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2-15-2017 CATO Institute

2-2-2017 OPM

12-07-16 Examining the costs of overclassification on transparency and security

11-15-2016 Oversight of the Secret Service

09-22-2016 Examining Preservation of State Department Federal Records Pt 2

09-21-2016 Reviewing the Rising Price of Epipens

09-14-2016 Examining the Affordable Care Act's Premium Increase

09-12-2016 Examining Preservation of State Department Records

09-09-2016 FEMA's Response to the Baton Rouge Flood

09-07-2016 Whistleblower Reprisal Investigations

09-09-16 Examining FOIA Compliance at the Department of State

07-07-16 Oversight of the State Department

06-13-16 Oversight of the National Parks Service

06-09-16 Census 2020: Examining The Readiness of Key Aspects of The Census Bureau's 2020 Census Preparation

05-26-16 Social Security Administration: Information Systems Review

07-06-16 Firearms and Munitions at Risk: Examining Inadequate Safeguards

05-25-16 Federal Agencies' Reliance on Outdated and Unsupported Information Technology: A Ticking Time Bomb

05-24-16 Judiciary IRS Hearing

5-18-16 Examining Employee Misconduct at EPA

4-14-16 GAO’S 2016 Duplication Report

3-15-16 Flint Crisis Pt. 2

2-25-16 Security Clearance Reform

2-4-2016 Prescription Drug Market

2-3-2016 Flint Water Crisis

7-15-2015 Criminal Justice Reform

4-14-2015 Misconduct at the DEA

4-22-2015 Gyrocopter Press Conference

4-10-2015 Tax Week Graphics

3-18-2015 The Evolving Nature of Cyber Threats

3-17-2015 FCC

2-26-2015 IRS: TIGTA Update

2-27-2015 Ensuring Government Transparency Through FOIA Reform

3-3-2015 Challenges Facing OIRA in Ensuring Transparency & Effective Rulemaking

2-11-2015 GAO High Risk Report

11-19-2014 Examining Data Security at the USPS

11-13-2014 Chairman Issa Portrait Unveiling

10-24-2014 Ebola Hearing

Aug 2014 Central America CODEL

Examining the Administration's Treatment of Whistleblowers

July 2014 Central America CODEL

5-22-2014 Evaluating Public Housing in the U.S.

5-21-2014 Postal Markup

5-20-2014 Examining the Federal Response to Autism

5-21-2014 Medicare Mismanagement Hearing

4-30-2014 Subcommittee Hearing on Liquefied Natural Gas Exports

3-26-2014 Examining the IRS Response to the Targeting Scandal

3-5-2014 The IRS: Targeting Americans for Their Political Beliefs

2.5.2014 | "Health Insurance Co-ops: Examining ObamaCare’s $2 Billion Loan Gamble"

01.14.2014 | "TSA Oversight: Examining the Screening Partnership Program

12.12.2013 | "ObamaCare's Impact on Premiums and Provider Networks"

12.4.2013 | "The Roll Out of HealthCare.gov: The Limitations of Big Government"

12.2.2013 | "Changes to the Heights Act: Shaping Washington, D.C. for the Future, Pt. II"

11.20.2013 | Sucommittee on National Security, "Abuse of Overtime at DHS"

11.13.2013 | ObamaCare Implementation: The Rollout of HealthCare.gov

October 16, 2013 | "As Difficult As Possible: The National Park Service’s Implementation of the Government Shutdown"

10-1-13 "Secret Agent Man? Oversight of EPA’s IG Investigation of John Beale"

9.19.2013 | "Reviews of the Benghazi Attacks & Unanswered Questions"

9-10-13 | Preventing Violations of Federal Transparency Laws

8-2-13 ""Examining the Skyrocketing Problem of Identity Theft Related Tax Fraud at the IRS"

7-18-2013 "The IRS’ Systematic Delay and Scrutiny of Tea Party Applications"

6-26-13 "The IRS Contracts with Strong Castle, Inc."

June 13, 2013 | Examining the Government’s Record on Implementing the International Religious Freedom Act

5-22-13 "The IRS: Targeting Americans for their Political Beliefs"

5-21-13 | Joint Hearing of the Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements and the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs entitled, "Examining the Concerns About ObamaCare Outreach Campaign

5-16-13 Oversight Data Demo Day

5-8-13 "Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage"

5-7-13 | "DOJ’s Quid Pro Quo with St. Paul: A Whistleblower’s Perspective"

4-25-13 "Government Operations Oversight: Addressing Unused and Vacant Federal Property"

4-25-13 | Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care, and Entitlements "Examining the Lack of Transparency and Consumer Driven Market Forces in U.S. Health Care"

4-25-13 | Subcommittee on National Security "Oversight of the Federal Government’s Procurement of Ammunition"

4-24-13 | Economic Growth, Job Creation, and Regulatory Affairs "Green Energy Oversight: Examining the Department of Energy’s Bad Bet on Fisker Automotive"

4-17-13 | Full Committee: "Options to Bring the Postal Service Back from Insolvency"

"U.S. Foreign Assistance: What Oversight Mechanisms are in Place to Ensure Accountability?"

Full Committee: Reducing Waste in Government: Addressing GAO’s 2013 Report on Duplicative Federal Programs

3-19-13 The Department of Energy’s Strategy for Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas

3-19-12 Sequestration Oversight: Understanding the Administration’s Decisions on Spending Cuts and Furloughs

3-19-13 DOD and DHS: Implementing Agency Watchdogs’ Recommendations Could Save Taxpayers Billions

3-13-12 Hearing "Addressing Transparency in the Federal Bureaucracy: Moving Toward A More Open Government"

3-8-13 "Addressing Unused and Vacant Federal Courthouses: A Case Study in Miami-Dade, Florida”

3-5-13 Reducing Waste and Mismanagement: Implementing Agency Watchdogs’ Recommendations Could Save Taxpayer Billions

2-27-13 Failures in Managing Federal Real Property: Billions in Losses

2-27-13 The Road Less Traveled: Reducing Federal Travel & Conference Spending

2-27-13 "Time to Reform Information Technology Acquisition: The Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act"

Vacant & Unused Federal Properties Costing Taxpayers

2-14-13 Hearing - "Exploring GAO’s High Risk List and Opportunities for Reform"

2-13-13 Hearing - U.S. Funds to Afghanistan to be Reviewed in Wednesday Oversight Subcommittee Hearin

2-5-13 Hearing: Wasting Information Technology Dollars

1-22-13 "Wasting Information Technology Dollars: How Can the Federal Government Reform its IT Investment Strategy?"

1-22-13 Full Committee Organization Meeting

"HGH Testing in the NFL: Is the Science Ready?"

1 in 88 Children: A Look Into the Federal Response to Rising Rates of Autism

11-29-12 Identity Theft and Tax Fraud: Growing Problems for the Internal Revenue Service, Part 4

Trade Adjustment Assistance for U.S. Firms: Evaluating Program Effectiveness and Recommendations

"The Security Failures of Benghazi"

"IG Report: The Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General Examines the Failures of Operation Fast and Furious"

"Examining the Administration’s Failure to Prevent and End Medicaid Overpayments"

“SIGAR Report: Document Destruction and Millions of Dollars Unaccounted for the Department of Defense. Part II.”

Examining the Administration’s Failure to Prevent and End Medicaid Overpayments

"Dawood National Military Hospital, Afghanistan: What Happened and What Went Wrong? Part II"

08-17-12 Friday Afternoon Outside the Capitol

“IRS: Enforcing ObamaCare’s New Rules and Taxes"

“Unresolved Internal Investigations at DHS: Oversight of Investigation Management in the Office of the DHS OIG”

“The Green Energy Agenda and the War on Coal: Perspectives from the Ohio Valley”

"GAO Report: The Obama Administration’s $8 Billion Extralegal Healthcare Spending Project"

“Credit Crunch: Is the CFPB Restricting Consumer Access to Credit?”

"Dawood National Military Hospital, Afghanistan: What Happened and What Went Wrong?"

"Meth Revisited: Review of State and Federal Efforts to Solve the Domestic Methamphetamine Production Resurgence"

“Continuing Oversight of Regulatory Impediments to Job Creation: Job Creators Still Buried by Red Tape.”

Continuing Oversight of Regulatory Impediments to Job Creation: Job Creators Still Buried by Red Tape

"Taking Care of Our Veterans: What is the Department of Veterans Affairs Doing to Eliminate the Claims Backlog?"

"The Administration’s Bet on Abound Solar: Assessing the Costs to the American Taxpayers"

"America's Energy Future Part II: A Blueprint for Domestic Energy Production" Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 7-14-12.

“America’s Energy Future, Part I: A Review of Unnecessary and Burdensome Regulations”

"Examining the Impact of ObamaCare on Job Creators and the Economy.” House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 7-10-12.

Oversight Hearing: Examining the Impact of Obamacare (hearing 1 & 2)

Oversight Hearing: Examining the Impact of Obamacare (hearing 1 & 2)

"The Administration’s Auto Bailouts and the Delphi Pension Decisions: Who Picked the Winners and Losers?", Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs hearing, 7-10-12

"Examining the Impact of Obamacare on Doctors and Patients" Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives hearing, 7-10-12

“The JOBs Act in Action Part II: Overseeing Effective Implementation that Can Grow American Jobs.” House Oversight Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs, 6-28-12

"Assessment of the Transition from a Military to a Civilian-Led Mission in Iraq" House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense, and Foreign Operations hearing, 6-28-12

June 28, 2012 Holder Fast and Furious Contempt Proceedings Visuals for US House of Representatives

"Startup Day on the Hill"

“Tennessee Job Creation: Do Federal Government Regulations Help or Hinder Tennessee’s Economic Development?”

Full Committee Business Meeting, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 6-20-12

"The Obama Administration's Green Energy Gamble Part II: Were All the Taxpayer Subsidies Necessary?" Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending hearing, 6-19-12.

“Addressing Concerns About the Integrity of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Jobs Reporting," House Oversight and Government Reform Hearing, 5-6-12.

Oversight Hearing: Rhetoric vs. Reality

Oversight Hearing: "Hatch Act: Options for Reform"

Oversight Hearing: "The Obama Administration's Green Energy Gamble: What Have All The Taxpayer Subsidies Achieved?"

TSA Bomb Detecting Equipment Left Collecting Dust

Oversight Hearing: "The SEC’s Aversion to Cost-Benefit Analysis"

Oversight Hearing: TSA Oversight Part III: Effective Security or Security Theater?

Editorial Cartoons: Operation Fast and Furious

Oversight Hearing: Europe’s Sovereign Debt Crisis: Causes, Consequences for the United States and Lessons Learned

Oversight Hearing: "Oversight of the Department of Energy’s Stimulus Spending "

Oversight Hearing: "Lines Crossed: Separation of Church and State. Has the Obama Administration Trampled on Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Conscience?"

Think Free

Oversight Hearing: "Why Reshuffling Government Agencies Won't Solve the Federal Government's Obesity Problem"

Oversight Hearing: "The Right to Choose: Protecting Union Workers from Forced Political Contributions"

Oversight Hearing: "Fast & Furious: Management Failures at the Department of Justice"

January 2012

Oversight Hearing: "Volt Vehicle Fire: What Did NHTSA Know and When Did They Know It?"

Oversight Hearing: "McPherson Square: Who Made the Decision to Allow Indefinite Camping in the Park?"

Oversight Hearing: "The Leadership of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission"

Chairman Issa Questions Holder at Judiciary Hearing

Fast and Furious Investigation

Oversight Committee: "HHS and the Catholic Church: Examining the Politicization of Grants"

Infographics

October 2011

Oversight Hearing: "Where is the Peace Dividend? Examining the Final Report to Congress of the Commission on Wartime Contracting"

Transparency Caucus

Oversight Hearing: "Potential Conflicts of Interest at the SEC: The Becker Case"

Oversight Hearing: "How Obama's Green Energy Agenda is Killing Jobs"

September 2011

Oversight Hearing: "How A Broken Process Leads To Flawed Regulations"

Faces of AmericanJobCreators.com

Oversight Committee: "Impact of Obamacare on Job Creators and Their Decision to Offer Health Insurance"

Oversight Hearing: "The Thrift Savings Plan: Helping Federal Employees Achieve Retirement Security"

Oversight Hearing: "Disposal of Federal Real Property: Legislative Proposals"

Oversight Hearing: "Operation Fast and Furious: The Other Side of the Border"

Oversight Hearing: "Consumer Financial Protection Efforts: Answers Needed"

Oversight Hearing: "TSA Oversight Part 2: Airport Perimeter Security"

Oversight Hearing: "Fulfilling a Legal Duty: Triggering a Medicare Plan from the Administration"

Oversight Hearing: "The Gainful Employment Regulation: Limiting Job Growth and Student Choice"

Oversight Hearing: "Cybersecurity: Assessing the Nation's Ability to Address the Growing Cyber Threat"

Oversight Hearing: "Venezuela's Sanctionable Activity"

Oversight Hearing: "Lasting Implications of the General Motors Bailout"

Oversight Field Hearing: "Unionization Through Regulation: The NLRB's Holding Pattern on Free Enterprise"

Oversight Hearing: "Operation Fast and Furious: Reckless Decisions, Tragic Outcomes"

Oversight Hearing: "Achieving Transparency And Accountability In Federal Spending"

Oversight Hearing: "Obstruction Of Justice: Does The Justice Dept Have To Respond To A Congressional Subpoena?"

Personal Democracy Forum

Oversight Hearing: "Making the Gulf Coast Whole Again: Assessing the Recovery Efforts of BP and the Obama Administration After the Oil Spill"

Oversight Hearing: "Duplication, Overlap, and Inefficiencies in Federal Welfare Programs"

Around Capitol Hill

Oversight Hearing: "Rightsizing the Federal Workforce"

Oversight Hearing: "How Federal Reserve Policies Add to Hard Times at the Pump"

Oversight Hearing: "Unfunded Mandates, Regulatory Burdens and the Role of Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs"

Oversight Hearing: "Who's Watching the Watchmen? Oversight of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau"

Oversight Hearing: “Pain at the Pump: Policies that Suppress Domestic Production of Oil and Gas”

Oversight Hearing: "Where Have All the Letters Gone? - The Mailing Industry and Its Future"

Oversight Hearing: "Politicizing Procurement: Would President Obama's Proposal Curb Free Speech and Hurt Small Business?"

Oversight Hearing: "The District of Columbia's Fiscal Year 2012 Budget: Ensuring Fiscal Sustainability"

Oversight Hearing: "The Future of Capital Formation"

Oversight Hearing: "Is This Any Way to Treat Our Troops? Part III: Transition Delays"

Oversight Hearing: "Presidential Records in the New Millennium: Updating the Presidential Records Act & Other Federal Recordkeeping Statutes to Improve Electronic Records Preservation"

Oversight Field Hearing: "Policies Affecting High Tech Growth And Federal Adoption Of Industry Best Practices"

Oversight Field Hearing: "Regulatory Impediments To Job Creation: Assessing The Cumulative Impact Of EPA Regulation On Farmers"

Oversight Hearing: "The Border: Are Environmental Laws and Regulations Impeding Security and Harming the Environment?"

Oversight Hearing: "State And Municipal Debt: Tough Choices Ahead"

Oversight Hearing: "FECA: A Fair Approach"

Oversight Hearing: "Regulatory Barriers to American Indian Job Creation"

Oversight Hearing: "Assessing the Impact of EPA Greenhouse Gas Regulations on Small Business"

Oversight Hearing: "Waste, Abuse and Mismanagement in Government Health Care"

Oversight Hearing: "Are Postal Workforce Costs Sustainable?"

Oversight Hearing: "Why Isn't the Department of Homeland Security Meeting the President's Standard on FOIA?"

Speaker Boehner's D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Bill Passes the House

Oversight Hearing: "Unfunded Mandates and Regulatory Overreach Part II"

Oversight Hearing: "Has Dodd-Frank Ended Too Big to Fail?

Oversight Hearing: "The Freedom of Information Act: Crowd-Sourcing Government Oversight"

Oversight Hearing: "Regulatory Impediments to Job Creation: The Cost of Doing Business in the Construction Industry"

Oversight Hearing: "TSA Oversight Part I: Whole Body Imaging"

Oversight Hearing: "State And Municipal Debt: The Coming Crisis? Part II"

Oversight Hearing: "Obamacare: Why the need for waivers?"

Oversight Hearing: "Transparency Through Technology: Evaluating Federal Open-Government Initiatives"

Oversight Hearing: "Red to Black: Improving the Collection of Delinquent Debt Owed to the Government"

Oversight Hearing: "Financial Management, Work Force, and Operations at the SEC: Who's Watching Wall Street's Watchdog?"

Oversight Markup

Oversight Field Hearing: "The Foreclosure Crisis"

Oversight Hearing: "Are Federal Workers Overpaid?"

Oversight Hearing: "Assessing the Cumulative Impact of Regulation on U.S. Manufacturing"