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House Unanimously Passes Issa Bill Addressing RNC’s Deceptive Census Mailer

  WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA), Census Subcommittee Chairman Lacy Clay (D-MO), Subcommittee Ranking Member Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) released the following statement today after the House of Representatives unanimously passed legislation (H.R. 5148) sponsored ...
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SEC IG Opens Investigation of Timing on Goldman Charges

  SEC IG David Kotz April 25th Letter to Ranking Member Issa:  "At your request, we have opened an investigation into the serious allegations that you describe in your letter.  We will seek review of documentary evidence, including e-mails between and among the individuals who may have participated in or been aware of the timing of the SEC ...
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SEC Inspector General to Launch Investigation on Timing of Goldman Sachs Filing

WASHINGTON. D.C. – Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Inspector General (IG) David Kotz announced today that at the request of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA), he would initiate an ...
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Issa Calls on SEC Inspector General to Launch Investigation

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA), sent a letter today to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Inspector General (IG) David Kotz requesting that he initiate an independent investigation regarding the SEC’s decision to move forward with action against Goldman ...
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Reps. Issa and Smith Call on Administration to Restore ACORN Funding Ban

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-TX) today urged the Obama Administration to revoke its directive allowing the Associated of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) to again receive federal funding after a federal district court recently issued an emergency stay of an earlier ruling striking down federal spending prohibitions on ...
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Did Auto Bailout Quid Pro Quo Pave the Way for Emissions Agreement?

WASHINGTON D.C. – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith today asked nine auto CEOs to answer questions about the relationship between “secret negotiations” with the Obama Administration on setting greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and government aid to the auto industry including the use of government ownership stakes in ...
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Issa Applauds Appeals Court Decision to Temporarily Reinstate ACORN Funding Ban

U.S. Court of Appeals Suspends Ruling that Congressional Ban on ACORN Funding was Unconstitutional WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, 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 on the U.S. Court of Appeals Second Circuit decision to stay the December ...
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Issa Calls on Attorney General to Appoint Special Prosecutor to Probe White House-Sestak Job Offer

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder calling on him to “name a special prosecutor to conduct a formal investigation into whether a crime was committed when White house officials attempted to secure Rep. Joe Sestak’s withdrawal from Pennsylvania’s Democratic Primary for the United States Senate.”
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Issa Applauds Appeals Court Decision to Temporarily Reinstate ACORN Funding Ban

U.S. Court of Appeals Suspends Ruling that Congressional Funding Ban on ACORN was Unconstitutional WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, 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 on the U.S. Court of Appeals Second Circuit decision to stay the December 2009 injunction by Clinton-appointed Judge Nina ...
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Oversight Committee Republicans Launch Investigation Examining SEC’s Independence

Did External Political Pressure Influence the Timing of the Suit Against Goldman? WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Republicans, led by Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA), sent a letter today to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Mary Schapiro requesting that the SEC provide the Committee with documents and ...