“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence” – President John Adams
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The aim of the committee is to provide better legislative oversight on how tax dollars are spent and how state agencies operate. The committee mirrors the House Committee on Oversight and Reform in the U.S. Congress. The nine-member committee investigates matters referred by the speaker, majority leader or minority leader.
For a list of members and meeting information, click here.
Reports
Report on Office of Inspector General’s Firearms Purchase
Report on Pennsylvania’s Lobbying Disclosure Law
Staff Report on Medicaid: Provider Fraud & Improper Payments
Press Releases
House Government Oversight Committee to Investigate Reports of ‘Ghost’ Flights in Pennsylvania, Says Mackenzie
Mackenzie to Chair House Government Oversight Committee
House Government Oversight Committee Votes to Adopt Report on OSIG Firearms Purchase, Say Toohil, Bradford
Benninghoff Formally Refers Investigation of Wolf Administration’s Handling of Nursing Homes to House Government Oversight Committee
Toohil to Lead House Government Oversight Committee
Grove, Bradford Announce Findings of First House Government Oversight Committee Investigation
House Government Oversight Committee to Release First Report and Recommend Changes to Lobbying Disclosure Law
House Government Oversight Committee to Take Testimony at First-Ever Public Hearing
House Government Oversight Committee Launches First Investigation, Grove and Bradford Announce
Grove Issues Statement on Grand Jury Report on Fraud in the Pennsylvania Medical Assistance Program
Grove Named Chairman of Newly Formed House Oversight Committee