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Edolphus "Ed" Towns (born July 21, 1934) is an American politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 10th District of New York based in Brooklyn, and including such communities such as Fort Greene, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Mill Basin, Cypress Hills, East New York and Canarsie. A Democrat, he has served in the House since 1983. On December 10, 2008, the House Democratic Caucus formally elected Rep. Towns as Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The previous chairman Henry Waxman defeated John Dingell to become Energy and Commerce Committee chair.

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  • Sniping skews committee's work
    News Source: Politico | 1 day ago
    On the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the partisanship has gotten so bad that major investigations have been affected, including a wide-ranging inquest into the financial meltdown. The tension between Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.
  • Party Crashers Seek to Sell Their Story
    News Source: Asian Wall Street Journal | 1 day ago
    Representatives acting on behalf of the Virginia couple who allegedly crashed a White House state dinner have contacted multiple media outlets to try to sell an interview with the pair, according to people familiar with the matter. One person said
  • Washington Considers Funding Parks to Rebuild Cities
    News Source: Gotham Gazette | 1 day ago
    Rep. Albio Sires of New Jersey, reflects the current thinking that parks and recreation are integral to broader efforts to rebuild the economic and social fabric of cities. At the same time, the Obama administration has created a partnership among
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  • Party crashers are wellknown DC socialites
    Blog Source: www.searchamelia.com | 2 days ago
    So maybe instead of ordering a review of Secret Service practices, the Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Edolphus Towns, should widen the net a little and include “insider facilitation”. ...
  • House Oversight chairman wants answers on state dinner ...
    Blog Source: www.conservativepoliticalsuicide.com | 2 days ago
    Rep. Edolphus Towns (DN.Y.) has requested a briefing into how a couple crashed the dinner and shook hands with the president. Read more...
  • Health IT & Healthcare Reform: Energy and Commerce ...
    Blog Source: ahier.blogspot.com | 2 days ago
    and House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) commented today following the release of new Government Accountability Office (GAO) findings that pervasive deficiencies in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...
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