Tag: Oversight

Washington, D.C. — Today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Coast Guard & Maritime Transportation, sent the following letter to the Department of Homeland Security's Inspector General requesting an immediate… Continue

From the Education and Labor Committee: Education and Labor Committee Seeks Deposition Authority for Crandall Canyon Investigation WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA) plans to introduce a resolution today that would grant the House Education and Labor Committee the authority… Continue

Chairman Silvestre Reyes, D-TX, of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released the following statement on the unclassified key judgments of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran's nuclear program, released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence today:… Continue

Today, Chairman Henry Waxman wrote to Attorney General Mukasey regarding White House objections that are preventing Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald from providing the Oversight Committee with records from interviews of White House officials taken during his investigation into the leak of covert… Continue

Democrats want to work with the President, yet he continues to engage in the same tired rhetoric that does not serve the best interests of the American people. Democrats are hard at work on a sweeping new energy policy, tax relief for… Continue

A key area of oversight for Democrats in the new Congress has been the politicization of science in the Bush Administration. No individual has personified this trend more than Julie MacDonald, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior, who resigned prior to… Continue

The Oversight Committee will hold a hearing after the Thanksgiving recess to examine whether Howard Krongard, the Inspector General of the State Department, provided truthful testimony at the Committee's November 14th hearing. See the key exchange from the hearing: Rep. Elijah Cummings:… Continue

The House has just passed the RESTORE Act of 2007 (Responsible Electronic Surveillance That is Overseen, Reviewed, and Effective), H.R. 3773 by a vote of 227-189. This bill provides the Intelligence Community with effective tools to conduct surveillance of foreign targets outside… Continue

The House is currently debating the RESTORE Act of 2007 (Responsible Electronic Surveillance That is Overseen, Reviewed, and Effective), H.R. 3773. This bill provides the Intelligence Community with effective tools to conduct surveillance of foreign targets outside the United States but restores… Continue

The Oversight Committee is currently holding a hearing, “Assessing the State Department Inspector General.” Inspector General Howard J. Krongard will testify. On September 28th, Chairman Henry Waxman wrote to Krongard on allegations that he was using intimidation of employees to block the… Continue