Issue Briefs

Following is the general plan the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee for the current Congress.


Waste, Fraud, Abuse and Mismanagement

The Committee intends to redouble its efforts concerning its oversight of waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement of federal government spending. For too many years the Washington establishment has turned a blind eye to repeated waste and mismanagement in federal spending. Although the GAO, agency IG’s, and whistleblowers alike continue to sound alarms concerning massive waste in federal spending, Administrations and Congresses often fail to address the issue head on. The Committee’s oversight will cover all federal government departments, agencies and programs with an eye toward solutions to eliminate wasteful spending. Many of the following sections address specific areas where the Committee has an opportunity to make an immediate difference by addressing problematic agencies and programs. Furthermore, the Committee plans to offer legislative proposals that go at the heart of this issue by positively addressing the issue of waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement.

Financial Sector

The Committee will continue oversight of the financial sector, focusing on those regulatory agencies whose failures were implicated in the financial crisis and those agencies that were created, or saw their powers expanded, by the Dodd-Frank Act of 2