Politics & Government

VIDEO: Darrell Issa Sounds Off On Alleged Taxpayer-Funded Vegas Bash, Obama

Issa is ramping up for next week's congressional hearing into the alleged spending waste.

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Vista), who represents Lake Elsinore and Wildomar, gives his view on next weekโ€™s congressional hearing into alleged spending waste by the U.S. General Services Administration. (Watch attached Fox News video clip.)

Mondayโ€™s hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will investigate GSA spending. The probe began earlier this month when the agency's inspector general reported an $823,000 spending spree at a Las Vegas event.

Issa is the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chair.

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The Associated Press reported Friday that a General Services Administration executive will assert his right to remain silent at the hearing. The Associated Press also reported that the official, Jeffrey Neely, could face a possible criminal investigation into spending allegations.

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