Tag: Oversight

The Oversight Committee is currently holding a hearing, “Executive Compensation II: CEO Pay and the Mortgage Crisis.” The hearing is to examine the compensation and retirement packages granted to the CEOs of three corporations deeply involved in the current mortgage crisis. See… Continue

The Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia and the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight are currently holding a hearing, “Declaration and Principles: Future U.S. Commitments to Iraq.” This is the latest in a series of… Continue

This afternoon the Education and Labor Committee held a hearing to examine how to improve nutrition and food safety in the nation's schools. Last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture ordered the largest recall of meat in the nation's history after investigations… Continue

From the Oversight Committee: The Administration's Medicaid Regulations: State-By-State Impacts WASHINGTON, DC — Today Chairman Henry A. Waxman released a new report: The Administration's Medicaid Regulations: State-by-State Impacts. The report details the state-by-state impacts of seven regulations issued by the Centers for… Continue

Washington, D.C. — Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in response to a letter she received late this afternoon from U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey stating that the Administration is refusing to enforce contempt of Congress citations against former White… Continue

From the Judiciary Committee on the DOJ decision: Conyers Outraged at Justice Department Contempt Decision Vows to Enforce Subpoenas (Washington, DC)- Today, the House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) reacted to the Justice Department’s decision not to present contempt citations… Continue

Today Chairman Henry Waxman of the Oversight Committee wrote to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice regarding new documents that identify “critical” and “major” deficiencies in the construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, raising questions about the decision of the State… Continue

From the Judiciary Committee on the contempt referral letter: Conyers Urges U.S. Attorney to Present Contempt Citations to a Grand Jury (Washington, DC)- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) released the following statement in response to House Speaker Nancy… Continue

Washington, D.C. — Today, Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the following letter to U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, informing him of the referral letter sent to U.S. Attorney of the District of Columbia Jeffrey Taylor on contempt citations of former White House Counsel… Continue

From Rep. Rush Holt on President Bush’s comments this morning: HOLT STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S MORNING COMMENTS ON FISA DEBATE (Washington, D.C.) — Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12), Chair of the House Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, released the following statement today in response… Continue