Press Releases

(WASHINGTON)— Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today released the following statement upon passage of the Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act (H.R. 2587) in the House of Representatives. Earlier this year, Chairman Issa and the Oversight Committee opened an investigation into action by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that potentially jeopardizes Boeing's work to open a new manufacturing facility in South Carolina and create ...

*** Update – September 15 ***The Oversight Committee today received information requested from Ally Financial. The updated chart below reflects this information: Servicer Total Home Loans Serviced Improper SCRA Foreclosures since 2006 Improper SCRA fees charged since 2006 Bank ...

Report documents a flawed, broken process manipulated and exploited in ways that benefit Obama allies (WASHINGTON) – President Obama recently halted the implementation of a controversial job-killing regulation from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), saying he recognized the "importance of reducing regulatory burdens and regulatory uncertainty" in the economy. While the President has spoken about, and even launched an effort to evaluate regulations that ...

Oversight Hearings to Examine Compliance Costs, Regulatory Process, and Crowdfunding Proposals from President Obama and Congress (WASHINGTON)— President Obama and his Administration can immediately take action to create jobs and grow the economy by working with House Oversight and Government Reform Committee leaders to address regulatory reform and a broken rulemaking process that creates market uncertainty—a disincentive to entrepreneurs and new investment. Next week, ...

Western HiWays Bakersfield, CA Western HiWays trucking company headquarters sits among the oil derricks and citrus groves just off Highway 65 in Bakersfield, CA. Its 13 drivers haul everything from building materials to steel, giving life to the industry adage, "If you bought it, a truck brought it." The health of American trucking, which itself supports about 7 million ...

WASHINGTON, DC – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement tonight regarding President Obama's joint session address: "Tonight, I had hoped that President Obama would offer a new approach to creating jobs and sparking economic growth that showed he had learned from past missteps. What I heard, however, sounded more like a second stimulus than a new approach. "Listening to job creators around the country, ...

Oversight Chairman Issa Issues Report Outlining Stimulus Consequences, Lessons Learned (WASHINGTON) Is President Obama Doubling Down on Failure? A new analysis released today by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) documents how the stimulus failed—and even pushed the country deeper into recession—and at what cost. The report said the American people should bear in mind this record as President Obama presents his next economic ...

(WASHINGTON) Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa released the following statement on the Department of Justice transferring cases related to Operation Fast and Furious out of the Arizona U.S. Attorney's Office: "Moving cases related to Operation Fast and Furious away from the Arizona U.S. Attorney's Office is clearly in the best interest of achieving just outcomes and removes the apparent conflict-of-interest that Arizona prosecutors had in bringing cases ...

WASHINGTON- House Oversight and Government Reform Committee leaders today released the results of a comprehensive survey of federal agency management information technology systems. In March, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the committee, joined subcommittee chairmen Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Rep. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Rep. Todd Platts, R-Pa., in requesting management information from 26 federal agencies. Click 

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today released the following statement regarding President Obama's decision to reverse a proposed Environmental Protection Agency Ozone regulation: "I appreciate President Obama's actions to intervene in the implementation of a regulation that Republicans in Congress have been spotlighting for months in reports, hearings and independent investigations. "At each turn, one point was ...