House Republicans reappointed Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va.,
chairman of the Government Reform Committee for the 109th
Congress.
He said he intends to build on the legislative and
oversight record of the past Congress that saw the
National Security Personnel System, the D.C. School
Choice Act, the Services Acquisition Reform Act, Postal
Pension Reform, and significant portions of the 9-11
Implementation Act.
“National security and national competitiveness. That’s
what my agenda boils down to; that’s the thread that
ties everything we do — both with legislation and
oversight — together,” said Davis.
“The efficient movement of information is critical to
education, to the provision of social services, to
environmental protection, to law enforcement.”
He also said the committee would continue to focus on
waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement in the federal
government.
“The reality is that waste is marbled throughout the
bureaucracy. It rests within regulations that never
should have been written, in filling out forms that
should not have been printed, in procurements so
complex that our under-trained contracting officers
cannot properly manage them,” said Davis.
