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TSA Oversight Part I: Whole Body Imaging
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Regulatory Impediments to Job Creation: The Cost of Doing Business in the Construction Industry
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State and Municipal Debt: The Coming Crisis? Part II
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Obamacare: Why the need for waivers?

Subcommittee Chairman Trey Gowdy Opening Statement The purpose of the oversight committee is not necessarily to balance the relative merits or demerits of a law or proposed legislation. Other committees do that. Oversight is calculated to ensure trust and confidence in the institutions of government – to investigate areas that demand transparency and accountability. Our duty is to ask fair questions with an expectation of an honest and complete answer on ...
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Transparency Through Technology: Evaluating Federal Open-Government Initiatives
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Red to Black: Improving the Collection of Delinquent Debt Owed to the Government
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Joint Hearing “Financial Management, Work Force, and Operations at the SEC: Who’s Watching Wall Street’s Watchdog?”

Joint Hearing with the Subcommittee on Government Organization and the Subcommittee on TARP and Financial Services
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A Look at the FY2010 Consolidated Financial Statements of the U.S. Government
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Are Federal Workers Underpaid?

Subcommittee Chairman Dennis Ross Opening Statement We are here today to discuss whether federal employees are compensated fairly. According to the Office of Personnel Management the average salary for federal employees was $74,311 in 2010. The average private sector worker earned $50,462, according to an August 10, 2010 analysis conducted by the Cato Institute. The federal government also pays an average of 36 percent of employees’ base pay health insurance ...
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Assessing the Cumulative Impact of Regulation on U.S. Manufacturers