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Title: "Operation Fast and Furious: Reckless Decisions, Tragic Outcomes" Date/Time: 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday June 15th Location: Room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building This hearing will examine the tragic consequences of Operation Fast and Furious, started by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives in the fall of 2009. In Fast and Furious, ATF encouraged gun store owners to ...

Title: "Operation Fast and Furious: Reckless Decisions, Tragic Outcomes" Date/Time: 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday June 15th Location: Room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building This hearing will examine the tragic consequences of Operation Fast and Furious, started by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives in the fall of 2009. ...

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(WASHINGTON)—House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) today released the following statement on news of a major oil/gas discovery in the offshore Gulf of Mexico. The Committee has held hearings in the last month regarding the 2010 spill response effects on the Gulf economy, and on Obama Administration policies impacting domestic energy production. Statement from Chairman Issa: "Today's announcement is good news—but it cuts both ways. It shows the ...

(WASHINGTON)—House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) today released the following statement on news of a major oil/gas discovery in the offshore Gulf of Mexico. The Committee has held hearings in the last month regarding the 2010 spill response effects on the Gulf economy, and on Obama Administration policies impacting domestic energy production. Statement from Chairman Issa: "Today's announcement is good news—but ...

Title: Obstruction of Justice: Does the Justice Department Have to Respond to a Lawfully Issued and Valid Congressional Subpoena? Date/Time: 1:30 p.m. on Monday June 13th Location: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building This hearing will examine the constitutional questions raised by both the Department of Justice's refusal to comply with a Congressional subpoena as well as the withholding of documents from a Congressional subpoena. It is the ...

WEDNESDAY JUNE 1st Official Time: Good Value for the Taxpayer? Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy, Chairman Dennis Ross, R-Fla. 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday June 1st in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building. Official time is granted to a federal employee by his or her agency to perform ...

WASHINGTON- The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will host senior administration officials next Tuesday at a 9:00 a.m. hearing examining administration policies on domestic oil and gas production. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson will testify alongside Department of the Interior Deputy Secretary David Hayes. "We're looking for answers from this administration on some very fundamental questions about the future of ...

Title: Obstruction of Justice: Does the Justice Department Have to Respond to a Lawfully Issued and Valid Congressional Subpoena? Date/Time: 1:30 p.m. on Monday June 13th Location: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building This hearing will examine the constitutional questions raised by both the Department of Justice's refusal to comply with a Congressional subpoena as well as the withholding of ...

WASHINGTON- For every three federal employees that retire, only one new employee will be hired, according to H.R. 2114, the Reducing the Size of the Federal Government Through Attrition Act of 2011 introduced by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee leaders. Drawing on recommendations from the President's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, introduced the bill ...