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SALINAS, CA- The Environmental Protection Agency is "engaging in a disturbing 'sue and settle' strategy" according to Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. who held an oversight forum today in Salinas, California assessing the impact EPA actions have had on farmers and growers in his home state. "Our witnesses offered a powerful rebuke of the agency for their lack of outreach to the regulated community - which has resulted in significant regulatory threats to farmers and growers," said Issa who held the ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today made the following statement announcing a Committee Forum for Thursday that will examine how Federal policies affect innovation and job growth in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries: "The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the chief congressional committee charged with overseeing the federal government, has been conducting a broad ...

Policies Affecting High Tech Growth and Federal Adoption of Industry Best Practices Full Committee, Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif. Monday, April 18th at 9:00 a.m. in San Jose, CA The hearing will examine federal regulations and policies that impede the growth of high tech jobs and technologies and business practices that have been ...

Listening to America's Job Creators: Salinas Agriculture Forum   Title: Regulatory Impediments to Job Creation: Assessing the Cumulative Impact of EPA Regulation on America's Farmers   Hosted by: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., Rep. Sam Farr, D-Calif., Ranking Member of the Appropriations' Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural ...

WASHINGTON - Today the House of Representatives approved the visionary Fiscal Year 2012 budget by a vote of 235-193. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform commented, "The Path to Prosperity budget sets the stage for critical cost-cutting reforms from the federal workforce that reduce the deficit and help grow our economy. The Oversight Committee has estimated that federal workforce reforms put forth in ...

  WASHINGTON- Today the House of Representatives voted to approve H.R. 1473 by 260-167, funding the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year while cutting roughly $39 billion from this year’s spending. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement:   “The Federal government has a spending problem and while this funding resolution ...

WASHINGTON- The chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security is demanding answers from Transportation Security Administration (TSA) chief John Pistole on another shocking incident of TSA misconduct. The letter was prompted by a video posted online over the weekend showing a small girl, reported to be six years old, undergoing an invasive pat-down at the hands of ...

  Hearing will examine the severity of debt obligations and need for spending cuts WASHINGTON. D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today announced that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker will testify at the committee’s April 14, 2011, hearing “State and Municipal Debt: Tough Choices Ahead”  to be held at 9:30 a.m. ...

*** All Hearings Will Be Webcast Live @ https://oversight.house.gov***   TUESDAY, APRIL 5th Are Postal Workforce Costs Sustainable? Full Committee, Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif. Tuesday, April 5th at 9:45 a.m. in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building Can the United ...

Subpoena comes after ATF fails to meet earlier deadline WASHINGTON. D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today announced the issuance of a subpoena to the Department of Justices' Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) for documents related to the highly controversial "Project Gunrunner."   "The unwillingness of this Administration ...