Third District Congressman John Yarmuth discussed his appointment to the House Oversight and Government Reform committee last week. Yarmuth said he was hoping chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) would back off from his aggressive plans to investigate the administration. Yarmuth also said oversight is necessary; the committee can’t be a rubber stamp for the administration, but a repeat of the mid 90s or glutting the system with subpoenas isn’t the way to do that.
Yarmuth was not as outspoken on the issue as the committee’s ranking Democrat, Elijah Cummings of Maryland. Cummings sent Issa a letter earlier this month, encouraging the chairman to restrain himself and not issue subpoenas unilaterally.
Cummings also accused Issa of withholding documents, which Issa denies. It all adds up to observers calling this a “terrible start” for the powerful and important committee.
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January 25, 2011 at 6:08 pm
Harold Trainer, USAF RET
This president would do or say anything to be re-elected. Non of it would be true. The intensive media coverage only talks about the economy/debt, unemployment and never mentions or asks or says anything about the two plus ugly unnecessary wars we are prosecuting at the cost of many lives and 250 billion dollars a year. Plus defense contractor spending. We are killing Arabs and Muslims, women and children and civilians and we only care about ourselves and our own economy and our fear/security. We are morally bankrupt and the value of the words we and the media, our president and govt loses their value as the are muttered. H. Trainer, Prospect