Press Releases

Did External Political Pressure Influence the Timing of the Suit Against Goldman? WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Republicans, led by Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA), sent a letter today to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Mary Schapiro requesting that the SEC provide the Committee with documents and information “regarding any sort of prearrangement, coordination, direction from, or advance ...

WASHINGTON D.C. – House Oversight & Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa said a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the Department of the Interior’s failure to determine whether or not appropriate payments are being made to the federal government by energy companies who lease public lands for oil and gas extraction is a troubling sign that needed reforms at the Department of the Interior are not being put in place. “This report ...

Issa Releases Report Exposing Climate of Complacency at the National Archives WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released a report today entitled, “An Agency on the Brink:  How the Theft of Sensitive Property Exposed a Climate of ...

WASHINGTON D.C. – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today released a report examining the rebranding of 13 ACORN affiliated organizations following reports that ACORN had disbanded.  The report includes evidence of a recent business ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – Twelve Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today sent a document request letter to General Motors (GM) CEO Ed Whitacre Jr. today regarding concerns that GM had been making “business decisions based on inappropriate political interference….”  This letter is a follow-up ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – Finally bending to pressure from House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA), the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) released today new details regarding the value of the Maiden Lane portfolios.  On March 3rd, Issa sent a letter to the FRBNY and 

WASHINGTON. D.C. –House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today called on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) to immediately provide the American people with the transparency they are entitled to regarding the value of assets held in Maiden Lane I so the American people could understand the potential for further taxpayer losses as a result of the Federal Reserve-orchestrated bailout of Bear Stearns.  On ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) has sent letters to 75 Inspectors General (IG’s) requesting an update regarding thousands of open and unimplemented recommendations made by the Oversight and Government Reform Committee that could save taxpayers $26 billion.  The recommendations were included 

WASHINGTON. D.C. – At today’s hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) delivered a letter to Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) ...

Group to Focus on Government Openness and Accountability; Will Support Education, Legislation and Oversight WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) announced the formation of the bipartisan Transparency Caucus, which will serve as a resource for Members of Congress on bipartisan open government initiatives. The caucus will promote legislation that requires federal information to be freely accessible, as well as ...