Hearings

Chairman Darrell Issa Hearing Preview Statement Tuesday’s hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will examine the effects of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) program dubbed “Operation Fast and Furious.”  Specifically, we will review the impact of this program on our neighbor to the south, on our agents working in, and on the people of Mexico. The Committee’s task today is serious, and the Administration’s ...

Chairman Darrell Issa Hearing Preview Statement Thursday's hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, entitled "Consumer Financial Protection Efforts: Answers Needed," will give Professor Elizabeth Warren an opportunity to explain the administration's goals for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which was established last year under the Dodd-Frank Act. On July 21, 2011, the CFBP will assume its broad powers to regulate all ...

Joint Hearing with the Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight, and Government Spending and the House Committee on Education and Workforce's Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training

Chairman Issa Hearing Preview Statement Thursday's hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, entitled "Cybersecurity: Assessing the Immediate Threat to the United States," is the first in a series of hearings to examine the nature and extent of the current threat to America's digital infrastructure. In recent months, the Committee has consulted with officials from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of ...