Chairman Rockefeller started the Oversight & Investigations office at the beginning of 2009. The office’s mandate is to oversee private sector industries and federal agencies under the Commerce Committee’s jurisdiction and expose conduct that harms consumers or wastes taxpayers’ money. Thus far, the office has investigated waste, fraud and abuse of the Small Business Innovation Research program; the lack of consumer choice and transparency in the health insurance industry; and aggressive online sales practices that cause millions of consumers to inadvertently enroll in membership clubs.
