Press Releases

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today issued the following statement about President Obama’s plans to overhaul the financial system: “President Obama’s prescription of more bailouts, more regulation, and more government everything just won’t fix the economy.  This misguided effort to expand government powers over financial markets ignores many failures of government that ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today, in a letter to White House Counsel Gregory Craig, asked that the White House produce all e-mail and other communications with the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California regarding the dismissal of AmeriCorps Inspector General (IG) Gerald Walpin. “Despite the ...

“We have promised the highest ethical standard and we will deliver it, in an open and honest government.”- Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), July 31, 2007 WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued the following statement tonight after the Democrat Majority decided to shut down the open amendment process following debate on the first Republican Amendment: “Once again, Speaker Pelosi and congressional ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Vista) today released an exclusive video (see video here) of the June 3, 2009 ceremony unveiling President Ronald Reagan’s statue in the Capitol Rotunda. The video gives Californians of the 49th Congressional District an inside look at this historic event honoring one of California’s greatest leaders and America’s greatest Presidents. “President Reagan’s statue is the highest honor ...

WASHINGTON. D.C.– Ten House Ranking Republican Members are requesting that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) give stakeholders more time to respond to the Proposed Endangerment Finding, which is the predicate for regulating carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) through the Clean Air Act (CAA). EPA has initially established June 23, 2009, as the deadline for interested parties to comment. “Clearly, EPA's final decision on the ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – Despite objective evidence that the President’s Economic Stimulus is failing to meet expectations for creating and protecting jobs, President Obama and other officials continue to claim that the Stimulus has “created or saved” 150,000 jobs and will create or save an additional 600,000 in the next 100 days. These claims create concern because they are contradicted by available information and the Administration, mysteriously, refuses ...

Administration that Touts ‘Sound Science’ Disregards Sound Economics in Hiding Formula for Job Calculations; Republicans to Explain WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a press conference today at 1 pm in Rayburn 2203 on the Obama Administration’s claims that the stimulus has created or saved 150,000 jobs and will create or save 600,000 jobs in the next 100 days. ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) and House Select Committee on Global Warming Ranking Member James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), in a letter to Chairmen Towns and Markey, demanded a joint investigation of a reportedly deliberate effort to circumvent transparency requirements in the formulation of carbon emissions regulations. “Negotiating back room deals with select special interests, ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today joined with House Republicans led by Chairman Mike Pence to unveil the American Energy Act, a comprehensive Republican bill that will help America achieve true energy independence. “Without a firm commitment to nuclear power, Congress’ effort to reduce carbon emissions is nothing but a fools-errand,” Issa, an original sponsor of the ...

Towns, Issa, Kucinich Demand Documents for Hearing This Week WASHINGTON D.C. – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) and Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today agreed to have a subpoena served on the Federal Reserve (the Fed) to compel it to turn over documents related to Bank of America’s acquisition of Merrill Lynch. The full committee and Domestic Policy Subcommittee, under the leadership of Chairman ...