Oversight Committee Hearing Schedule for May 30th to June 3rd
WEDNESDAY JUNE 1st
Official Time: Good Value for the Taxpayer?
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy, Chairman Dennis Ross, R-Fla.
1:30 p.m. on Wednesday June 1st in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.
Official time is granted to a federal employee by his or her agency to perform representational functions on behalf of a labor union during work hours. This time is granted without charging annual leave and without loss of pay. This hearing will examine the use of official time by federal employees in the executive branch, including the amount and purposes for which official time is actually being used.
Duplication, Overlap, and Inefficiencies in Federal Welfare Programs
Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending, Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.
2:00 p.m. on Wednesday June 1st in 2247 Rayburn House Office Building.
The hearing will focus on overlap among federal social welfare programs as identified by the 2011 GAO report on duplicative spending. The full committee held a hearing on the duplicative spending report in March.
THURSDAY JUNE 2nd
Making the Gulf Coast Whole Again: Assessing the Recovery Efforts of BP and the Obama Administration After the Oil Spill
Full Committee, Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif.
9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 2nd in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.
The hearing will take a look at the recovery process on the gulf coast a little more than one year after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, and examine the effectiveness of the response.
** This Hearing Will Be Webcast at OVERSIGHT.HOUSE.GOV**
IRS E-File and Identify Theft
Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and Financial Management, Chairman Todd Platts, R-Pa.
12:30 p.m. on Thursday June 2nd in 2247 Rayburn House Office Building.
This hearing will examine the Internal Revenue Services’ ability to detect fraudulently e-filed tax returns and assess their efforts to solve the problem.
Pathway to FDA Medical Device Approval: Is There a Better Way?
Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives , Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-SC
1:30 p.m. on Thursday June 2nd in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.
This hearing will examine the regulatory methodology of medical device approval at the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health. Committee members will study FDA’s inconsistent standards in approving medical devices, and the impact this has on American job creators. Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, Director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, and Representative Erik Paulsen, R-Minn., will testify. Mr. Paulsen chairs the House Medical Device Caucus. This hearing was rescheduled from April 14th
FRIDAY JUNE 3rd
H.R. 735 and Project Labor Agreements: Restoring Competition and Neutrality to Government Construction Projects
Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform, Chairman James Lankford, R-Okla.
10:00 a.m. on Friday June 3rd in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building
This legislative hearing will focus on H.R. 735 the Government Neutrality in Contracting Act, introduced by Rep. John Sullivan, R-Okla. H.R. 735 restores neutrality into government contracting by nullifying a Presidential Executive Order designed to encourage the use of union labor in government construction projects. The use of mandated Project Labor Agreements increases costs, reduces competition and shuts out small businesses and non-union tradesmen. You can read a statement from Rep. Sullivan on his bill here. The Oversight Committee heard from American job creators affected by Project Labor Agreements at a subcommittee hearing in March.
** This Hearing Will Be Webcast at OVERSIGHT.HOUSE.GOV**