Press Releases

WASHINGTON- For every three federal employees that retire, only one new employee will be hired, according to H.R. 2114, the Reducing the Size of the Federal Government Through Attrition Act of 2011 introduced by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee leaders. Drawing on recommendations from the President's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, introduced the bill ...

Who: Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense & Foreign Operations, head of Speaker Boehner's House Technology Operations Team and frequent

Oil Spill Moratorium Bad for American Jobs, Energy Production WASHINGTON. D.C. – The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today released "No Excuse to Shut Down an Industry," a new video in which Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour underscores the far-reaching hardships Gulf residents face as a result of the Obama Administration's response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Gov. Barbour testified before the ...

Washington, DC – Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a report titled “The BP Oil Spill Recovery Effort: The Legacy of Choices Made by the Obama Administration.”  The report examines the adequacy of the response to the Gulf Oil Spill and decisions made by the Obama Administration. “The response to the oil spill was a partnership between the White House and BP.  While the arrangement may have worked well for BP and the White House, many ...

(WASHINGTON)—House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement on tonight's House vote on the question of raising the debt ceiling: "The American people have shown their willingness to sacrifice through tough economic times and Congress should follow their lead. "Government debt is crushing our economic growth potential and saddling future generations with a crippling burden. Every dollar the government spends comes from either the ...

WASHINGTON- In letters to the chairmen of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS), House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., is requesting information on the NRC's lack of cooperation with an independent review of the Commission's response to the events at Fukushima Daiichi. In early April, the ACRS, an independent committee within the NRC, launched an important review of the lessons learned from ...

Washington, DC – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued the following statement on the Administration's efforts to address job-killing regulations: "Any effort on the part of the President to make the regulatory system more predictable, more transparent, and less onerous for job creators is progress—and I'll take it. Job creators, however, have made clear that the flawed regulations that hurt the most are new and proposed regulations that are ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, Rep. Tom Cole, and Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves today introduced legislation that would prohibit federal agencies from collecting or using information relating to campaign contributions and other political expenditures by potential contractors in the federal procurement process. In April, the Administration floated the idea of an Executive Order requiring federal agencies to collect ...

WASHINGTON — House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today led a hearing and highlighted a new report documenting Obama Administration policies that negatively impact domestic energy prices. Members heard testimony from EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and Deputy Interior Secretary David Hayes. "The United States has the largest reserves in the world—resources that can provide good paying American jobs and fuel our economic expansion. But standing between ...

WASHINGTON — A report released today by Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa highlights evidence that the statements by President Obama and Energy Secretary Chu about intentionally raising energy costs for Americans can be seen across the federal government: from blocking production in the Gulf of Mexico, ...