{"id":2098218,"date":"2023-11-14T10:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T15:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-house-oversight-committee-holds-hearing-on-general-services-administration-oversight\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T10:08:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T15:08:00","slug":"watch-live-house-oversight-committee-holds-hearing-on-general-services-administration-oversight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-house-oversight-committee-holds-hearing-on-general-services-administration-oversight\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH LIVE: House Oversight Committee holds hearing on General Services Administration oversight"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-live-house-oversight-committee-holds-hearing-on-general-services-administration-oversight%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2098218&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The House Oversight Committee \u2064Holds\u200c Hearing\u2062 on \u2064General Services Administration Oversight<\/h2>\n<p>The House \u2063Oversight Committee is set to hold an engaging hearing\u200b titled &#8220;Oversight of the U.S. General Services Administration&#8221;\u2062 at 10 a.m.\u200d This hearing comes shortly \u2064after the announcement of the final decision \u200dto relocate the FBI\u200b headquarters to a\u200b Maryland suburb.<\/p>\n<h3>Speaker Johnson-Aligned Groups Raise $16 Million in Just 10 \u200cDays<\/h3>\n<p>According to the House Oversight website, \u2064the focus of the hearing will be on examining the efficiency of\u2062 the General Services \u2063Administration (GSA). Specifically, the committee will \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-cori-bush-rushes-to-defense-of-very-violent-criminals-rioting-attacking-guard-in-jail\/\" title=\"Democrat Cori Bush Rushes To Defense Of \u2018Very Violent\u2019 Criminals Rioting, Attacking Guard In Jail\">address concerns raised<\/a> by reports indicating that a significant portion of office space\u2064 remains unused\u2062 in most centers.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Under the Biden administration, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-house-oversight-committee-holds-hearing-on-general-services-administration-oversight\/\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: House Oversight Committee holds hearing on General Services Administration oversight\">federal telework levels remain elevated<\/a>, leaving many D.C. headquarters offices \u2062empty. Even during maximum telework, \u2062taxpayer \u200ddollars were spent on renewing expensive leases\u2064 for \u2063mostly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-repurposing-3-government-buildings-in-capital-into-affordable-housing\/\" title=\"California Repurposing 3 Government Buildings in Capital Into Affordable Housing\">vacant office buildings<\/a> and purchasing\u2062 luxurious furniture for \u200cunused conference rooms,&#8221;\u2064 stated Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Comer emphasized the responsibility\u2063 of the House Oversight Committee to hold the GSA and \u2062other agencies accountable, ensuring that taxpayer funds \u200bare not\u200d wasted through unnecessary \u200bexpenses. He looks forward to hearing directly from GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan about the steps being taken\u200b to control \u2063discretionary spending across \u200bthe federal government and prevent the needless waste of taxpayer funds, particularly \u200don underutilized properties.<\/p>\n<p>For more\u200d information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a> to visit The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How \u2064does the \u2064House Oversight Committee plan to hold the General Services Administration and other agencies accountable for wasteful spending and unnecessary expenses?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The House Oversight Committee held a hearing titled &#8220;Oversight of the U.S.\u2062 General Services Administration&#8221; on Tuesday at 10 a.m. The timing of this hearing is\u200d significant as it \u2064comes shortly\u200c after the final decision to relocate the FBI headquarters\u2063 to a Maryland suburb.<\/p>\n<p>According to the House Oversight website, the focus of\u2063 the hearing was to examine the efficiency of the General Services Administration (GSA). The committee aimed to address concerns raised by reports indicating that a significant portion of office space remains unused in most centers.<\/p>\n<p>Oversight Chairman \u2062James Comer (R-KY) expressed his concerns about taxpayer dollars being spent on renewing\u2063 expensive leases for mostly vacant office buildings and purchasing luxurious furniture for unused conference rooms, even during\u200b maximum telework under the Biden administration. \u200cHe emphasized the responsibility of the House Oversight Committee to hold the GSA and other agencies accountable, ensuring that taxpayer\u2062 funds are not wasted through unnecessary expenses.<\/p>\n<p>Comer expressed his anticipation to hear directly from GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan regarding the steps being taken to control\u200c discretionary spending across the federal \u2062government and prevent the needless waste of taxpayer funds, especially on underutilized properties.<\/p>\n<p>This hearing is an important step in ensuring transparency \u2062and accountability \u2062within the General Services Administration and other federal\u2064 agencies. The\u2064 House Oversight Committee aims to address the concerns raised \u2063by reports of wasteful spending and inefficient use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tech-ceo-says-san-francisco-will-never-recover-from-downturn\/\" title=\"Tech CEO predicts San Francisco's irreversible downfall.\">office\u200b space<\/a>. By holding these hearings, they hope to promote responsible spending and prevent the misuse of taxpayer funds.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit The Washington \u200dExaminer [hyperlink].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House Oversight Committee will hold a hearing on the oversight of the General Services Administration titled &#8220;Oversight of the U.S. General Services Administration&#8221; at 10 a.m. This hearing follows the recent announcement of the decision to relocate the FBI headquarters to a Maryland suburb. Speaker Johnson-aligned groups will be present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2098219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2098218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2098218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2098219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2098218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2098218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2098218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}