Sep 9th, 2009 · President Obama took his message of health care overhaul to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday. Republican Congressman Dave Camp of Michigan, the ranking Republican on the House Committee on Ways and Means, offers his insight into Obama's speech.
Nov 7th, 2007 · Members of a House Committee blast Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and General Counsel Michael Callahan for providing Chinese officials with information that contributed to the 10-year prison term of a Chinese journalist.
Oct 25th, 2007 · In a hearing Thursday of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) suggested that State Department mistakes were hurting the war effort. Waxman pressed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on security matters, cost overruns, and Iraqi corruption.
Jul 10th, 2007 · Former Surgeon General Richard Carmona -- backed by two former surgeons general -- told a House Committee on Tuesday that the Bush administration's political interference in his activities badly hindered his ability to do his job.
Jun 21st, 2007 · Legislators from the Russian parliament, the Duma, and the U.S. Congress meet Thursday in the first open meeting between foreign affairs committees of the two institutions. It will be the third in the series of meetings between the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on International Affairs of the Duma, but it's the first to be attended by the media and the public. The gathering comes as a dispute over U.S. plans to extend its missile defense system to Eastern Europe have brought U.S.-Russian relations to a new low.
Apr 24th, 2007 · The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform holds a hearing on misleading information from the battlefield. The focus is on two cases: former Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, and Army Ranger and former NFL star Pat Tillman, who was killed by friendly fire.
Mar 29th, 2007 · The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is asking why Lurita Doan, administrator of the General Services Administration, allowed a White House aide to brief her managers on the Republican Party's prospects in the 2008 elections. GSA is the government's landlord and office supplier.
Feb 6th, 2007 · The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform begins hearings Tuesday on waste and fraud in the reconstruction of Iraq. This comes on the heels of an audit last week that called oversight of the spending in Iraq "less than adequate."