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Recovery Summer: A Casino, Aquarium, Zoo, Golf Course and Swimming Pool?

WASHINGTON D.C. – With unemployment rising to 9.6%, questions are mounting regarding the effectiveness of the stimulus bill and how stimulus dollars are being spent.  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has sent a letter to the Chairman of the Recovery Act Transparency and ...
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Issa to Towns: Salmonella Outbreak Underscores Need for Immediate Review of Food Safety Bureaucracy

WASHINGTON D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today called on the panel’s Chairman Edolphus “Ed” Towns (D-NY) to “hold a hearing on the coordination – or lack thereof – between the numerous departments and agencies responsible for food ...
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NOAA Scientist: Release of Oil Spill Report done by White House, Not NOAA

WASHINGTON, DC – A NOAA scientist, Dr. Bill Lehr, yesterday told a group of Congressional staff investigators on a conference call that a controversial National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) report claiming that nearly three-quarters of the oil from the Gulf oil spill has already been addressed ...
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DoT Backs Off Stimulus Propaganda Requirements

Stimulus funding recipients will now be ‘encouraged’ but not required to post signs WASHINGTON, DC – In a letter to Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa, Department of Transportation Inspector General Calvin L. Scovel III stated that the Federal ...
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Issa Queries Administration on Classified Documents Obtained by WikiLeaks

WASHINGTON, DC – Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa, today in a letter to National Security Advisor Jim Jones, asked the Administration to respond to questions and provide information about efforts to prevent the Internet publication of leaked national security documents.  Issa’s query comes in advance of the anticipated publication ...
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Could Financial Crisis Be the Result of Too-Cozy Relationship Between Fannie-Freddie, the Federal Government and the Mortgage Industry?

WASHINGTON. D.C. – Responding to today’s White House’s housing summit, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today called on the Obama Administration to make exposing the full extent of the ‘too-cozy’ relationship between the mortgage industry and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as key priority in the ...
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2nd Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds DEFUND ACORN Act

WASHINGTON. D.C. – U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Judiciary Committee Member released the following statement reacting to a decision from the federal Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan to uphold a bipartisan law sponsored by Issa that overwhelmingly passed the Congress and was signed into law by the ...
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Tuesday Summit Should Examine Too-Cozy Relationship Between Fannie/Freddie and Mortgage Industry

WASHINGTON. D.C. – As the White House prepares for Tuesday’s housing summit, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today called on the Obama Administration to make the ‘too-cozy’ relationship between the mortgage industry and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a key focal point of ...
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Three Sides to Every Story – Clinton Denies Involvement in Sestak-Gate, Contradicts White House and Sestak Version of Events

<!--P { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px } --> WASHINGTON. D.C. – In February, allegations that someone inside the Obama White House offered Pennsylvania Senate Democratic ...
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Issa Votes to Increase Border Security Funding, Calls for Greater Sense of Urgency in Addressing Border Threats

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Vista) today voted in support of passing an emergency package that will strengthen U.S. border security.  H.R. 6080 provides a crucial $600 million boost to our efforts to secure the border and confront the growing threats posed by gang violence, drug cartels and human smuggling. ...