Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement after learning of the arrest of the information security officer for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 on four counts of possession of child pornography, a class II felony. “If true, the level of ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Last night, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) sent the following letter to Secretary of State John Kerry after it was revealed that the U.S. Department of State intentionally deleted video footage of a question and answer exchange related to secret bilateral talks with Iran on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of ...

Refers matter for criminal investigation to DOJ and Oregon Attorney General WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released a staff report titled, “How Mismanagement and Political Interference Squandered $305 Million Federal Taxpayer Dollars.”  The report details findings from the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of State, Office of Inspector General’s (IG) report titled, Office of the Secretary: Evaluation of Email Records Management and Cybersecurity Requirement: "Long-standing weaknesses with the preservation of federal email records clearly exist within the Office of the Secretary of State. Over time, ...

Legislation spearheaded by Subcommittee Chairman Mark Meadows WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5233, the Clarifying Congressional Intent in Providing for DC Home Rule Act of 2016, sponsored by Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Mark Meadows (R-NC). The bill explicitly repeals the Local Budget Autonomy Act of ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, in advance of the House Judiciary Committee’s May 24, 2016 hearing to examine misconduct by Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) introduced a resolution (H. Res. 737) to censure Commissioner Koskinen.  The resolution offers Congressional ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Oversight and Government Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) sent letters to Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) Administrator Howard Shelanski and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell urging their immediate compliance with Congressional subpoenas. Both officials have delayed the Committee’s investigations on important ...

 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a mark-up to consider multiple pieces of legislation, including Audit the Fed and DC Budget Autonomy. The following actions were taken by the Committee. The Committee approved the following legislation:

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement in response to a flash alert issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) that found vulnerabilities in programs used by the agency’s 18F team. 

Policy comes following intense scrutiny from Chairman Chaffetz Today, House Oversight and Government Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) issued the following statement after the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) announced the first federal government-wide policy approving the use of publicly available social media data in the security clearance investigation process for federal employees and contractors. "It defied ...