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6 unusual facts about United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform


Growth hormone in sports

A report from the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on steroid and growth hormone use found that the misguided use of HGH by professional athletes and entertainers was fuelling the industry peddling the drug to the general public for medically inappropriate uses.

United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department

The functions of the committee are now part of the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

United States House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Domestic Policy

The Subcommittee on Domestic Policy is a standing committee within the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

United States House Oversight Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements

The Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives is a standing committee within the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

United States House Oversight Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and the Census

The Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and Labor Policy is a subcommittee within the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

United States House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security

The Subcommittee on National Security is a subcommittee United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.


Howard Krongard

In a 14-page letter on September 18, 2007, House Oversight Committee chairman Henry Waxman charged Krongard with actively impeding probes into waste and corruption related to the war in Iraq and other matters.

Ivan Eland

He has testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

Jonathan P. Dolliver

He served as chairman of the House Committee on Expenditures in the Fifty-sixth Congress.

Phil Schiliro

From the early 1980s until 2008, he served in a number of congressional staff positions, notably as Democratic Chief of Staff for the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and as chief of staff to Representative Henry Waxman.


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