Defense and Security

Chairman Towns Seeks Details of State Dept. Settlement with Xe Services Chairman Towns Announces Hearing to Examine the Implementation of Iran Sanctions Chairman Towns Opens Inquiry into Quality of Troops’ Body Armor and Vehicle Safety Towns, Issa Seek Information from State Dept. on Failed Christmas Day Attack Chairman Towns Sparks GAO Investigation of Maritime Initiative Towns Secures Changes to Civil Service System in Defense Authorization Bill Conference Report "The Rise of the Mexican Drug Cartels and U.S. National Security." "Afghanistan and Pakistan: Oversight of a New Interagency Strategy "The Future of the V-22 Osprey: Costs, Capabilities, and Challenges." Oversight Committee to Resume Hearing on the Future of the V-22 Osprey "The Future of the V-22 Osprey: Costs, Capabilities, and Challenges." Towns, Issa Postpone Hearing on the Future of the V-22 Osprey Hearing on Money, Guns, and Drugs: Are U.S. Inputs Fueling Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border? Defense Department Agrees to Cooperate with Investigation into Sexual Assault in the Military Chairman Waxman Requests Information on Increase in Military Personnel Waivers Towns Investigates Sewage Sludge Experiment in Minority Neighborhoods Hearing on Overseas Contracting Loophole Committee Announces Hearing on DOD's Acquisition System "Examining the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) - Current Issues and Developments Subcommitee Markup of H.R. 3799, "Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act" Chairman Waxman and Ranking Member Davis Respond to CIA Inspector General on Committee Jurisdiction Chairman Davis Introduces Pertinent District of Columbia Legislation Hearing on One Year after Walter Reed: An Independent Assessment of the Care, Support, and Disability Evaluation for Wounded Soldiers Contracting Reform: Expert Recommendations and Pending Bills Committee Requests Information Regarding DOD Greenhouse Gas Emission Compliance Chairman Waxman Releases Report on Information Security Breach at TSA's Traveler Redress Website One Year Later: Have TSA Airport Security Checkpoints Improved? Hearing on Iran: Realities, Options, and Consequences: Part III - Regional and Global Consequences of U.S. Military Action in Iran Undercover GAO Investigation Exposes Vulnerabilities in Airport Security Assessing the State Department Inspector General GAO Investigation Reveals Gaps in FDA Drug Reviews for Seniors Private Medicare Drug Plans: Seniors and Taxpayers Hurt by High Expenses, Low Rebates Hearing on Private Security Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan Opening Federal Contracting to Small, Minority-Owned Business Committee Approves Several Bills at Business Meeting Chairman Waxman Questions Interior Department's Failure to Comply with Energy Policy Act Committee Asks Agencies about White House "Asset Deployment" Meetings Federal Benefits: Are We Meeting Expectations? Full Committee Business Meeting Committee Holds Hearing on Inadvertent File Sharing over Peer-to-Peer Networks Waste, Fraud, and Abuse at K-Town: How Mismanagement Has Derailed DOD's Largest Single Facility Construction Project International Perspectives on Strengthening the Nonproliferation Regime Hearing on International Perspectives on Strengthening the Nonproliferation Regime Rep. Waxman Questions Energy Department's Inconsistent Statements about the Santa Susana Field Lab Cleanup Committee Requests GAO Investigation of Federal Crop Insurance Programs Hearing on Mental Health Problems Confronting Soldiers Returning from Iraq, Afghanistan Chairman Waxman Reschedules Hearing with Secretary of State Rice Committee Requests Deposition of National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley Chairman Waxman Writes RNC Chairman Mike Duncan Committee Seeks White House and Defense Secretary Communications about Tillman Death Committee Votes by 21 to 10 to Issue Subpoena for Testimony of Secretary Rice New Evidence of Security Problems at the White House Committee Marks Up National Capital Transportation Amendments Act of 2007 Committee Marks Up National Capital Transportation Amendments Act of 2007 Lead in Women's Vitamins Causes Concern Documents Requested in Alleged Scheme to Misappropriate Taxpayer Dollars Department of Justice Responds to Committee Inquiry on Oil Leases Waxman Renews Niger Queries Hearing on Is This Any Way to Treat Our Troops? Care and Conditions of Wounded Soldiers at Walter Reed Democrats Inquire on Status of Offices of Women's Health in HHS The Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2007 The Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007 H.Res. 180: Honoring the Life and Achievements of Leo T. McCarthy Committee Holds Hearing on Iraq Reconstruction Overview Committee Releases Oversight Plans for 110th Congress The Executive Branch Reform Act of 2007 GAO Finds Millions in Overpayments to Iraq Contractors Democrats Ask Leavitt to Rescind Keroack Appointment Abramoff Ties to White House More Extensive Than Previously Known GAO Finds EPA Failing to Protect Public Health from Toxic Air Pollution New Contracts to Replace Halliburton Troop Support Contract Prescription for Harm: The Decline in FDA Enforcement Activity Terrorism Attacks Surge in 2005 New Federally Funded Abstinence Program Guidelines Based on Ideology, Not Science Rep. Waxman Introduces Nursing Home Staffing Act of 2005 Administration Reverses Government Credit Card Limit Increase DOD Contracts with ESSI "Appear to Have Anomalies in Them" DOD Pay Plan Would Reward Political Appointees Civilian Access to Military Armor Piercing Ammunition