November 2020
November 25, 2020 (WASHINGTON) – Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), the Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, announced the issuance of a subpoena to LaSalle Corrections for documents regarding disturbing allegations of mistreatment at the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC), a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility operated by LaSalle.
Washington, D.C. (Nov. 25, 2020)—Today, House Committee Chairs sent a letter to 61 federal agencies requesting information on conversions of political appointees to civil service positions during the Trump Administration.
Washington, D.C. (Nov. 25, 2020)—Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, invited Craig Landau, the President and CEO of Purdue Pharma L.P., and four members of the Sackler family to testify at a hearing next month on their role in fueling the opioid epidemic. |
Washington, D.C. (Nov. 23, 2020)—Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Emily Murphy granted the Biden-Harris Transition Team access to critical services and facilities specified in the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, and millions of dollars in funding that Congress appropriated on October 1, 2020, for transition activities under the Act:
Washington, D.C. (Nov. 23, 2020)—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Oversight and Reform Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Gerald E.
Washington, D.C. (Nov. 23, 2020)—Today, Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey, Oversight and Reform Committee's Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Gerald E.
Washington, D.C. (Nov. 23, 2020)—Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, the Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, issued the following statement after the Department of Education suspended a new web tool designed to simplify the Borrower Defense application process for individuals who were ripped off by their schools:
Washington, D.C. (Nov. 20, 2020)—Today, Congressman Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) seeking documents about its procedures for resolving conflicts between landowners and natural gas pipeline construction companies.
Washington, D.C. (Nov. 20, 2020)— Today, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report reviewing the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) management of their intellectual property. The report recommends HHS fix a deficiency in their commercial licensing process and publicly report more about the licensing of their intellectual property. U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (MI) and Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Carolyn B.