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In a YouTube video produced on their own time, EPA Whistleblowers Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel clearly state that the views expressed are their own and not that of the agency or the Obama Administration.  Even so, EPA officials ordered the couple to remove the YouTube video last week – luckily a copy survived. EPA employee Zabel has been overseeing California's cap-and-trade and offset programs for more than 20 years.  This experience made him particularly well ...

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In a YouTube video produced on their own time, EPA Whistleblowers Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel clearly state that the views expressed are their own and not that of the agency or the Obama Administration.  Even so, EPA officials ordered the couple to remove the YouTube video last week – luckily a copy survived. EPA employee Zabel has been overseeing California's cap-and-trade and offset programs for more than 20 years.  This experience made him particularly well qualified to offer an ...

WASHINGTON, DC –House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA), House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), and Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Environment and Public Works Ranking Member Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), in a joint letter expressed concern and demanded an explanation from EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson about EPA’s efforts to silence EPA employees who questioned ...

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WASHINGTON, DC –House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA), House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), and Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Environment and Public Works Ranking Member Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), in a joint letter expressed concern and demanded an explanation from EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson about EPA’s efforts to silence EPA employees who ...

Issa Calls for Immediate Legislative Solution, Questions Wisdom of Providing Ongoing Federal Support From Today’s Huffington Post: “As IG, he ran into trouble the way most independent investigators do -- by investigating things people didn't ...

Issa Calls for Immediate Legislative Solution, Questions Wisdom of Providing Ongoing Federal Support From Today’s Huffington Post: “As IG, he ran into trouble the way most independent investigators ...

States Like California Punished for Being Ahead of the Status-Quo “Many in this chamber -- particularly on the Republican side of the aisle -- have long insisted that reforming our medical malpractice laws can help bring down the cost of health care…I know that the Bush administration considered authorizing demonstration projects in individual states to test these ideas.  I think it's a good idea, and I'm directing my Secretary of Health and Human ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – With unemployment rate rising to 10.2 percent (crossing the double-digit threshold for the first time since 1983), representing a loss of 190,000 jobs, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) questioned the sincerity of the Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats today who claim they are “saving or creating” jobs yet continue to advance policies that kill jobs, raise taxes, punish ...