Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Two senior House members today called on the Justice Department to appeal a recent decision in federal district court which found a congressional ban on funding for ACORN to be a bill of attainder.  House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and House Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) today sent a

Mr. ISSA. Madam Speaker, earlier this year, I introduced H.R. 2392, the ‘‘Government Information Transparency Act,’’ to make federal reporting of taxpayer dollars more accessible to the American people. In committee, Chairman EDOLPHUS TOWNS and I were able to work on a bipartisan basis to get key provisions of this legislation into S. 303, which is now under consideration by the House. The Government Information Transparency Act instructs the Office of Management and Budget to ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) has sent a letter to Alan Solomont, the former Chairman of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and the President’s nominee as Ambassador of Spain, following the release of White House Visitor Records which contradict previous ...

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) assailed Judge Nina Gershon’s ruling to impose a preliminary injunction on the continuing resolution enacted by Congress that bars ACORN and its affiliates, subsidiaries, and allied organizations from receiving federal funding from the government. “I’m calling on the Administration to make sure ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – As part of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) ongoing investigation into the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now’s (ACORN) lobbying and election activities, the Delaware State Public Integrity Commission responded to a letter of inquiry sent by Issa revealing that “no person has ever registered to represent any of the ACORN affiliates identified in the ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement regarding Judge Nina Gershon’s ruling to impose a preliminary injunction on the continuing resolution enacted by Congress that bars ACORN and its affiliates, subsidiaries, and allied organizations from receiving federal funding from the government. “On the same day that ACORN’s violation of 

WASHINGTON D.C. – The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today unanimously agreed to add H.R. 2392, the Issa-Towns “Government Information Transparency Act,” to legislation reauthorizing and improving the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999.

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today called on President Barack Obama to clarify reports that during a background briefing with reporters, a senior White House official warned Congress that failure to regulate greenhouse gases would result in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seizing “command-and-control” role over the process. “If you don't pass this legislation, then ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued the following statement today regarding President Obama’s plan to divert TARP dollars to fund programs that are supposed to create the jobs the stimulus isn’t: “The Obama Administration apparently thinks TARP stands for the Taxpayer Asset Redirection Program.  The use of taxpayer money for this purpose is clearly not what Congress intended. ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement today regarding EPA’s Endangerment Finding: “It’s unsurprising and disappointing that the EPA has decided to push through the Endangerment finding based purely on political calculations and not based on science.   Earlier this year, EPA set up internal barriers to stifle dissent and is now ignoring serious ...