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WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member and Judiciary Committee Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued the following statement after the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct voted unanimously to expand the scope of its investigation of House Ways & Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY): “If you don’t drain the swamp, you’ll end ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent letters to former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to clarify conflicting statements regarding their knowledge of $3.6 billion in bonus payments to Merrill Lynch employees.   “The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed in a brief in ongoing litigation with Bank of American in U..S District Court for the Southern ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member and Judiciary Committee Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued the following statement after the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct voted unanimously to expand the scope of its investigation of House Ways & Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY): “If you don’t drain the swamp, you’ll end up with a lake.  This isn’t an isolated incident – it’s a pattern-of-behavior.  ...

WASHINGTON, DC – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today announced the launch of a new committee minority website: https://oversight.house.gov. The enhanced website is designed to create a user-friendly information hub about the committee’s work and the minority’s aggressive oversight of federal ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Ranking Member Darrell Issa (CA-49) welcomed Congressman Anh “Joseph” Cao (LA-2) to the Oversight and Government Reform Committee following the approval of his appointment by the House of Representatives. “From work overseeing national security issues to looking at mismanaged Federal response efforts in Louisiana, Congressman Cao will aid the committee’s efforts to create a government that is truly transparent and accountable to ...

WASHINGTON, DC – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today announced the launch of a new committee minority website: https://oversight.house.gov. The enhanced website is designed to create ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Ranking Member Darrell Issa (CA-49) welcomed Congressman Anh “Joseph” Cao (LA-2) to the Oversight and Government Reform Committee following the approval of his appointment by the House of Representatives. “From work overseeing national security issues to looking at mismanaged Federal response efforts in Louisiana, Congressman Cao will aid the committee’s efforts to create a government that is truly ...

The Department of Interior is responsible for managing over 500 million acres of land and 1.8 billion acres of the Outer Continental Shelf. This territory and its resources, which are held in trust for the American people by the federal government, are worth trillions of dollars and generate over $22 billion in annual revenue to the federal Treasury. The Interior Department, however, has shirked its duty as a steward of these resources. Over the past 25 years, there has been a rebirth of the ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs Susan Collins (R-Maine) sent letters today to Department of Homeland Security Secretary (DHS) Janet Napolitano and DHS Inspector General Richard Skinner calling for an “immediate investigation of the DHS’s grants, contracts, entitlements and other forms of assistance to ACORN and its ...

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