Tag: Oversight

From the Oversight Committee: Private Medicare Drug Plans: Seniors and Taxpayers Hurt by High Expenses, Low Rebates WASHINGTON, DC — Today Chairman Henry A. Waxman and 12 members of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a new report: Private Medicare Drug… Continue

From the Judiciary Committee: Conyers Reacts to DOJ Voting Chief’s Comments on 2004 Ohio Investigation (Washington, DC)- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) released a statement in response to news reports that Department of Justice (DOJ) Voting Section Chief… Continue

Today Chairmen Henry Waxman, Tom Lantos, Ike Skelton, and David Obey wrote to the Secretary of State to express their concern about endemic corruption in Iraq and the refusal of State Department officials to answer basic questions about the impact of corruption… Continue

The Energy Subcommittee on Oversight is currently holding the third of three hearings, “Diminished Capacity: Can the FDA Assure the Safety and Security of the Nation’s Food Supply? — Part III.” Senior Committee Investigator David Nelson testifies on behalf of all of… Continue

The Intelligence and Judiciary Committees have approved a bill to restore constitutional checks and balances to the way electronic surveillance is used to gather intelligence. The RESTORE Act gives the government all the tools necessary to acquire under the law the intelligence… Continue

From the Judiciary Committee: House Judiciary Passes RESTORE Act to Implement FISA Revisions (Washington, DC)- Today, the House Judiciary Committee passed the “RESTORE” Act – The Responsible Electronic Surveillance that is Overseen, Reviewed, and Effective Act of 2007 (H.R. 3773). The bill… Continue

Rove Linked to Alabama Case Adam Zagorin, Time Magazine – October 10, 2007 A Republican lawyer claims she was told that Karl Rove — while serving as President Bush’s top political advisor — had intervened in the Justice Department’s prosecution of Alabama’s… Continue

Today's passage of the War Profiteering Prevention Act makes clear that defrauding the federal government and robbing American taxpayers will not be tolerated and will be severely punished during a time of war. The Bush Administration's non-existent oversight of the more than… Continue

By a vote of 375-3, the House has just passed the War Profiteering Prevention Act, H.R. 400. The bill makes war profiteering — overcharging in order to defraud or profit excessively from war, military action, or reconstruction efforts — a felony subject… Continue

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, on the RESTORE Act introduced this morning: Rep. Nadler Welcomes Introduction of RESTORE Act Conyers-Reyes Bill Makes Meaningful Changes to FISA WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Jerrold… Continue