The Gavel

From the Natural Resources Committee: Cheney Invited to Testify on Klamath Salmon Kill Washington, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, today confirmed that Vice President Dick Cheney, a former Member of the Committee,… Continue

From the Oversight Committee: Politicization of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Washington, D.C. — Today Chairman Waxman released new documents regarding politicization of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. The documents reveal that at the… Continue

The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations is currently holding a hearing, “Diminished Capacity: Can the FDA Assure the Safety and Security of the Nation’s Food Supply? — Part 2.” Witness list (pdf) >> Watch the hearing live via committee… Continue

Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers and Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee Chairman Jerrold Nadler announced they have postponed a scheduled oversight hearing on the Justice Department’s Voting Rights Section of the Civil Rights Division because the Department refused to make… Continue

On Thursday we noted a new report from the Pentagon’s Inspector General which “found that a program to deliver special armored vehicles to protect military personnel in Iraq from roadside bombs has been marred by delays and questionable contracting practices that may… Continue

“Don't Stay the Course” Hartford Courant — July 16, 2007 “Mr. Bush is right in saying that “war fatigue” ails the country. More important than fatigue, however, is a loss of faith in Mr. Bush’s leadership…We are in the fifth year of… Continue

As noted on Friday, Chairman Henry Waxman and Ranking Republican Tom Davis of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee wrote letters to White House Counsel Fred Fielding, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and RNC Chairman Mike Duncan requesting further documents regarding the handling… Continue

On Wednesday the New York Times reported: Hurricane Center's Director Is Replaced After a Mutiny Kenneth Chang, New York Times – July 10, 2007 Without ever presiding over a hurricane forecast, the director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami left his… Continue

From the Judiciary Committee: House Judiciary Committee Issues Subpoena for RNC Documents (Washington, DC) – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), issued a subpoena for documents from the Republican National Committee (RNC) as part of ongoing congressional investigations into… Continue

On April 24, 2007 the Oversight Committee held a hearing, “Misleading Information from the Battlefield,” which focused on the rescue of Army Private Jessica Lynch in Iraq and the death of Army Ranger Specialist Patrick Tillman in Afghanistan. The Gavel covered the… Continue