The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a business meeting to mark up H.R. 1506, a bill to provide that claims of the United States to certain documents relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances, and several commemorative resolutions.
On Wednesday, October 28, 2009, Chairman Edolphus “Ed” Towns (D-NY) and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee examined executive compensation at Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) recipients.
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus “Ed” Towns (D-NY) and Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued statements after Chairman Towns issued a subpoena to Bank of America for Countrywide Financial VIP program documents. Chairman Towns and Ranking Member Issa agreed upon language for the subpoena that will begin to clarify unanswered questions about how the VIP program worked and whether it provided special benefits to government officials.