http://www.oversight.house.gov Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Chairman Henry A. Waxman en-us Chairman Waxman issued a subpoena to compel the EPA to provide documents relating to the agency's faltering enforcement of the Clean Water Act. http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=2155 http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=2155 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:00:00 +0000 Defense Department officials notified Committee staff that Secretary Gates has agreed to comply with the Committee's subpoena and make Dr. Kaye Whitley available to testify. http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=2154 http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=2154 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:00:00 +0000 In a letter to EPA, Chairman Waxman reiterates and expands his request for information on the costs of EPA's numerous losses in court, which include taxpayer dollars wasted and delays in public health and environmental protections. http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=2153 http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=2153 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:00:00 +0000 According to data from the Energy Information Administration, from 2003 to 2008 U.S. consumers will have spent between $70 billion and $74 billion to buy Iraqi oil, the same amount Iraq has amassed as its budget surplus, according to GAO. http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=2152 http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=2152 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:00:00 +0000 The Committee will hold a hearing in September to consider the implications of new HIV incidence numbers announced by the Centers for Disease Control. http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=2151 http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=2151 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:00:00 +0000