Press Releases

Oversight Committee plans to pursue all remedies for accountability https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6kpXaxc87k WASHINGTON—Today, Chairman Jason Chaffetz along with 20 members of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee joined together in calling upon President Obama to remove Internal Revenue ...

WASHINGTON—House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT)) released the following statement in response to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) opinion on Inspector General (IG) access to documents: “Today’s opinion places another roadblock in the path of IGs as they work to hold federal agencies accountable and ferret out waste, fraud, and abuse. Nothing should interfere with an IG’s ability to ...

WASHINGTON— Today the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a mark up to consider six pieces of legislation along with six postal naming bills. The following actions were taken by the Committee: H.R. 598, the Taxpayers Right-To-Know ...

Criminal Justice Reform: Part I Criminal Justice Reform: Part II Witnesses: The Honorable John Cornyn, Senator, Texas The Honorable Cory Booker, Senator, New Jersey The Honorable Jim Sensenbrenner, Representative, Wisconsin 5th District The ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republican leaders of three congressional committees today wrote to the Department of Labor and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to call for the withdrawal of the administration’s proposed blacklisting guidance and regulation. Expressing concern over the anticipated harmful consequences of the proposal, leaders on the Education and the Workforce Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Small Business Committee explain: The ...

Administrator refuses to produce documents despite numerous Congressional inquiries WASHINGTON – Today, after repeated efforts to work with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz issued a subpoena to Administrator Howard Shelanski to produce documents and communications related to the agency’s review of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. Upon issuing the subpoena ...

WASHINGTON—House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement in response to today’s announcement that U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Archuleta is resigning. “This is the absolute right call. OPM needs a competent, technically savvy leader to manage the biggest cybersecurity crisis in this nation’s history. The IG has been warning about security lapses at OPM for almost a ...

Witnesses: Michael J. Courts, Director International Affairs and Trade, U.S. Government Accountability Office Lydia Muniz, Director, Bureau of Overseas Building Operations (OBO), U.S. Department of State Gregory B. Starr, Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS), U.S. Department of State Donald S. Hays, Senior Inspector, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of State Jarrett Blanc, Senior Inspector, Principal Deputy Special ...

Agency Has Repeatedly Hindered Congressional Oversight Efforts WASHINGTON—Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued a subpoena for documents to U. S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson. Due to repeated failures ...

Information of 21.5 Million Individuals Compromised  WASHINGTON—House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement in response to today’s OPM announcement that the personal and sensitive information of 21.5 million individuals was compromised in the breach. This statement follows two separate Oversight Committee hearings on