs to the American Taxpayers

10:00am in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building 
Hearing
Taking Care of Our Veterans: What is the Department of Veterans Affairs Doing to Eliminate the Claims Backlog?

10:00am in 2247 Rayburn House Office Building
Hearing
America’s Energy Future Part II: A Blueprint for Domestic Energy Production

9:00am at North Dakota State University, 12th Avenue North & Bolley Drive, Fargo, North Dakota  We are here to examine how oil production in the Bakken Shale Formation has impacted job creation in North Dakota and its implications for the rest of the country. The Bakken is the new frontier for American domestic energy production.    North Dakota is not just producing over a half a million barrels of oil a day from the Bakken; it’s also producing jobs and creating ...
Hearing
America’s Energy Future Part I: A Review of Unnecessary and Burdensome Regulations

9:00am at University of Central Oklahoma, 100 North University Drive, Edmond, OK 73034 In the midst of the economic morass, the oil and gas industry has gained distinction for the many new jobs it has created and the affordable energy it has provided the rest of the nation. I am convinced that increased domestic energy production is one of the keys to economic recovery.  In fact, energy is the lifeblood of a strong economy.   Advances in hydraulic fracturing, coupled ...
Press Release
VIDEO: The White House Can’t Hide Behind Executive Privilege

Rep. Trey Gowdy explains why the President's assertion of executive privilege does not apply to the Fast and Furious documents in a new video released by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.