Releases

“Missing from the public debate has been the wiretap applications themselves, which are under court seal. Issa obtained the documents despite the seal. Issa plans to challenge Democrats on the Oversight panel on whether they have taken the opportunity to review them and, if they have, whether they agree with Holder and Cummings about the contents of the applications.” – Roll Call, 6/18/2012 Continue reading →

Justice Department Inspector General: “We concluded that the Attorney General’s Deputy Chief of Staff, the Acting Deputy Attorney General, and the leadership of the Criminal Division failed to alert the Attorney General to significant information about or flaws in those investigations.” Continue reading →

Department of Justice Inspector General’s Report: “We concluded that the Attorney General’s Deputy Chief of Staff, the Acting Deputy Attorney General, and the leadership of the Criminal Division failed to alert the Attorney General to significant information about or flaws in those investigations.” Continue reading →

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, issued the following statement on Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s findings of widespread failures by both senior DOJ and ATF leaders in both Operation Fast and Furious and the Department of Justice’s false denials of reckless conduct to Congress. Continue reading →

Department of Justice Inspector General: “When we asked Holder whether he believed that his staff should have informed him sooner about the connection between Fast and Furious and the firearms found at the scene of the Terry shooting, he said that he would not have expected to receive that information absent some indication that ‘inappropriate tactics’ had been used in the investigation. However, Holder’s Chief of Staff told us that he believed this information was significant and that it should have been brought to the Attorney General’s attention. We agree.” Continue reading →

The House Oversight and Government Reform National Security Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, will hold a hearing Thursday to hear from Department of Defense officials about allegations in a recent Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) report that nearly half-a-billion dollars are unaccounted for in a major Afghanistan reconstruction program and that program records were destroyed. Continue reading →

Issa: “When Mr. Solomon, as a steward of taxpayer money, fails to disclose at the outset that he has a financial stake in a case he’s involved in, it calls into question his integrity and that of the agency. As a general counsel and career attorney, Mr. Solomon should know federal statute well enough to know when to recuse himself from a possible conflict of interest between his own finances and his work. Following a string of questionable decisions, including jeopardizing thousands of Boeing jobs in South Carolina at a new manufacturing facility; this is one more example of Mr. Solomon further tarnishing NLRB’s reputation.” Continue reading →

Today Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement regarding the passage of H.R. 6213, the No More Solyndras Act, which will effectively phase out Department of Energy’s flawed loan guarantee program Continue reading →

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., today announced that the hearing previously scheduled for Wednesday, September 19th, to examine the Department of Justice Inspector General’s report on Operation Fast and Furious has been rescheduled for Thursday, September 20th. Continue reading →

“The Committee appreciates OSC’s timely and thorough investigation,” said Chairman Issa. “OSC’s report and findings underscore the importance of laws prohibiting mixing official government business with partisan political activity. OSC has sent its findings to President Obama, who must now decide on appropriate action. The Committee awaits President Obama’s decision.” Continue reading →