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Issa Welcomes Rep. Shuster to Oversight Committee

WASHINGTON, DC – Ranking Member Darrell Issa (CA-49) today welcomed Congressman Bill Shuster (PA-9) to the Oversight and Government Reform Committee and announced that Rep. Shuster will serve on the Domestic Policy and Federal Workforce Subcommittees. “From limiting government ...
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Issa: President Can Either Retain Gulf Region Jobs or Surrender Them Abroad

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA), who was briefed yesterday by Federal On-Scene Coordinator Rear Admiral Watson, BP, MMS, EPA and NOAA at Unified Area Command in New Orleans, released the ...
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President’s Address Tonight Should Focus on Gulf Job Crisis, Not Job-Killing Agenda

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA), who was briefed yesterday by Federal On-Scene Coordinator Rear Admiral Watson, BP, MMS, EPA and NOAA at Unified Area Command in New Orleans, called on President Obama to use tonight’s national address to layout a plan detailing what the Administration will do to replace the up to 46,000 ...
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GAO: Federal Agencies Struggle to Identify Federal Funds Awarded to ACORN

WASHINGTON, DC – A new preliminary report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) examining how much federal funding agencies award to ACORN and what oversight federal agencies exercised over funding awards has found that federal agencies have struggled to track ACORN grants and subawards from other organizations that have been awarded federal funding. “Federal agencies obviously ...
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Statement from Chairman Towns and Ranking Member Issa on the Committee Tour of the BP Oil Spill

New Orleans, LA – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Edolphus "Ed" Towns (D-NY) and Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today released the following joint statement after the committee's tour of the oil spill off the coast of New Orleans, LA and briefing by the Unified Command:"Today we viewed a portion of the enormous footprint of this tragic oil spill. We are deeply disturbed by the sight of the spill and we have serious questions regarding ...
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Issa to Obama: Hypocrisy no Excuse for Inaction

President Obama to Politico: “I think it’s fair to say, if six months ago, before this spill had happened, I had gone up to Congress and I had said we need to crack down a lot harder on oil companies and we need to spend more money on technology to ...
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Obama Invents Fantasy Scenario to Excuse Inaction and Deflect Criticism

President Obama to Politico: “I think it’s fair to say, if six months ago, before this spill had happened, I had gone up to Congress and I had said we need to crack down a lot harder on oil companies and we need to spend more money on technology to respond in case of a ...
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Towns, Issa to Hold Joint Media Availability

***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Towns, Issa to Hold Joint Media Availability
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Issa to GM: “Cease Any Further Document Destruction”

  WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Domestic Policy Subcommittee ...
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Issa Refers Rahm Emanuel and Jim Messina to Office of Special Counsel for Violating the Hatch Act

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) has sent a referral and request for investigation to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel regarding Hatch ...