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Click HERE to view video OVERSIGHT POLICE EPISODE #1: "THE CASE OF THE MATH-CHALLENGED TREASURY ...

Fact or Fiction?  Witness Interviews and New Documents Reveal Details Behind Reckless Firing Including Integrity Committee Dismissing Complaint Against Walpin WASHINGTON D.C. – A joint report released today by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and the Senate Finance Committee Republican staff  offers new insight into the political maneuvering at the White House to remove the Inspector General for the Corporation for National and ...

Controversial Comments at OGR Mark-up Come as GOP Amendments Gain Bipartisan Support WASHINGTON, DC – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Republicans won bipartisan support tonight for separate amendments to protect the Defense of Marriage Act and to use E-Verify to prevent Federal Employee Health Benefits from going to illegal aliens.  The amendments to H.R. 2517, the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act which would entitle domestic ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – Responding to a letter sent last week by House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) questioning the accuracy of information appearing on www.recovery.gov, Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Chairman Earl Devaney wrote that, “Your letter specifically asks if I am able to certify that ...

Click Here to View Video Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) on censorship of EPA ...

Administration Promised Accuracy in October but Disowns Numbers Today Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) Letter to Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board Earl Devaney:  “Are you able to certify personally that the number of jobs reported as “created/saved” on www.recovery.gov is accurate and auditable?  If you are unable to do so, will ...

Issa to Receive FRBNY Documents by Tomorrow WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement regarding the release of a report by the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) entitled, “Factors Affecting Efforts to Limit Payments to AIG Counterparties: “Behind closed doors and with no approval from ...

Questions Decision to Strip Authority of IG WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent letters today to White House Counsel Gregory B. Craig, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) Daniel Koffsky, General Counsel for the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Alfred M. Pollard and FHFA’s Associate Director for Internal Audit ...

Tomorrow’s Bank of America Hearing Fails to Include Government Witnesses WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent the following letter to Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) this morning regarding the exclusion of government witnesses from tomorrow morning’s hearing entitled:  “Joint Investigative Hearing entitled, "Bank of America and ...

In a YouTube video produced on their own time, EPA Whistleblowers Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel clearly state that the views expressed are their own and not that of the agency or the Obama Administration.  Even so, EPA officials ordered the couple to remove the YouTube video last week – luckily a copy survived. EPA employee Zabel has been overseeing California's cap-and-trade and offset programs for more than 20 years.  This experience made him particularly well qualified to offer an ...