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WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today responded to the Energy Department's announcement that their $730 million loan to Severstal, a Russian steel company, will not be granted. Chairman Issa initially looked into the loan in October and brought to light the questionable decision to 

1,139 Hearings Now Open to American Taxpayers WASHINGTON, DC – House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today announced the successful completion of a year-long hearing video pilot project that has made 1,139 Oversight hearings accessible to taxpayers online. Last January, Issa launched the video initiative with House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) as an important step towards a more transparent House of Representatives. ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today announced that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has been scheduled to testify on February 2 about the Department of Justice's knowledge of, and response to, gunwalking that occurred in Operation Fast and Furious. The Attorney General will be asked to address management deficiencies within the Department that occurred both during and after the conclusion of Operation Fast and Furious. This will ...

(WASHINGTON)—Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today released the following statement regarding President Obama's decision to make "recess appointments" to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB): "As President Obama gets closer to the election, he seems more and more willing to take highly controversial actions that put the interests of union bosses ahead of job creators and workers. "These appointments underscore the importance of the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., has requested that Attorney General Eric Holder testify before the Oversight Committee on January 24, 2012.  Issa noted that the committee has offered AG Holder six alternate dates. In the letter, Issa explains that the hearing will cover what senior Justice Department officials could have - and should have - done to prevent a reckless program like Operation Fast and Furious. Read the ...

WASHINGTON- In his final "Chairman's Corner" column, Earl Devaney, top watchdog on the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board and head of the President's Government Accountability and Transparency Board, endorsed legislation that would take his successful Recovery Board model and expand it government-wide to combat waste, fraud and abuse. Devaney wrote: "There is bi-partisan legislation now in the Congress — ...

Washington, DC – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today announced that two additional witnesses will be present at tomorrow's hearing on the ongoing leadership crisis at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The following witnesses will testify on a second panel after the five commissioners: Mr. Bill Borchardt Executive Director for Operations who joined NRC staff in ...

WASHINGTON —Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs Subcommittee Chairman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) today called on Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan to take immediate action to bar the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, from wasting additional taxpayer money. A recent Department of Housing and Urban Development Inspector General (IG) Report revealed a ...

(WASHINGTON)—Oversight and Government Reform Committee leaders today called attention to a clear conflict of interest involving a widely-quoted source used by Committee Democratic members in support of President Obama's health care law. This assessment was included in a letter from Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and National Archives Subcommittee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) to Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and Subcommittee Ranking Member ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., today announced an investigation into the Drug Enforcement Agency's alleged laundering of millions of dollars in Mexican drug cartel money. The New York Times reported that the DEA employed similar tactics with money laundering as were seen in ATF's ...