Hearings

Chairman Darrell Issa Hearing Preview Statement Thursday's hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform fulfills the committee's responsibility to safeguard the federal contracting and procurement processes from the exploitation and the undue influence of partisan political concerns. Recently, the Obama administration circulated a proposed Executive Order that would direct federal agencies to require contractors to disclose political expenditures ...

Chairman Darrell Issa Hearing Preview Statement Tuesday's hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will provide lawmakers with an opportunity to better understand how securities regulations have harmed public and private capital formation in the United States. For many years, the U.S. has been recognized as having the largest, most liquid, and most competitive capital markets in the world. Yet for the last two decades, capital formation – ...

Chairman Darrell Issa Hearing Preview Statement Since the passage of the Presidential Records Act 33 years ago, electronic media and information technology have proliferated across the federal government. Yet Congress has not undertaken a legislative effort to update the law and meet the demands of the digital information age. Three different presidents have issued executive orders to supplement the Presidential Records Act, but each has addressed issues relating to ...

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