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Letter to NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden regarding executive branch disciplinary policies and procedures
Letter
Letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Sarah R. Saldana regarding illegal aliens released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and subsequently charged with murder
Letter
Letter to Chairman Rogers, Chairman Crenshaw, Ranking Member Lowey, and Ranking Member Serrano regarding the SOAR reauthorization act
Hearing
Examining Federal Administration of the Safe Drinking Water Act in Flint, Michigan, Part 3

TAKEAWAYS: Chairman Chaffetz and other members of the Committee called on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator McCarthy to resign. EPA refuses to take responsibility for not taking quick and decisive action in Flint and has not held anyone accountable for their failures. Administrator McCarthy refused to answer whether she would have removed Susan Hedman as Region 5 ...
Press Release
Setting the Record Straight on Retaliation at EPA

Committee releases email from July 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, in response to the release of an email written just yesterday, claiming retaliation against employee Miguel Del Toral did not occur, the Committee released information more accurately depicting the circumstances within U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 as the crisis was unfolding last summer. EPA Region 5 Regulations Manager Miguel Del Toral wrote a
Hearing
Examining the Renewable Fuel Standard

PURPOSE: To examine the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) management of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. BACKGROUND: The RFS dictates that a specific amount of renewable fuel must be mixed into transportation fuel sold in the United States. Ethanol is the most common ingredient blended in order to comply with RFS. Due to delays in issuing annual blending mandates, EPA must issue retroactive ...
Hearing
VA Cybersecurity and IT Oversight

PURPOSE: To examine the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) implementation of the Federal Information Security Management Act and Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA), as well as specific IT investments, including the modernization of the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VISTA) system. BACKGROUND: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is engaged in an ...
Letter
Letter to Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator Howard Shelanksi regarding failure to comply with document subpoena
Hearing
Rebuilding Afghanistan: Oversight of Defense Department Infrastructure Projects

TAKEAWAYS: More than 60 percent of the Department of Defense (DOD) reconstruction contracts inspected by the Special Inspector General of Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) between July 2009 and September 2015 did not fully meet contract requirements or technical specifications. One-third of completed reconstruction projects in Afghanistan inspected by SIGAR have never been used. Troop drawdown in Afghanistan limits SIGAR, DOD, and ...
Press Release
Chaffetz Statement on Allegations of Misconduct By Federal Judge

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement after serious allegations were raised against a sitting United States District Court Judge. “Our initial review of the allegations has caused alarm and distress over their serious nature. The Utah Attorney General recently made the Committee ...