Releases

Title: "Operation Fast and Furious: Reckless Decisions, Tragic Outcomes" Date/Time: 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday June 15th Location: Room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building This hearing will examine the tragic consequences of Operation Fast and Furious, started by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives in the fall of 2009. In Fast and Furious, ATF encouraged gun store owners to sell ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today made the following statement on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspector General’s report that criticized Chairman Gregory Jaczko: “The NRC Inspector General’s report paints an embarrassing picture of a bully whose use of deceit and manipulation is ruining the integrity of a respected independent regulatory agency. It’s quite clear that closer Congressional ...

WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., has invited Recovery and Accountability Board Chairman Earl Devaney to testify alongside Nevada State Controller Kim Wallin and open government experts on Tuesday. The hearing will focus on solutions to increasing the transparency and accountability of the federal government. It follows up on the

Title: "Operation Fast and Furious: Reckless Decisions, Tragic Outcomes" Date/Time: 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday June 15th Location: Room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building This hearing will examine the tragic consequences of Operation Fast and Furious, started by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives in the fall of 2009. ...

(WASHINGTON)—House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) today released the following statement on news of a major oil/gas discovery in the offshore Gulf of Mexico. The Committee has held hearings in the last month regarding the 2010 spill response effects on the Gulf economy, and on Obama Administration policies impacting domestic energy production. Statement from Chairman Issa: "Today's announcement is good news—but ...

WEDNESDAY JUNE 1st Official Time: Good Value for the Taxpayer? Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy, Chairman Dennis Ross, R-Fla. 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday June 1st in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building. Official time is granted to a federal employee by his or her agency to perform ...

WASHINGTON- The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will host senior administration officials next Tuesday at a 9:00 a.m. hearing examining administration policies on domestic oil and gas production. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson will testify alongside Department of the Interior Deputy Secretary David Hayes. "We're looking for answers from this administration on some very fundamental questions about the future of ...

Title: Obstruction of Justice: Does the Justice Department Have to Respond to a Lawfully Issued and Valid Congressional Subpoena? Date/Time: 1:30 p.m. on Monday June 13th Location: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building This hearing will examine the constitutional questions raised by both the Department of Justice's refusal to comply with a Congressional subpoena as well as the withholding of ...

Who: Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense & Foreign Operations, head of Speaker Boehner's House Technology Operations Team and frequent

(WASHINGTON) -- House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement regarding President Obama's nomination of John Bryson to serve as Secretary of Commerce: "With gas prices at nearly four dollars a gallon, it's certainly eye-catching that President Obama has nominated a founder of an organization that opposes efforts to increase domestic oil production to serve as the nation's key advocate for our economic interests. ...