Oversight Committee Hearing Schedule for April 4th to April 8th
*** 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 States Postal Service survive as its employees are paid increasingly higher wages while their workload decreases? Currently, 80 cents of every dollar the Postal Service spends goes to workforce costs. As of 2003, the Postal Service paid a 34.2% wage premium to its employees over comparable private sector labor, and wages have only risen since. In an as-yet unsigned contract with their largest union, the Postal Service expanded “no-layoff” protection to thousands of new employees. The Postmaster General, the President of the American Postal Workers Union, and two members of Postal Board of Governors are expected to testify.
Waste, Abuse and Mismanagement in Government Health Care
Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives, Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-SC.
Tuesday, April 5th at 1:30 p.m. in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building
The Government Accountability Office has estimated that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) loses at least $100 billion a year to wasteful spending and fraud. Other sources estimate even greater losses. This hearing will examine the persistence of waste, fraud, and abuse in government-managed health care systems.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6th
Assessing the Impact of Greenhouse Gas Regulations on Small Business
Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending, Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio
Wednesday, April 6th at 1:30 p.m. in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building
Did the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) adequately examine the impact of Greenhouse Gas regulations on small business? Continuing the ongoing series assessing the cumulative impact that Federal regulations have on job creation in the United States, this hearing will examine how EPA greenhouse gas regulations serve as regulatory barriers to job creation, focusing on small business.
THURSDAY, APRIL 7th
Regulatory Barriers to American Indian Job Creation
Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform, Chairman James Lankford, R-Okla.
Thursday, April 7th at 1:30 p.m. in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building
What federal actions impede economic development on sovereign tribal lands? Do systemic failures at the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) harm economic development on tribal land by not adequately establishing tribal transportation, judicial, and education systems?
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