Press Releases

Letter to FBI asks if spillage was fully investigated and remediated WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey asking for information related to unauthorized individuals gaining access to classified information due to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. Chairman Chaffetz previously ...

Chairmen identify specific examples of false statements given before Congress   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) sent a letter ...

Letter requests information on timing of cash delivery WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry asking for information surrounding the Obama administration’s $400 million cash payment to Iran.  The letter also requests Secretary Kerry to appear at a future Oversight Committee ...

Asks WMATA for details on officer accused of aiding ISIS WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), along with Subcommittee Chairmen Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Mark Meadows (R-NC), and John Mica (R-FL) sent a letter to Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) General Manager Paul Wiedefeld asking for information surrounding the arrest of ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) sent letters to 18 executive-branch agencies requesting information on how they comply with the Hatch Act. The Hatch Act prohibits using funds from the United States Treasury to pay for costs associated with political activity by executive branch employees. Key excerpt from the letters: “The Hatch Act regulations ...

Requests information on conversions of employees from non-career, political positions to career positions WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) sent letters to 23 of the 24 ...

Washington, D.C.—Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform overwhelmingly passed two bipartisan bills to overhaul the U.S. Postal Service. H.R. 5714, the Postal Service Reform Act, which was cosponsored by Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Reps. Mark ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (UT-03) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (VA-06) sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia requesting an investigation into whether former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton committed perjury and made false statements when ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1777, the Presidential Allowance Modernization Act sponsored by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD). The legislation limits the pensions of former presidents, increases the pensions of surviving spouses, and limits the allowances provided ...

Legislation spearheaded by Reps. Palmer, Meadows, Buck, Walberg, Walker, and Ross passes House WASHINGTON, D.C.—This morning, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4361, the Government Reform and Improvement Act (GRIA) sponsored by Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL). GRIA includes important good government reforms offered by Reps. Mark Meadows ...