Hearings

Joint Hearing with the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure

Chairman Darrell Issa Hearing Preview Statement Thursday’s hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, entitled “Waste and Abuse: The Refuse of the Federal Spending Binge,” comes during the very week that President Obama presented a $3.73 trillion budget request to Congress that requires a record $1.65 trillion in deficit spending, pushes the national debt to surpass GDP for the first time since World War II, and uses budget gimmicks to ...

Chairman James Lankford Opening Statement This is the first meeting of the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform. This hearing will focus on, “Unfunded Mandates and Regulatory Overreach” Since the founding of our Nation, the federal government has had to balance its own authority with that of the states, counties, and cities. While each has a unique responsibility to serve their constituents, ...

Chairman Issa's Hearing Preview Statement Thursday’s hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, entitled “Regulatory Impediments to Job Creation,” presents an opportunity for policymakers to hear important testimony from the front lines of our economic recovery. Despite the President’s promise that the stimulus would keep unemployment below 8 percent and grow the GDP to more than $15.2 trillion, the US economy has experienced negligible ...