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WASHINGTON, DC – Facing a Republican demand for a vote on subpoenaing Bank of America for the records of the Countrywide VIP program, the Oversight and Government Committee Majority today met in private for more than thirty minutes and decided to abandon a scheduled 2 p.m. committee mark-up at 2:35 pm without appearing on the dais to formally convened the meeting.  Republican members were forced to sit in the hearing room while Democrats mulled to position.  While the ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming Ranking Member James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) today released a report on EPA efforts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions concludes that the Obama Administration, casting aside the dissenting opinions of career federal workers, “took office with a preexisting political agenda and then worked with singular focus to ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming Ranking Member James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) today released a report on EPA efforts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions concludes that the Obama Administration, casting aside the dissenting opinions of career federal workers, “took office with a preexisting political agenda and then worked with singular ...

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WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member and Judiciary Committee Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued the following statement after the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct voted unanimously to expand the scope of its investigation of House Ways & Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY): “If you don’t drain the swamp, you’ll end ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent letters to former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to clarify conflicting statements regarding their knowledge of $3.6 billion in bonus payments to Merrill Lynch employees.   “The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed in a brief in ongoing litigation with Bank of American in U..S District Court for the Southern ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member and Judiciary Committee Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued the following statement after the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct voted unanimously to expand the scope of its investigation of House Ways & Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY): “If you don’t drain the swamp, you’ll end up with a lake.  This isn’t an isolated incident – it’s a pattern-of-behavior.  ...