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Issa: Budget Review Removes Obama’s Fig Leaf of Fiscal Rectitude

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Commitee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-Vista) today issued a statement regarding reassessments by the Office of Management and Budget and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office that reveal a projected ten-year budget deficit of $9.1 trillion:

“Today's budget numbers show the Obama Administration has vastly underestimated every aspect of our financial crisis: from unemployment to deficits, from mythical 'jobs saved or created' to projected economic growth. 
 

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Rep. Issa Expands ACORN Investigation

Oversight Republican Asks IRS, FEC, SBA, HUD, and Dept. of Labor to Answer Critical Questions Following Report Outlining Criminal Activity

Thursday, August 13, 2009

 

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) has sent five letters to Departments and Federal Agencies asking questions about ACORN’s illegal activities and federal funding grants to this political organization.
 
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Report: Medicare Experience Points to Massive Fraud Under Nationalized Health Care Option

Thursday, August 13, 2009

 

WASHINGTON. D.C. – As the federal government considers a massive foray into government run-healthcare, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today released a staff report highlighting the Federal government’s struggle to rein in rampant Medicare fraud and warning that government-run healthcare will lead to even more egregious abuses.
 
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Inspector General Report Details More Stimulus Waste

“I have told each of my Cabinet, as well as mayors and governors across the country, that they will be held accountable by me and the American people for every dollar they spend.” – President Barack Obama, 2/24/2009, Address to Joint Session of Congress

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

WASHINGTON. D.C. – A report released by the Inspector General (IG) for the Department of Transportation has raised questions surrounding projects that received stimulus dollars that were of “questionable economic merit," including an airport in Akiachak, AK that services 659 residents and received $13.9 million, 659 residents) and another one in Ouzinkie, AK that received $14.7 million that services 167 residents.
 
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Senate Ethics Decision on Countrywide Should Clear Way for Subpoena to Bank of America

Friday, August 07, 2009

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today repeated his call for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee to move forward with a subpoena of critical Countrywide VIP documents following the decision of the Senate Ethics Committee to dismiss complaints against Sen. Chris Dodd and Sen. Kent Conrad:
 
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