Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – An investigation conducted by Rep. Darrell Issa, the Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee is revealing new insights into the inner workings of Countrywide’s Financial Corporation’s infamous VIP and Friends of Angelo Program that existed to buy friends in critical government and industry positions affecting the company’s business interests.  Issa today in a letter to Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – Today the Obama Administration released its monthly performance report for the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) and its monthly “Housing Scorecard.”  Both further demonstrate that HAMP has failed to address, or even significantly affect, the nation’s foreclosure rates. “There’s a real disconnect between the false image of success and propaganda that the Administration is desperately trying to project and the facts, ...

WASHINGTON D.C. – As President Obama attacked Republicans today on the economy, Rep. Darrell Issa, the Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, called the President’s remarks “hypocritical” in the face of findings released yesterday in 

WASHINGTON. D.C. – An audit that will be released tomorrow by the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) entitled: “Factors Affecting the Decisions of General Motors and Chrysler to Reduce Their Dealership Networks" has found that it is unclear if the Obama ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. –Speaking to Huffington Post, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), the Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, joined the 

10 of 69 Inspectors General Posts Vacant Including at CIA, State Department and GAO WASHINGTON D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa, the Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a letter today to President Obama expressing “concern that the community ...

WASHINGTON D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa, the Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released the following statement regarding the successful stoppage of oil flowing from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico: “This is fantastic news that should provide some glimmer of hope to the besieged residents of the Gulf Coast.  While the citizens of the Gulf can exhale for a minute, they must also grapple with the totality of the ...

Rep. Issa Asks Minnesota Secretary of State to Preserve 2008 Election Cycle Records WASHINGTON, DC – Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today in a letter to Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie requested that all Minnesota election records from the 2008 election cycle be preserved and asked for information about voter registration concerns previously raised by the government watchdog group Minnesota Majority. “In a ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) has sent a letter to Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar demanding that he comply with the Oversight Committee’s request for documents and information relating to the Committee’s investigation on the events surrounding the Deepwater Horizonexplosion and the federal response to this unprecedented environmental disaster. “As the ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement on the Obama Administration’s claim that the $862 billion stimulus law has now "saved or created" between 2.5 million and 3.6 million jobs: “The Administration’s new stimulus jobs ‘saved and created’ claim lacks a basis in reality.  Less than a year ago, the Recovery Board