Press Releases

States Like California Punished for Being Ahead of the Status-Quo “Many in this chamber -- particularly on the Republican side of the aisle -- have long insisted that reforming our medical malpractice laws can help bring down the cost of health care…I know that the Bush administration considered authorizing demonstration projects in individual states to test these ideas.  I think it's a good idea, and I'm directing my Secretary of Health and Human ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – With unemployment rate rising to 10.2 percent (crossing the double-digit threshold for the first time since 1983), representing a loss of 190,000 jobs, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) questioned the sincerity of the Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats today who claim they are “saving or creating” jobs yet continue to advance policies that kill jobs, raise taxes, punish ...

WASHINGTON, DC – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa issued the following statement on the passage of H.R. 3962: “This 2,000 page, 1.3 trillion dollar bill will cost Americans more jobs, add to an exploding Federal deficit, make it more lucrative for trial lawyers to sue doctors, and take away health care choice.  At the same time, it won’t control the growing cost of health care.  The ...

House Oversight and Armed Services Committee Ranking Members Chide President on Overdue Report WASHINGTON, DC – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa and Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Howard P. “Buck” McKeon today, in a letter to President Barack Obama, expressed concern that over 270 days of the new Administration’s tenure have passed and the White House has still not put ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – Oversight and Government Reform Committee Republicans released a video today asking the Obama Administration a question that has gone unanswered for months:  “Where are the Jobs?”  The video was released as news broke reporting the nation’s unemployment rate rose in October from 9.8 percent to 10.2 percent – a loss of 190,000 jobs.

We’ve saved jobs by closing state budget shortfalls to prevent the layoffs of hundreds of thousands of police officers, firefighters, and teachers who are today on the beat, on call, and in the classroom because of the Recovery Act. And we’ve also created hundreds of thousands of jobs through the largest investment in our roads since the building of the interstate highways, and through the largest investments in education, medical research, and clean energy in history.” – ...

WASHINGTON –Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Spencer Bachus (R-AL) sent a letter to Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan requesting information on the financial health of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).  FHA recently announced that its annual independent actuarial study is expected to show the capital reserve ratio dropping below the congressionally-mandated ...

Oversight GOP Repeats Call for Hearing on Healthcare Bill’s Uncertain Impact on Federal Employees WASHINGTON, DC – All 16 Republican Members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today, in a letter to Chairman Edolphus Towns, called for the Committee to convene a hearing to examine issues including whether or not the bill could force 8 million Federal employees to either give up their existing insurance and ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement today regarding a new report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) evaluating the condition of the auto-industry and the more than $80 billion of taxpayer funds that have been “invested” in Chrysler and GM and reporting that “Treasury is unlikely to recover the entirety of its investment in Chrysler ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee Ranking Member Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) today called for the Oversight Committee to launch an investigation into abuses of taxpayer dollars in District of Columbia programs intended to help AIDS patients. “Because of a lack of oversight, instead of the sickest and poorest getting the care they need, ...