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Issa, Alexander Raise Possibility of Oversight Committee Subpoena for HealthCare.gov Documents

Issa, Alexander Raise Possibility of Subpoena

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Issa Introduces Equal Healthcare Access Act

WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., today announced legislation, H.R. 3319, the Equal Healthcare Access Act, that would allow all Americans to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHBP). Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-SC, and Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay, D-Mo., are original cosponsors. “The Equal Healthcare Access Act offers Americans access to the same health insurance plans long enjoyed by ...

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Oversight Leaders Question ObamaCare Contractors

WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee leaders today announced letters sent to 11 of the largest recipients of contracts for the design and implementation of HealthCare.gov, the troubled website through which millions of Americans will be compelled to buy health insurance under ObamaCare. “Based on the Committee’s initial briefings from key contractors, we know that the Administration refused to heed warnings that extra time for ...

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Oversight Committee Presses Tech Companies for Answers on HealthCare.gov Effort that White House is Witholding

WASHINGTON – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., today announced letters to five technology companies asking for more information about their involvement, if any, in the effort to fix the many problems with Healthcare.gov. The letters were sent to Verizon Enterprise Inc., Google, Microsoft, Oracle and Expedia, and are ...

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Oversight Leaders Investigating HealthCare.gov Development, Decision to Hide Premium Prices

Decision to Hide Prices from Shoppers was Made One Month Before Launch

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Issa Subpoenas National Park Service Documents During Oversight Hearing

WASHINGTON – Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., today issued a subpoena to National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis for documents related to the Park Service’s budget strategy during sequestration. The subpoena was issued during a joint hearing on the Park Service’s decision to barricade open-air memorials, including the World War II Memorial, to visitors and veterans during the government shutdown. ...

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Issa, Alexander Investigating Extent of Obamacare Launch Problems

WASHINGTON – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., today requested more information from Health and Human Services about the significant problems plaguing the launch of federal health insurance exchanges established under Obamacare. “We are concerned by recent comments to the media that the system suffers from ...

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Issa Statement on Park Service ‘Considering’ State Help

WASHINGTON - In advance of a joint congressional committee hearing and after repeated inquiries from numerous governors, the Department of the Interior today announced that the National Park Service would finally “consider” reopening sites where state resources can take over. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., offered the following statement: “The National Park Service’s refusal to cooperate with state and local officials to keep key sites ...

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Oversight, Natural Resources to Examine National Park Service’s Closing of Memorials

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, October 16th, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings, R-Wash., will convene a joint hearing entitled, “As Difficult As Possible: The National Park Service’s Implementation of the Government Shutdown.” The hearing will ...

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Top IRS Obamacare Official Counseled White House on Taxpayer Lawsuit, IRS Document Indicates Confidential Taxpayer Information Discussed

WASHINGTON - At a hearing today before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Sarah Hall Ingram, the top Obamacare official at the Internal Revenue Service, today was unable to recall details about her own e-mail correspondence with White House officials the IRS has indicated contained legally protected confidential taxpayer information.  The information was apparently disclosed during her efforts to counsel senior White House officials in response to lawsuits from ...