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Issa Calls on Towns to Use the Committee’s Subpoena Power to Get TARP Answers from Treasury

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter to committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) asking the majority to work with committee Republicans to “use the Committee’s subpoena power to require the Treasury Department to (1) produce materials, and (2) make officials available for deposition” to answer questions regarding the reporting, distribution and oversight of TARP ...
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Issa Calls on Towns to Use the Committee’s Subpoena Power to Get TARP Answers from Treasury

“I am growing increasingly concerned that our Committee is not doing enough…” WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter to committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) asking ...
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Justice Department Ignores Office of Legal Counsel, Politicizes D.C. Voting Rights Bill

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member (R-CA) sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder today calling on the Justice Department to “produce any memoranda prepared by the Office of Legal Counsel and the Solicitor General regarding the constitutionality of the D.C. voting rights bill.” If the Justice declines, the letter requests a “detailed explanation” for the refusal. “Your willingness to shop for the legal opinion ...
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New TARP Report Underscores Need to Value Toxic-Assets Properly and Institute Transparency & April 7- Lack of Transparency in Administration’s Toxic-Asset Purchase Program Raises Key Conflict-of-Interest Questions

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New TARP Report Underscores Need to Value Toxic-Assets Properly and Institute Transparency

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today characterized a report released by the Congressional Oversight Panel entitled, “Assessing Treasury’s Strategy: Six Months of TARP” as a ...
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Justice Department Ignores Office of Legal Counsel, Politicizes D.C. Voting Rights Bill

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member (R-CA) sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder today calling on the Justice Department to “produce any memoranda prepared by the Office of Legal Counsel and the Solicitor General regarding the constitutionality of the D.C. voting rights bill.” If the Justice declines, the letter requests a “detailed explanation” for the ...
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Lack of Transparency in Administration’s Toxic-Asset Purchase Program Raises Key Conflict-of-Interest Questions

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter today to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers regarding the framework established by the Administration for the Public Private Investment Program (PPIP). “I was troubled to learn that the PPIP designates a select few ‘fund managers’ and restricts participation in the plan to an ...
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Lack of Transparency in Administration’s Toxic-Asset Purchase Program Raises Key Conflict-of-Interest Questions

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter today to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers regarding the framework established by the Administration for the Public Private Investment Program (PPIP). ...
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Issa Calls on Towns to Hold Hearing on Reauthorization of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program

New Voucher Report Underscores Need for Program’s Reauthorization WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter today to Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) calling on him to schedule a hearing on the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) following the release of an independent
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Issa Calls on Towns to Hold Hearing on Reauthorization of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program

New Voucher Report Underscores Need for Program’s Reauthorization WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter today to Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) calling on him to schedule a hearing on the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) following the release of an independent ...