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VIDEO RELEASE: Meet Oversight Watchdog Rep. James Lankford

WASHINGTON, DC – The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released "Meet Your Oversight Watchdogs: Rep. James Lankford," the sixth in a series of videos to introduce committee members to the American people. Rep. Lankford serves the people of Oklahoma's Fifth Congressional District both as Chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee on Technology, Information ...

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Issa and Graves Statements on Bipartisan Letter from U.S. Senators Rejecting Executive Order to Politicize Procurement

Washington, DC – House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves issued the following statements on a letter sent today by a bipartisan group of Senators including Rob Portman (R- Ohio), Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) opposing the President's executive order ...

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OMB to Testify at Thursday Hearing on President’s DISCLOSE Act Executive Order

WASHINGTON. D.C. – The White House last night agreed to provide Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy Daniel Gordon as a witness for Thursday's Joint Committee hearing of the House Oversight Committee and House Small Business Committee, "Politicizing Procurement: Would President Obama's Proposal Curb Free Speech and Hurt Small Business?" Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Small Business Committee Chairman Sam ...

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Mayor Gray, Chairman Brown to testify to Oversight Hearing on D.C. Budget

WASHINGTON- The House Committee on Oversight and Government D.C. subcommittee will host the top two at-large elected officials in the District on Thursday at 8:45 a.m. Mayor Vincent Gray and Council Chairman Kwame Brown will testify at a hearing on the District's Fiscal Year 2012 budget. The subcommittee's chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-SC., has called the hearing to examine the fiscal sustainability of D.C. spending. In 1995 the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and ...

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Bad Regulations Cost Good Jobs: Jack’s Story

WASHINGTON, DC – The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released Jack's Story: Government "All about Regulations," the first in a three part video series detailing how government regulations impact Ohio small business owner Jack Buschur and his company, Buschur Electric Incorporated. Founded in 1978, Buschur Electric grew to support 30 jobs in Minster, OH until the down economy and costly ...

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Disposal of Excess Federal Property Could Save Taxpayers Billions

WASHINGTON, DC – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today sent a letter to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Douglass Elmendorf requesting that CBO provide an official cost estimate of President Obama's proposed "Civilian Property Realignment Act." The White House estimates the bill could ...

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Issa Statement on Murder Indictment of Suspect Linked to Notorious Operation Fast and Furious

Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa released the following statement regarding the Department of Justice's announcement of a month old indictment for the December 15, 2010, murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. At the scene of Terry's murder, investigators found guns that the ATF had knowingly allowed to fall into the hands of criminals. "The announcement of an indictment against Manuel Osorio-Arellanes for the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry is ...

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What Attorney General Holder Won’t Tell on Controversial Gun Operation, Documents Do

WASHINGTON- At a House Judiciary Committee hearing yesterday, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa confronted Attorney General Eric Holder on the DOJ’s Operation Fast and Furious, a highly controversial operation where federal authorities facilitated the purchase of assault weapons for drug cartels and chose not to interdict them before being transported to Mexico. While Attorney General Holder was unwilling to provide answer about who at the Department ...

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VIDEO RELEASE: Meet Oversight Watchdog Rep. Scott DesJarlais

WASHINGTON, DC – The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released "Meet Your Oversight Watchdogs: Rep. Scott DesJarlais," the fifth in a series of videos to introduce committee members to the American people. Rep. DesJarlais serves the people of Tennessee's Fourth Congressional District on the Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census & the National Archives and Oversight Subcommittee ...

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Issa Statement on the Death of Osama bin Laden

WASHINGTON D.C. - Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Vista, CA), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and previously a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence from 2006 until 2009, released the following statement on the news that Osama Bin Laden was killed in a U.S. operation in Pakistan: "Osama Bin Laden's death at the hands of American forces is a fitting end to the world's most notorious terrorist. While we celebrate this accomplishment and ...