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Issa Introduces Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act

WASHINGTON- House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today announced the introduction of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (H.R. 3289). The legislation will strengthen provisions of the Whistleblower Protection Act, originally enacted in 1989, for federal government employees who expose abuse, mismanagement, or criminal activity in federal agencies and programs. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government ...
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VIDEO RELEASE: Virginia AG Cuccinelli on Job-Crushing Energy Regulation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli testified yesterday before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the Obama Administration's proposed Maximum Achievable Control Technology (Utility MACT) regulation. Attorney General Cuccinelli broke down the hearing in a reaction video, laying out the MACT regulation's anticipated consequences of soaring energy costs and massive job losses. According ...
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Are Government Contractors Exploiting Workers Overseas? Examining Enforcement of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act
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America’s Innovation Challenge: What Obstacles Do Entrepreneurs Face?
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The Green Energy Debacle: Where Has All the Taxpayer Money Gone?
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Cuccinelli on Cost of Obama EPA's Utility MACT Job-Crushing Regulation

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Lights Out II: Another Look at EPA’s Utility MACT Rule

Chairman Issa Preview Hearing Statement Affordable and reliable energy has fueled our economic growth for a century. Businesses, consumers, inventors, and entrepreneurs have all relied on cheap energy in order to create new products and services, which they in turn use to creates jobs and grow the economy. But today, government regulators are poised to enact a new set of rules that could dramatically increase the cost that consumers and job creators pay for ...
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Investigative Report on Allegations of Improper Payments and Promises of Employment for Sulaimon Brown

Sulaimon Brown, an auditor, was the first declared candidate to challenge District of Columbia Mayor Adrian M. Fenty in the 2010 Democratic primary. Brown raised minimal sums, campaigned by mostly attacking Fenty, and ultimately urged voters to cast ballots for then-Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray. Brown came in dead-last in the primary, even behind the write-in candidates. Less than a month after Mayor Gray took office in January 2011, Brown was hired as an Excepted Service special assistant ...
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Issa Introduces Legislation Requiring D.C. Employee Background Checks

WASHINGTON- Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which has jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, introduced legislation to require criminal background checks for certain high-ranking District government employees and establish the same standards the federal government uses when it hires for all prospective District government employees. "This bill will help prevent past failures by ensuring that District of Columbia leaders are held ...
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Issa Releases Findings of Investigation into Sulaimon Brown’s Allegations Against Administration of D.C. Mayor

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today released the findings of the committee's seven month investigation into accusations of improper payments and promises of employment made to former D.C. mayoral candidate Sulaimon Brown by the Administration of D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray. "The committee's investigation found evidence corroborating claims by Sulaimon Brown that his campaign for mayor received financial backing linked to a senior ...