Press Releases

WASHINGTON D.C. – An Official at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing today informed staff of Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa that the Bureau is cancelling its plan to spend taxpayer money on $75 gift cards for senior employees who agree to turn in government issued printers and use network printers instead.  The plan could have cost taxpayers over $40,000. “The plan for taxpayers to pay for gift cards to reward ...

WASHINGTON D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa (CA-49), the Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Released the following statement on President Obama’s surge strategy for Afghanistan: “President Obama unveiled a strategy this evening that gives our commanders on the ground only some of the troops and resources they have indicated are needed to complete the mission in Afghanistan.  More importantly, his insistence on a timetable for ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and House Oversight & Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (D-CA) issued the following statement today after Vice President Joe Biden’s office responded to the letter Boehner and Issa sent last ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – A report released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) states that the agency ‘estimates that…an additional 600,000 to 1.6 million people were employed’ as a result of the stimulus.  In other words, CBO is so uncertain about the value Americans are getting for their money that there is a 1-million job difference between its ‘low’ and ‘high’ estimates of job creation. “The CBO report provides very little comfort to the ...

WASHINGTON D.C. – Managers at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, who operate under the url of www.moneyfactory.gov, may have allowed the whole “money factory” thing to go to their heads.  According to a report by theWashington Post:  

Washington, D.C. – Republican Members of the House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform Committees will host a forum TOMORROW at 2:30 P.M. ET in 2237 Rayburn examining new details that have come to light regarding the inner-workings of ACORN. Witness List: David Caldwell—Deputy Director of the Criminal Division for the Louisiana Attorney General’s ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – Ahead of next week’s “jobs summit” the White House is hosting, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter today to Vice President Joe Biden asking the Administration to “cease public use of the inaccurate jobs ‘created or saved’ metric.” “Following documented gross inaccuracies and confusion associated with counting of job claims, we ask ...

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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 ...