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Statement of Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa on Debt Ceiling Vote

(WASHINGTON)—House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement on tonight's House vote on the question of raising the debt ceiling: "The American people have shown their willingness to sacrifice through tough economic times and Congress should follow their lead. "Government debt is crushing our economic growth potential and saddling future generations with a crippling burden. Every dollar the ...
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Oversight Committee Questions NRC on Non-cooperation with Review of Japanese Nuclear Disaster

WASHINGTON- In letters to the chairmen of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS), House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., is requesting information on the NRC's lack of cooperation with an independent review of the Commission's response to the events at Fukushima Daiichi. In early April, the ACRS, an independent committee within the NRC, launched an important review of the lessons ...
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Issa Statement on Administration Efforts to Address Job Killing Regulations

Washington, DC – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued the following statement on the Administration's efforts to address job-killing regulations: "Any effort on the part of the President to make the regulatory system more predictable, more transparent, and less onerous for job creators is progress—and I'll take it. Job creators, however, have made clear that the flawed regulations that hurt the most are new and proposed ...
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Obama Administration Pursuing Policies that Raise Prices at the Pump, Subject of Oversight Hearing and Report

WASHINGTON — House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today led a hearing and highlighted a new report documenting Obama Administration policies that negatively impact domestic energy prices. Members heard testimony from EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and Deputy Interior Secretary David Hayes. "The United States has the largest reserves in the world—resources that can provide good paying American jobs and fuel our economic expansion. ...
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Friendly Skies for Big Labor?

Oversight Reviews Federal Board's Reversal of 75 year-old Rule in Labor Elections WASHINGTON- Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., chairman of the oversight subcommittee on labor policy, are concerned labor union political influence may have compromised independence of the group charged with mediating airline labor disputes. In a ...
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Chairman Issa Statement on EPA Boiler MACT Rule Delay

WASHINGTON, D.C —House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today released the following statement regarding an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision to delay implementation of a new rule impacting operators of large boilers: "EPA's proposed Boiler MACT rule would put more than 300,000 U.S. jobs at risk. The agency's decision to delay implementation of this rule is a temporary stay of career execution for these ...
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House Oversight Committee Chairman Issa, Reps. Gowdy and Ross Request NLRB Documents on Boeing Action and Lawsuits Targeting Worker Protection Amendments

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) action against the Boeing Company and efforts to invalidate constitutional amendments in two states are likely to impact America's economic recovery and should be carefully reviewed given the current climate. Those were the words of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), and committee members Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL) and Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), in a May 12 letter to NLRB ...
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Issa and Graves Statements on Bipartisan Letter from U.S. Senators Rejecting Executive Order to Politicize Procurement

Washington, DC – House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves issued the following statements on a letter sent today by a bipartisan group of Senators including Rob Portman (R- Ohio), Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) opposing the President's executive ...
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USPS posts $2.6 billion loss; Oversight Hearing to Discuss Challenges Facing the Mailing Industry

WASHINGTON- Four major mailing industry representatives will testify tomorrow morning to the postal service subcommittee of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on challenges facing that industry. Yesterday the United States Postal Service announced that it lost $2.6 billion in the six months ending March 31. Although USPS is the single largest employer in the mailing sector, it represents only 8.3 % of total industry jobs. As of 2009, the ...
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OMB to Testify at Thursday Hearing on President’s DISCLOSE Act Executive Order

WASHINGTON. D.C. – The White House last night agreed to provide Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy Daniel Gordon as a witness for Thursday's Joint Committee hearing of the House Oversight Committee and House Small Business Committee, "Politicizing Procurement: Would President Obama's Proposal Curb Free Speech and Hurt Small Business?" Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Small Business ...