Topic: Congressional Inquiries

Congressional report: CDC used bad data to evaluate lead levels in DC water in 2004Federal health officials knowingly used flawed data in a study that calmed public fears about lead in the District of Columbia's drinking water in 2004, according to a ...
Toyota says it is reviewing safety issues ahead of Congressional hearings on recalls Toyota Motor Corp. offered concessions Friday to congressional investigators ahead of planned hearings later this month on the company's safety woes, saying it would re-examine some customer complaints and ...
White House: Social secretary won't testify at congressional hearing on dinner security lapseThe White House says its social secretary will not testify at a congressional hearing into the security lapse that mistakenly allowed a couple into last week's state dinner.Press secretary Robert ...
Senate Democrats defeat McCain bid to force testimony by Afghanistan commander by mid-NovemberThe Senate has rejected an effort by Sen. John McCain to force the field commander in Afghanistan to testify before Congress by mid-November.The Arizona Republican wanted to require Gen. Stanley ...
Australian prime minister and treasurer reject lawmaker's call for their resignationAustralia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his treasurer are rejecting opposition calls to resign over their relationship with a car dealer which commentators say has created the 19-month-old government's biggest political crisis.Opposition ...
Clinical testing firm that approved bogus medical experiments will go out of businessA Colorado company that was recently snared by congressional investigators for approving bogus medical tests is closing its doors.Coast IRB said in a statement Thursday it will halt work on ...
House committee to take a look at military programs targeting mental healthA House subcommittee on Tuesday will take a look at military programs targeting mental health.The Army has been investigating an unexplained spike in suicides in January. Last year, the Army had ...
Congresswoman calls for probe after string of controversies in Texas' Harris CountyU.S. "Jackson Lee said her call for a federal inquiry also was spurred by a string of other controversial cases and scandals involving Harris County criminal justice agencies. "With the many ...