House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement regarding Judge Nina Gershon’s ruling to impose a preliminary injunction on the continuing resolution enacted by Congress that bars ACORN and its affiliates, subsidiaries, and allied organizations from receiving federal funding from the government.

“On the same day that ACORN’s violation of Delaware state lobbying laws was revealed, a liberal, Clinton-appointed activist Judge has ruled to usurp the prerogatives and authority of the United States Congress.  This left-wing activist Judge is setting a dangerous precedent that left-wing political organizations plagued by criminal accusations have a constitutional entitlement to taxpayer dollars.  The Obama Administration should immediately move to appeal this injunction.”

Frustrated by Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) attempts to force an up or down on issuing a subpoena for documents/records related to Countrywide’s VIP program and for releasing an embarrassing video of Committee Democrats avoiding the vote on Thursday, Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) has retaliated against Committee Republicans by literally changing the locks.

Politico:  Towns locks Republicans out, literally

Wall Street Journal:  House Democrats Lock GOP Out of Committee Room

Roll Call:  Republicans Feel Locked Out Again — Literally This Time

The Hill:  Democrats lock Republicans out of committee room

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Vista), the Ranking Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will be a guest on Fox News’ Hannity TONIGHT at 9:40 p.m. (est).

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member and Judiciary Committee Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued the following statement after the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct voted unanimously to expand the scope of its investigation of House Ways & Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY):

“If you don’t drain the swamp, you’ll end up with a lake.  This isn’t an isolated incident – it’s a pattern-of-behavior.  If the Chairman of the Committee charged with writing our tax laws didn’t know he should be reporting assets and income received from property and rent, then he’s criminally negligent.  If he did know it and failed to do so anyway, then he’s just plain criminal. 

“These aren’t rounding errors – these are errors of judgment and smack of serial tax evasion.  Is he really the right person to be heading up tax policy for America when so many times you failed to pay your taxes or disclose income?  Were these mistakes limited to Congressional disclosure forms or did Chairman Rangel file false tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service?  Only Chairman Rangel can answer that question by releasing his full tax history.  Such flagrant fuzzy math and dubious excuses would land most people in serious legal trouble.  The public needs to know if the man we count on to write America’s tax laws can actually count and does, in fact, pay taxes.”