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Voluntarily or Through a Subpoena, Issa and McHenry Call on Towns to Bring Geithner Before Oversight Committee

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Members Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Patrick McHenry (R-NC) today sent a letter to Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) calling on him to “bring Secretary Geithner before the Committee, and to subpoena his appearance should he refuse to appear voluntarily” to ...

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Oversight Republicans Challenge Towns Ability to Lead Committee

Committee Republicans Plan to Consult with Democratic Colleagues to Push for Hearings on Failed Terrorist Attacks WASHINGTON. D.C. – Responding to a letter sent to Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the Ranking Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and ...

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Issa to Obama: “Our National and Homeland Security must Supersede the Politics of the Moment.”

Continues Call for Chairman Towns to Hold Immediate and Bipartisan Oversight Hearings WASHINGTON D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today said the Obama Administration’s decision to discontinue ...

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Issa Calls on Towns for Bipartisan Oversight of FHA

Oversight of FHA Imperative to Prevent Another Taxpayer-Funded Bailout WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) has

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Issa Calls for Oversight Committee to Probe ‘Systemic Failure’ of Homeland Security and Intelligence Stove-Piping

WASHINGTON D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is calling for an immediate and bipartisan Committee investigation and hearing examining systemic failure that allowed an apparent Al-Qaeda terrorist to board a passenger plane with a bomb. ...

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IG-Less Fannie-Freddie has Become an Arm of the Treasury

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement today regarding the Obama Administration’s Christmas Eve gift to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: “Instead of moving to wind down Fannie and Freddie, the Obama Administration is signaling its intent ...

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No IG, No Problem, Obama Administration Lifts Cap on Fannie/Freddie

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement tonight regarding the Obama Administration’s Christmas Eve gift to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: “On Christmas Eve and with no Inspector General in place, the Obama Administration has given Fannie ...

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Fallen Heroes Family Act Makes Visas Available to Foreign Parents of Fallen U.S. Servicemembers

Bill will help Aid Military Families Following Loss WASHINGTON. D.C. - Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) recently introduced H.R. 4350, the "Fallen Heroes Family Act of 2009." Each year a number of military families who have lost a loved one face unnecessary difficulties and hardship when trying to bring a surviving parent ...

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Despite White House’s Stonewalling, Issa Presses Former Michelle Obama Chief of Staff Norris for Answers

How is This Different than Bush-US Attorney Firings? WASHINGTON. D.C. – Continuing the investigation into the removal of the Corporation for National and Community Service’s (CNCS) Inspector General Gerald Walpin for conducting an investigation that found

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Oversight Republicans Release Video Questioning President Obama’s Commitment to Afghanistan Strategy

WASHINGTON D.C. – The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Republican staff have released a video questioning President Barack Obama’s commitment to the Afghanistan war strategy.  In “The Case of the Schizo Strategy,” Oversight Police Officers Joe Thursday and Terry Transparency attempt to reveal the reasoning behind President Obama’s ambivalent call for the deployment of 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan while simultaneously revealing America’s ...