Press Releases

President Obama’s top official at the IRS has fallen far short of the President’s promise to work “hand in hand”

WASHINGTON - On Thursday August 1, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a hearing entitled “Department of Energy’s Bonneville Power Administration: Discriminating Against Veterans and Retaliating Against ...

“The totality of your ‘targeting’ investigation along with evidence obtained by the Committee points to the fact that the IRS may have selected certain conservative organizations for additional scrutiny after the IRS already approved their tax-exempt status."

Oversight Subcommittee to Hold Hearing Next Week WASHINGTON – Leaders on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on Ways and Means sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew yesterday seeking more information on the Administration’s decision to extend Obamacare’s premium tax credits to individuals enrolled in federal health insurance exchanges, which appears to violate the plain ...

WASHINGTON - Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee advanced H.R. 2793, the District of Columbia Financial Efficiency Act by unanimous consent. The legislation was introduced yesterday by Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., in response to ongoing financial management and efficiency concerns in D.C. “These simple reforms will improve the financial management of the District of Columbia government, ...

WASHINGTON – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Oversight Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today released the following statement on the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program’s (SIGTARP) report on the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) showing severe problems with the struggling ...

WASHINGTON - Today the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee advanced H.R. 899, the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act (UMITA), introduced by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-NC, along with three Democratic and one Republican cosponsors, on a vote of 22-17. The legislation reforms and strengthens the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA). UMRA was enacted to promote informed and deliberate decisions by ...

WASHINGTON - Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee advanced four bills designed to hold the federal government more accountable to taxpayers. “These commonsense reforms will curb government excess and help taxpayers hold their government accountable,” said Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif. “With a growing list of abuses by federal agencies, Americans are rapidly losing trust in government,” said Rep. Mark Meadows, R-NC, sponsor of one bill approved today. ...

WASHINGTON - The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today approved H.R. 2748, the Postal Reform Act of 2013, on a vote of 22-17. “I appreciate all of the amendments offered to improve this legislation today,” said Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., sponsor of the legislation. “The Committee has adopted a bill with broad input from all stakeholders that would bring USPS back to financial solvency with ...

WASHINGTON - The Coalition for the 21st Century Postal Service today endorsed H.R. 2748, the Postal Reform Act of 2013. The legislation, introduced by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., along with Postal Subcommittee Chairman Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, and Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., will be considered at a