Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Frank R. Wolf [R, VA-10]

It’s No Time to Furlough Weather Service Employees, Lawmaker Says

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...Frank Wolf, R-Va., said, "The tornadoes earlier this week underscore the life and safety mission that NWS employees perform." Alex Brandon/AP file photo Virginia Republican Rep. Frank Wolf already thought National Weather Service furloughs were a bad id

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IRS scandal highlights leadership vacancies

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...possess a deep knowledge of their agency and potentially the management expertise needed to run it. That's why when Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., wrote to outgoing acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank last month requesting she get the White House to fill t

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Cal Thomas: Benghazi, IRS: Son of Watergate?

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...House reporters, raising the ire of reporters not in the room. Is this what the Obama administration calls transparency? Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) has asked Speaker John Boehner to name a select committee to investigate the Benghazi attack with full subpo

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U.S. Rep. Wants Combat Benefits for Fort Hood Victims

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...they're paying a terrorist. That's crazy. And yet these poor families are having a very difficult time making it,” said U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA), reacting to the NBC 5 Investigates report that first aired Monday night. FBI reports show Hasan was co

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International religious freedom report notes persecution

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...since 2011. In a letter released May 20 before Secretary Kerry released the report, Representatives Chris Smith (R- N.J.), Frank Wolf (R- Va.), and Joe Pitts (R- Pa) asked Kerry to abide by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 and designate n

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Federal Law Officers Call for 'Watergate-style' Investigation into Benghazi

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...post a comment FLEOA "is the largest association of federal officers in America." And it has submitted a letter to Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) in support of his efforts to push a bill creating a select committee. FLEOA president Joe Adler says Diplomatic Sec

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State Department union endorses GOP-pushed Benghazi select committee

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...handling of Benghazi. J. Adler, the national president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, wrote to Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) on Friday to call for a "bipartisan" select committee to be formed "immediately." The union represents 26,000 fe

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Why a select committee on Benghazi matters

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...Frank Wolf, R-Va., believes we need a congressional select committee to get to the bottom of the Benghazi scandal. That’s why he’s introduced H.R. 36. So far, Wolf has 154 co-sponsors of the bill, but he’s also facing resistance. Some lawmakers in

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Meet the Benghazi lobby

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...The strategy kept the issue alive, so when a whistleblower stepped forward last week, it was primed for primetime. Rep. Frank Wolf told POLITICO the outside groups, especially those with retired military and special forces members, were instrumental to

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Worst and Best of Politico

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

Frank Wolf joins opposition to North-South highway through Loudoun, Prince William

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...timely articles on the Commercial Real Estate sector. Rep. Frank Wolf sent a letter to Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell this week stating his opposition to a proposed major North-South highway through Prince William and Loudoun counties, The Washington Post

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Holder to answer on Wednesday for Justice Dept. snooping on Associated Press reporters

2013-05-14T01:00:00Z

...a statement. “I will work with my fellow House chairmen on an appropriate response to Obama administration officials.” Rep. Frank Wolf, Virginia Republican, told The Hill newspaper that the incident is reminiscent of Watergate. “It is the arroganc

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GOP DEFIES BOEHNER on special Benghazi panel – The Hill

2013-05-14T01:00:00Z

...matter — Intelligence, Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services and Foreign Affairs — have signed onto Rep. Frank Wolf’s (R-Va.) resolution. Boehner and the chairmen of those committees do not support the legislation. Instead, th

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Republicans push for special Benghazi committee

2013-05-14T01:00:00Z

...Frank Wolf, R-Va., has found 146 cosponsors so far - almost two-thirds of the 232 House Republicans - for his legislation to create a select committee for the investigation, which would be comprised of 19 congressmen. In addition to five members appoint

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Orange Man Blues

2013-05-14T01:00:00Z

Most House GOP Members Want Benghazi Select Committee

2013-05-14T01:00:00Z

...John Boehner who has insisted that five standing committees should continue to handle the investigation. Since January, Rep. Frank Wolf, the Virginia Republican, has been circulating a bill calling for a 19-member select committee to investigate the Sep

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Cal Thomas: Press for all the facts on IRS abuse, Benghazi

2013-05-14T01:00:00Z

...White House and State Department were more involved than they first said.” The American people deserve the full story. Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., has asked House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to name a select committee to investigate the Benghazi attack

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Select Committee on Benghazi 'Unlikely'

2013-05-13T01:00:00Z

...the investigation into the Benghazi attack will continue to be split among several permanent congressional committees. Rep. Frank Wolf says no select committee is a "failure" of leadership Despite repeated GOP calls to establish a select committee to in

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Pressure mounts on Boehner to appoint select committee on Benghazi

2013-05-13T01:00:00Z

...Benghazi-gate but not agreeing to the demands of many rank-and-file Republicans. The resolution is sponsored by Virginia Rep. Frank Wolf who suggested to Boehner in a forceful, four-page letter Thursday that the Obama administration perhaps failed to ad

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Conservatives call for Clinton subpoena on Benghazi attack

2013-05-13T01:00:00Z

...CIA’s version of the attacks changed 12 different times before being made public. A resolution sponsored by Virginia Rep. Frank Wolf that calls on the House to form a special committee to investigate the terror attacks is gaining traction. More than 2

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