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Issa Statement on President Obama’s Address to Congress

  WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement on President Obama’s address to a Joint Session of Congress this evening:     “Across the ideological spectrum, Republicans and Democrats alike recognize the need for what President Obama called an ‘unprecedented oversight effort’ ...
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Ranking Member Issa Calls on Administration to Abandon Plans to Politicize Census

  WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today released the following statement regarding the nomination of former Washington Governor Gary Locke as President Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Commerce:     “I look forward to working with the incoming Secretary to ensure he has ...
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Fiscal Responsibility Not Possible Without Addressing Waste, Fraud, Abuse and Mismanagement

WASHINGTON D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) called for a newfound commitment to address waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement in the federal bureaucracy at today’s White House “Fiscal Responsibility Summit.”  Issa participated in the “Defense Contracting and Procurement” breakout session moderated by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Deputy Secretary of State Jack Lew, and White ...
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White House Fiscal Responsibility Summit an Opportunity to Produce Solutions, Not Just Rhetoric

  WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) has accepted an invitation to participate in the President’s “Fiscal Responsibility Summit” that will be held on Monday afternoon. The summit will include members of his Administration, congressional representatives from both parties and advocacy ...
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Ranking Member Issa Calls on White House to Clarify E-Mail Archiving Policy

  WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter to the White House today calling on the Administration to clarify by March 4th their policies related to the preservation and retention of e-mails that fall under the authority of the Presidential Records Act.     “President Obama has called ...
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Ranking Member Issa Calls on Inspectors General to Take Immediate Preemptive Action to Avoid Stimulus Waste

  WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today sent a letter to the Inspectors General of federal agencies receiving funds from the ‘American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’ calling on them to put “proactive measures in place to ensure these billions do not fall victim to programmatic failures and bureaucratic ...
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Ranking Member Issa Calls for Rigorous Oversight of “Stimulus” Funds

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement regarding the $1.1 trillion spending bill signed into law by President Obama today:     “In his first week in office, President Obama called for an ‘unprecedented effort to root our waste, inefficiency, and unnecessary ...
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Issa Protests Congress’ Failure to Limit Spending, Votes ‘No’ on Stimulus

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA), expressing disappointment in Congress’ failure to limit spending provisions to those that will create jobs and invigorate the economy, voted against the $790 billion economic stimulus package.     “This stimulus package was crafted with lobbyists and ...
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House Republicans Call on White House to Abandon Census Power Grab

  WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) joined other House Republicans today at a press conference today to urge President Barack Obama to abandon his plan to politicize the census process.     “Commanding the Census Director to report directly to the White House is a naked ...
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Congressman Flake Calls for Better Tracking of Weapons Going Into Afghanistan

  National Security Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Afghan Arms       Washington, D.C. – Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, ranking member of the National Security and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, today called for better tracking of U.S.-supplied weapons going into ...