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WASHINGTON - Today the House of Representatives approved the visionary Fiscal Year 2012 budget by a vote of 235-193. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform commented, "The Path to Prosperity budget sets the stage for critical cost-cutting reforms from the federal workforce that reduce the deficit and help grow our economy. The Oversight Committee has estimated that federal workforce reforms put forth in this budget will save ...

WASHINGTON- Today the House of Representatives voted to approve H.R. 1473 by 260-167, funding the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year while cutting roughly $39 billion from this year’s spending. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement: “The Federal government has a spending problem and while this funding resolution does not cut enough, it is a clear and positive change ...

WASHINGTON- The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today passed three accountability and performance related bills: two targeting seriously tax delinquent federal employees, grantees, and contractors, and the third expanding the probationary period for newly hired federal employees. “The bills we reported today further the Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s core mission of ensuring that money Washington takes from taxpayers is well spent, and ...

WASHINGTON- The chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security is demanding answers from Transportation Security Administration (TSA) chief John Pistole on another shocking incident of TSA misconduct. The letter was prompted by a video posted online over the weekend showing a small girl, reported to be six years old, undergoing an invasive pat-down at the hands of TSA ...

Hearing will examine the severity of debt obligations and need for spending cuts WASHINGTON. D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today announced that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker will testify at the committee’s April 14, 2011, hearing “State and Municipal Debt: Tough Choices Ahead”  to be held at 9:30 a.m. in room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building. “Spending at the ...

WASHINGTON, DC – The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released "Meet Your Oversight Watchdogs: Rep. Paul Gosar," the fourth in a series of videos to introduce committee members to the American people. Rep. Gosar serves the people of Arizona's First Congressional District as Vice Chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census & the National Archives ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following video explaining today's subpoena of the Department of Justices' Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) for documents related to the highly controversial "Project ...

Subpoena comes after ATF fails to meet earlier deadline WASHINGTON. D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today announced the issuance of a subpoena to the Department of Justices' Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) for documents related to the highly controversial "Project Gunrunner." "The unwillingness of this Administration – most specifically the Bureau of ...

Report also details efforts by Department lawyers to obstruct the committee's investigation WASHINGTON. D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today released a report: "A New Era of Openness? How and Why Political staff at DHS Interfered with the FOIA Process." The report details the ...

Date: Thursday March 31th, 2011 Start Time: 9:30 a.m. Location: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building Witnesses: Panel I: • Mary Ellen Callahan, Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security • Ivan Fong ,General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security Panel II: • Charles Edwards, Acting Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security • John Verdi, Senior Counsel, ...