Hearings

Nov 30, 2011

Drug Shortage Crisis: Lives are in the Balance

Nov 30, 2011

The Price of Uncertainty: How Much Could DOT’s Proposed Billion Dollar Service Rule Cost Consumers This Holiday Season?

Nov 16, 2011

On the Frontlines in the Acquisition Workforce’s Battle Against Taxpayer Waste

Nov 16, 2011

Pay for Performance: Should Fannie and Freddie Executives Be Receiving Millions In Bonuses?

Chairman Issa Hearing Preview Statement This hearing will examine the validity of bonuses paid out to executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In the aftermath of the financial crisis, President Obama offered direct and pointed criticism of entities that received taxpayer dollars but continued to pay executives millions of dollars in compensation and bonuses calling the payments "obscene" and "shameful." Since entering a conservatorship status, Fannie and ...

Nov 15, 2011

How Roadblocks in Public Markets Prevent Job Creation on Main Street

Nov 15, 2011

Progress of the Obama Administration’s Policy Toward Iran

Nov 15, 2011

Back to the Basics: Is OPM Meeting Its Mission?

Nov 14, 2011

Delphi Pension Fallout: Federal Government Picked Winners & Losers, So Who Won and Who Lost?

Chairman Issa Preview Hearing Statement Today’s hearing will examine what happened with the Delphi Pension plan in the midst of the federal government’s bailout of General Motors in 2009.  While the pensions of unionized Delphi workers were largely protected as Delphi went through bankruptcy thanks to guarantees coming from the federal government/GM, non-union salaried Delphi employees saw their pensions greatly reduced.   Delphi – originally a ...

Nov 4, 2011

Identity Theft and Tax Fraud: Growing Problems for the Internal Revenue Service

Nov 2, 2011

Are Government Contractors Exploiting Workers Overseas? Examining Enforcement of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act