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House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. , right, confers with the committee's Ranking Member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, prior to the start of the committee's hearing on the controversial fast and furious program...

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House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. , left, talks with General Motors CEO Dan Akerson during a break on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in Akerson's testimony about the safety of the all-electric car, the...

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Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. , left, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, shakes hands with General Motors CEO Dan Akerson, right, during a break in Akerson's testimony about the safety of the all-electric car, the Chevy Volt, and what federal regulators knew...

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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder talks with House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) before a hearing on "Fast & Furious: Management Failures at the Department of Justice" on Capitol Hill in Washington February 2, 2012.

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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 16: Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) participates in a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on November 16, 2011 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on whether Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac executives should be...

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Attorney General Eric Holder arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing entitled, "Fast & Furious: Management Failures at the Department of Justice". Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa,...

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Acting Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) attache to Mexico Carlos Canino shakes hands with House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R) at the start of a hearing on "Operation Fast and Furious: The Other Side of the Border," on Capitol Hill in Washington July...

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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 15: House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) (C) talks to a crowd of reporters after leaving a House GOP conference meeting in the basement of the U.S. Capitol July 15, 2011 in Washington, DC. As an August 2 deadline looms,...

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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 14: House Oversight And Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) (L) shakes hands with Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Chairman Gregory Jaczko as NRC commissioners Kristine Svinicki (2nd L) and William Magwood IV look on before...

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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 14: House Oversight And Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa questions members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission during a hearing December 14, 2011 in Washington, DC. In October the four commissioners sent a letter White House Chief of Staff...

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FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2011, file photo Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. , is seen at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. House investigators have found that four current members of the U.S. House received discounted loans from the former Countrywide Financial...

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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 02: Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (L) greets committee chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) (2nd R) House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill June 2, 2011 in Washington, DC. Barbour testified during a hearing titled ÒMaking the Gulf Coast Whole...

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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. , right, talks with Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 2, 2011, prior to the start of the committee's hearing on the Gulf Oil Spill.

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House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. , left, welcomes, from second from left, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, and Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. , as they arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 14, 2011, to testify before the...

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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 08: U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) (C) speaks to reporters as he leaves after a closed Republican Conference Meeting on the budget negotiations April 8, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Obama Administration and congressional leaders have reached a deal...

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Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. , goes into Speaker John Boehner's office on Capitol Hill as Congress continues to debate in hope of avoiding a government shutdown Friday, April 8, 2011 in Washington.

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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 22: House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) (L) greets Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro (C) and SEC Inspector General David Kotz before they testify to a joint hearing by the House Financial...

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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. , right, accompanied by the committee's ranking Democrat Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. , presides over the committee's hearing on the Freedom of Information Act, Thursday, March 31, 2011, on Capitol Hill in...

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House House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. , left, speaks with Homeland Security Chief Privacy Officer Mary Ellen Callahan, center, and General Counsel Ivan Fong, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 31, 2011, prior to the start of...

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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 01: U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) (R) talks to U.S. Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) outside the Republican National Committee headquarters after a House Republican Conference meeting March 1, 2011 in Washington, DC. Rep. Issa has started an investigation on whether his...

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16: U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) (R) speaks as Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) listens during a news conference February 16, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The news conference was to release the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) biennial 'High Risk...

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16: (L-R) U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Sen. Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT), Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), and Comptroller General of the United States and head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Gene...

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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. , speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 2, 2011, during the committee's hearing on the impact of the Gulf Oil Spill.

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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 02: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) (2nd L) speaks during a news conference to announce plans to reform and bring savings to the United States Postal Service with (L-R) committee ranking member U.S....

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Catherine Papoi, the former deputy unit chief in charge of the Freedom of Information Act at the Homeland Security Department, is photographed at Ashton Judiciary Square Apartments, Thursday, March 17, 2011, in Washington. Papoi was a senior career employee who confidentially complained...