Press Releases

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

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 ...