Press Releases

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement today regarding the Obama Administration’s Christmas Eve gift to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: “Instead of moving to wind down Fannie and Freddie, the Obama Administration is signaling its intent to use them as arms of the Treasury to enact public policy indefinitely resulting in the ongoing commitment of taxpayer money ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement tonight regarding the Obama Administration’s Christmas Eve gift to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: “On Christmas Eve and with no Inspector General in place, the Obama Administration has given Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a blank check at the expense of the American taxpayers.  This is a continuation of the bailout policies ...

Bill will help Aid Military Families Following Loss WASHINGTON. D.C. - Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) recently introduced H.R. 4350, the "Fallen Heroes Family Act of 2009." Each year a number of military families who have lost a loved one face unnecessary difficulties and hardship when trying to bring a surviving parent legally to the United States to raise the U.S. service member’s child.  Recently, the task has been accomplished through the difficult ...

Candidate-Obama, January 26, 2008, After Winning the South Carolina Democratic Primary: “We are up against the idea that it's acceptable to say anything and do anything to win an election. We know that this is exactly what’s wrong with our politics; this is why people don’t believe what their leaders say anymore; this is why they tune out. And this election is our chance to give the American people a reason to believe again.” WASHINGTON. D.C. – ...

How is This Different than Bush-US Attorney Firings? WASHINGTON. D.C. – Continuing the investigation into the removal of the Corporation for National and Community Service’s (CNCS) Inspector General Gerald Walpin for conducting an investigation that found significant wrongdoing and allegations of sexual misconduct

WASHINGTON D.C. – The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Republican staff have released a video questioning President Barack Obama’s commitment to the Afghanistan war strategy.  In “The Case of the Schizo Strategy,” Oversight Police Officers Joe Thursday and Terry Transparency attempt to reveal the reasoning behind President Obama’s ambivalent call for the deployment of 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan while ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement today regarding the Department of Justice’s decision to file papers in federal court arguing for a reversal of the Eastern Court Judge Nina Gershon’s ruling last week which found a congressional ban on funding for ACORN to be a bill of attainder: “Given the numerous ongoing investigations being conducted surrounding ACORN’s ...

Resolution offers new alternative to Cap & Trade, Endangerment ruling threats to the economy WASHINGTON D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa, Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee today announced that he, along with House Republican colleagues will introduce a joint resolution blocking the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “endangerment” ruling – an ill-advised decision to treat the carbon dioxide that humans exhale as a ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Republicans have sent a letter to President Barack Obama expressing concern over the Administration’s intention to redirect taxpayer money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to pay for new programs. “We are deeply troubled by your willingness to ignore the clear intent of Congress, ...

“My plan contains the largest investment increase in our nation's infrastructure since President Eisenhower created the national highway system half a century ago.  We'll invest more than $100 billion and create nearly 400,000 jobs rebuilding our roads, our railways, our dangerously deficient dams, bridges and levees...” – President Barack Obama, 2/11/2009 in Springfield, VA