Press Releases

“Today’s report magnifies our concerns about the breadth and depth of the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of organizations for their political beliefs. Unfortunately, the report raises more questions than it answers..."

WASHINGTON – The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements will hold a hearing on Thursday, May 16th entitled “Opportunities Lost: Constraints on Oil and Gas Production on Federal Lands and Waters.”   The hearing will examine the Department of the Interior’s policies towards energy production on federal lands and waters. In particular, it will focus on ...

“We need to take advantage of technology to save taxpayer money, and that means doing more with less by consolidating federal data centers,” said Subcommittee Chairman John Mica, R-Fla.

“This is obviously disturbing. Coming within a week of revelations that the White House lied to the American people about the Benghazi attacks and the IRS targeted conservative Americans for their political beliefs, Americans should take notice that top Obama Administration officials increasingly...

“During [Wednesday’s] hearing, the findings and methodology of the State Department’s ‘Accountability Review Board’ (ARB) were discussed frequently,” Issa wrote in his letter to Pickering.

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair Demands Accountability during Meet the Press Interview WASHINGTON- Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press with David Gregory, Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., spoke about the Committee’s investigation into the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of certain tax-exempt organizations for their political beliefs. “The bottom line is they ...

Amb. Pickering Declines to Defend White House, State Department Accounts of Attack Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa said on Monday the Committee will formally ask the Benghazi Accountability Review Board co-chairs, Ambassador Thomas Pickering and Admiral Mike Mullen, to submit to bipartisan depositions with Committee investigators.  The ...

“The fact that Americans were targeted by the IRS because of their political beliefs is unconscionable. The Committee will aggressively follow up on the IG report and hold responsible officials accountable for this political retaliation.”

Washington, D.C. – An investigative panel of the U.S. House of Representatives heard the Government Accountability Office (GAO) testify that Transportation Worker Identification Card Program, TWIC, pilot program to produce a reader for access to our ports continues to flounder.   U.S. Rep. and Chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations John Mica said “After more than a decade and hundreds of millions of dollars spent, TSA has ...

“Today’s hearing offered officials at the State Department the opportunity to be heard. These witnesses revealed new information that undermines the Obama Administration’s assertion that there are no more questions left to answer about Benghazi...