Chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee

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The Chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is the leading member of the U.S. House committee responsible for overseeing federal government operations and investigating matters of public concern.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf congressional committee chairmanship ⓘ
leadership position ⓘ
position in the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
appointedBy majority party of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
field government oversight ⓘ
legislative investigations ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
governingDocument Rules of the United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform ⓘ
Oversight Committee Chair NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver committee rules and procedures subject to House rules ⓘ
hasDuties conducting investigations of matters of public concern ⓘ
coordinating investigations with other congressional committees ⓘ
holding oversight hearings ⓘ
issuing subpoenas through the committee ⓘ
managing committee agenda ⓘ
overseeing federal government operations ⓘ
presiding over committee meetings ⓘ
hasPower determine witnesses for hearings ⓘ
direct committee staff work ⓘ
influence committee investigative priorities ⓘ
set committee hearing schedule ⓘ
isPositionInOrganization United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
locatedIn United States Capitol NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeHolderMustBe member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
oversees federal agencies and departments ⓘ
federal executive branch operations ⓘ
federal government transparency and accountability ⓘ
federal government waste, fraud, and abuse issues ⓘ
implementation of federal programs ⓘ
partOf United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Speaker of the United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ
ranking member of the committee ⓘ
reportsTo majority leadership of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
selectionMethod chosen from majority party members of the committee ⓘ
supervises staff of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform ⓘ
termLength varies with House rules and party decisions ⓘ
usesInstrument committee reports ⓘ
congressional hearings ⓘ
congressional subpoena power ⓘ
worksWith Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ⓘ
other committee members ⓘ

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Trey Gowdy → positionHeld → Chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ⓘ