Tag: Oversight

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid issued the following statement this afternoon on the expiration of the Protect America Act: “The Protect America Act will expire only because the President and congressional Republicans refused to approve… Continue

Washington, D.C. — Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today after President Bush spoke at the White House this morning on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: “The President is misrepresenting the facts on our nation's electronic surveillance capabilities. Last August, he… Continue

From the Judiciary Committee: Conyers: I’m Staying Here to Work on FISA (Washington, DC)- House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. released the following statement to President Bush’s commitment to work on foreign surveillance legislation through the recess: “The President's efforts to… Continue

FEMA Plans Trailer Exodus Over Chemical Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press – February 14, 2007 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday it will step up efforts to move Gulf Coast hurricane victims out of more than 35,000 trailers… Continue

Chairman Silvestre Reyes of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence sent the following letter to President George W. Bush today regarding the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA): President George W. Bush The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear… Continue

Today, the House has just approved H.Res. 982 by a vote of 223-32-1, which provides for the adoption of H.Res. 979, recommending that the House of Representatives find Harriet Miers, former White House Counsel, and Joshua Bolten, the White House Chief of… Continue

Today, Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers testified before the Committee on Rules in support of statutory contempt and civil litigating authority resolutions against former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten. Text of Resolution as Introduced… Continue

Army Buried Study Faulting Iraq Planning Michael R. Gordon, New York Times – February 11, 2007 The Army is accustomed to protecting classified information. But when it comes to the planning for the Iraq war, even an unclassified assessment can acquire the… Continue

The Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight is currently holding a hearing, “The November 26 Declaration of Principles: Implications for UN Resolutions on Iraq and for Congressional Oversight.” Defense Secretary Gates testified on Wednesday that the agreement with… Continue

At 11:00 the Judiciary Committee will hold an oversight hearing of the Department of Justice. Attorney General Michael Mukasey will testify. See a sampling of the issues Chairman John Conyers has raised with AG Mukasey over the past several months in the… Continue