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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following video explaining today's subpoena of the Department of Justices' Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) for documents related to the highly controversial "Project ...

Subpoena comes after ATF fails to meet earlier deadline WASHINGTON. D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today announced the issuance of a subpoena to the Department of Justices' Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) for documents related to the highly controversial "Project Gunrunner." "The unwillingness of this Administration – most specifically the Bureau of ...

Report also details efforts by Department lawyers to obstruct the committee's investigation WASHINGTON. D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today released a report: "A New Era of Openness? How and Why Political staff at DHS Interfered with the FOIA Process." The report details the ...

Date: Thursday March 31th, 2011 Start Time: 9:30 a.m. Location: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building Witnesses: Panel I: • Mary Ellen Callahan, Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security • Ivan Fong ,General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security Panel II: • Charles Edwards, Acting Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security • John Verdi, Senior Counsel, ...

WASHINGTON- Today, on a bi-partisan vote of 225-195, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 471, the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act. Today's passage of the SOAR Act was another key step in the restoration of the popular, cost-effective, and successful D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement: "President Kennedy once implored us to think of education 'as the means ...

WASHINGTON- In advance of the debate on H.R. 471, the Scholarship for Opportunities and Results (SOAR) Act, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement: “The D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program is popular with District residents, cost-effective, and, most importantly, gives students from families of lesser means an opportunity to obtain an education they value.  We know from experience ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today praised the House of Representatives' passage of H.R. 839, "The HAMP Termination Act": "Despite clear evidence from SIGTARP, GAO and the Congressional Oversight Panel, the Treasury Department has repeatedly refused to face the facts and address shortcomings in this ineffective program," said Chairman Issa. "To many struggling Americans seeking permanent mortgage relief, HAMP ...

WASHINGTON- Rep. Darrell Issa (CA-R), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, today announced a full committee hearing on United States Postal Service (USPS) pay and benefits on April 5th. The Committee expects to hear from the Postal Service on their tentative agreement offered to their largest union, the American Postal Worker Union (APWU), last week. The agreement has yet to be signed. Issa expressed serious doubt that the APWU contract agreement would improve the ...

Washington, DC – In light of Facebook's recent attempt to raise additional equity capital while avoiding the burdens of SEC registration, and the SEC's subsequent examination into the strategy employed by Facebook, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa sent a letter today to the Securities and Exchange Commission's Chairman Mary Schapiro asking that the SEC consider whether its current regulations and actions contribute to the decline of ...

WASHINGTON, DC – The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released "Meet Your Oversight Watchdogs: Rep. Dennis Ross," the third in a series of videos to introduce committee members to the American people. Rep. Ross serves the people of Florida's 12th Congressional District as Chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service & Labor Policy and as a member of the Oversight Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services & ...