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“Rice will finally appear. But Waxman (D-Calif.) has not spent the week on a victory lap. He has found time to produce evidence accusing State Department security contractor Blackwater Worldwide of tax evasion, to fire off a letter to Rice demanding information about alleged mismanagement of a $1 billion contract to train Iraqi police, and to hold a hearing on uranium poisoning on Navajo land.”

From the Oversight and Government Reform Committee: Rice Testimony Postponed Tenet to Cooperate in Committee Investigation WASHINGTON, DC — Today Chairman Henry A. Waxman announced that the Oversight Committee will postpone the hearing with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice from May 15,… Continue

Whistle-Blower on Student Aid Is Vindicated Sam Dillon, New York Times – May 7, 2007 When Jon Oberg, a Department of Education researcher, warned in 2003 that student lending companies were improperly collecting hundreds of millions in federal subsidies and suggested how… Continue

Today Chairman Waxman sent a letter to Secretary of State Rice (1) informing the Secretary that the legislative affairs officials in the Department should not hinder the Committee's inquiry into why Secretary Rice and President Bush cited forged evidence to build a… Continue

A letter (pdf): April 27, 2007 The Honorable George Tenet c/o Robert B. Barnett, Esq. Williams & Connolly LLP 725 Twelfth Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 Dear Mr. Tenet: I am writing to invite you to testify at a hearing of the… Continue

Having postponed debate on the subpoena for former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card regarding the leaking of covert CIA Agent Valerie Plame’s identity pending negotiations with White House Counsel Fred Fielding, and having cancelled the subpoena vote for documents regarding… Continue

At 10:00 the Oversight Committee will hold a business meeting at which four subpoenas for testimony and documents will be considered. The subpoenas under consideration are for: The testimony of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice regarding the fabricated claim that Iraq sought… Continue

From the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Committee to Consider Four Subpoenas to Further Investigations The Oversight Committee will hold a business meeting on Wednesday, April 25, at which four subpoenas for testimony and documents will be considered. The subpoenas under… Continue

After receiving an insufficient response from the State Department’s Legislative Affairs office, Chairman Waxman reiterated his request today for Secretary Rice to testify later this month on President Bush’s claims that Iraq attempted to procure uranium from Niger and other subjects: Dear… Continue

UPDATE: The Act has passed, 331-94. The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007, being debated now as part of the Democrats’ Accountability Agenda, strengthens protections for federal whistleblowers to prevent retaliation against those who report wrongdoing, waste, fraud, or abuse to authorities…. Continue