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Obama Regulations Putting Family Ranchers at Risk

Cattle Rancher Robbie LeValley on Uncertainty, Unintended Consequences of Proposed USDA Regulations WASHINGTON, DC – The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released "Voices of Recovery: Robbie's Story," in which 4th generation Colorado rancher Robbie LeValley underscores the job-killing uncertainty family ranchers face under the Obama Administration's 

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Voices of Recovery: Robbie's Story of Government Agricultural Regulations

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Is Fannie Mae’s Purchase of Troubled B of A Portfolio a Back-Door Bailout?

Oversight Chairman Issa Asks FHFA to Address Questions Raised about Purchase of Risky Portfolio with Deteriorating Value (WASHINGTON) – Fannie Mae, the government sponsored enterprise bailed out with billions in taxpayer dollars has agreed to buy a portfolio of high risk, deteriorating value loans from Bank of America (B of A). House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) has opened an investigation into this purchase and requested ...

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Oversight Committee Chairman Issa Statement on Passage of Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act

(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 ...

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Crowdfunding: Connecting Investors and Job Creators

Chairman McHenry Hearing Preview Statement Over 2 years into our economic recovery, America's labor and capital markets continue to face unprecedented challenges. Nearly 14 million Americans remain officially unemployed – with an additional 11 million underemployed – and small businesses continue to struggle to access capital, despite an endless number of government initiatives. Fixing this mess will not occur overnight nor will it be erased by more ...

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Defense Department Contracting in Afghanistan: Are We Doing Enough to Combat Corruption?

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Committee Presses Bank of America, Ally Financial for Clear Answers about Foreclosure Violations of Servicemember Civil Relief Act

*** 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 ...

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New Oversight Committee Report: How the Administrative State has broken President Obama’s Promise of Regulatory Reform

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 ...

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Broken Government: How the Administrative State has Broken President Obama’s Promise of Regulatory Reform

In the wake of stagnant job creation, an unacceptably high unemployment rate and growing concern that our country is marching towards another recession, the House Committee on Oversight and Government is continuing its examination of regulations that are acting as impediments to job creation. Late last year, the Committee began the most expansive look in more than a decade at the impact that regulations were having on businesses – large and small – the result was input from more than 1,300 ...

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How A Broken Process Leads To Flawed Regulations

Chairman Issa Hearing Preview Statement Just recently, in a decision to halt the implementation of a controversial job-killing regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency, President Barack Obama recognized the “importance of reducing regulatory burdens and regulatory uncertainty” in the economy. While President Obama has spoken about, and even launched an effort to evaluate regulations that create unnecessary burdens, regulatory agencies under his ...