U.S. Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX) highlighted legislative efforts to crackdown on fraud on Wednesday amid reports of indictments for prominent individuals allegedly involved in a disability insurance scheme. The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that a retired judge, an Read more…
U.S. Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) called for accountability after Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) employees were found to have interfered with a congressional investigation. A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that two HUD Read more…
Subpoenas issued by U.S. Reps. Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Fred Upton (R-MI) on Tuesday seek information from the Department of Health and Human Services about $1.3 billion in reported unlawful payments. Brady, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Read more…
U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) called for the resignation of FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate on Wednesday in light of reports of inadequate oversight of a flood insurance program. In an op-ed, MacArthur cited a Department of Homeland Security Office of Read more…
U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) applauded the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) decision on Monday to resume equitable sharing payments under its Asset Forfeiture Program. The DOJ notified local law enforcement agencies in December that Read more…
U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) said on Thursday that Vice President Joe Biden’s remarks about Senate confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominees amount to a revision of history. In an address at Georgetown University Law Center, Biden said that Read more…
A bill introduced on Wednesday by U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) would allow surplus defense equipment to continue being passed on to state and local police. President Barack Obama took executive action to restrict the 1033 Program that enables some Read more…
The EPA’s $8.267 billion budget request for fiscal year 2017 was the topic of a joint subcommittee hearing held on Tuesday by the chairs of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, and Subcommittee on Environment and Read more…
President Barack Obama signed a bill into law on Friday that was co-authored by U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) to streamline the hiring process used by federal agencies. Portman and U.S. Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) coauthored the bipartisan Competitive Service Read more…
U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL) cited concerns with the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) technology infrastructure improvements during a recent subcommittee hearing. Crenshaw, the chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, convened the hearing to Read more…