Tag: Oversight

The Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming is currently holding a hearing examining the scientific link between a changing climate and the frequency and intensity of wildfires. As the Committee noted in its hearing announcement: The frequency and intensity of… Continue

Rep. Louise Slaughter (NY-28), Chairwoman of the Rules Committee, has been a leading protection for our troops. Today Rep. Slaughter issues a statement on the indictment officials of body armor manufacturer Point Blank Solutions: Rep. Slaughter Issues Statement on Indictment of Point… Continue

The Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight is currently holding a hearing, “Activities of the Department of State's Office of the Inspector General.” Comptroller General David Walker, head of the GAO, is the sole witness. Watch the hearing… Continue

Today Chairman Henry Waxman of the Oversight Committee wrote to White House Counsel Fred Fielding asking him to turn over more than 600 pages of documents relating to the activities of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff that are being withheld because they involve… Continue

Yesterday the Appropriations subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs held a hearing, “Assessing an Effective Diplomatic and Development Program in Iraq: An Examination of the ‘Diplomatic Surge.’” Watch the hearing replayed on C Span 3. Subcommittee Chair Nita Lowey gave… Continue

Today Chairman Henry Waxman of the Oversight Committee wrote to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to ask who conferred immunity on the Blackwater security guards involved in the September 16 shooting, who authorized the grant of immunity, and when did Secretary Rice… Continue

The Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties is currently holding a hearing, “Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.” John K. Tanner, Chief of the Voting Right Section, will testify, as will… Continue

The Foreign Affairs Committee is currently holding a hearing, “Russia on the Eve of National Elections.” Witnesses will be Strobe Talbott, President of the Brookings Institution, and Andrei Piontkovsky, Ph.D., Visiting Fellow at the Hudson Institute. Watch the hearing live >>

From the Oversight Committee: Rep. Waxman, Sen. Kennedy Release New GAO Report on Inclusion of Seniors in Drug Trials WASHINGTON, DC — Rep. Henry A. Waxman and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy today released a new GAO report on FDA's inclusion of seniors… Continue

House Panel Critical of Iraq Contractors Anne Flaherty, Associated Press – October 25, 2007 Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the House oversight committee, said Thursday that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has issued an order requiring his approval of any corruption investigations… Continue