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Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) issued the following statement about this morning's hearing in the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee:

"I was disappointed that Lois Lerner chose not to answer the committee's questions about her role in the IRS scandal.  We need her testimony to help us get to the truth."

"Because she said in previous testimony that she broke no laws and violated no rules, I cannot see what would prevent her from answering questions and helping us get to the truth, unless there is more to the story."

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) today announced the 2014 Congressional Art Contest and encouraged high school students in the Fourth Congressional District to submit their best artwork to their schools.

This year, up to two winners may be chosen from each high school, and students must be residents of the Fourth Congressional District to be eligible.  The fourteen counties in the Fourth Congressional District include Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Crawford, Logan, Sandusky, Seneca, Shelby, Union and parts of Erie, Huron, Lorain, Marion and Mercer.

Congressman Jordan (R-Urbana) released the following statement in response to President Obama’s State of the Union Address.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) encourages high school students across the Fourth Congressional District to submit their artwork in the 2013 Congressional Art Contest.

– Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) today announced that his was the second-lowest-spending office in Congress in 2012. The only office to spend less was that of the First District of the State of Washington, which was vacant between March 20th and the November election. According to the Statement of Disbursements recently released by the U.S. House of Representatives, Jordan’s office spent only $832,054 of the $1,313,374 he was allocated in 2012, returning over $480,000, or about 37% of his budget to the Treasury. “Because I have been fighting so hard to balance the federal budget and get spending under control, I think it is important to lead by example,” Jordan said. “You can provide good public service while being respectful of taxpayers’ money, and I think our actions prove that.” Congressional offices are allocated between $1.3 million and $1.8 million per year for expenses like salaries, rent, travel and communications. In 2012, the average Congressional office spent 90.85% of its budgeted allowance, while Jordan’s office spent merely 63.35%. “We have been working to cut our budget for the past several years in order to be responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars. Government can always scale back and do more with less,” Jordan added. Jordan’s and other Congressional offices will take an 8.2% budget cut this year as a result of the recent sequester. This is in addition to an 11% cut they have taken over the past two years.

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) and Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA) joined efforts on a bill aiming to put an end to lavish spending on conferences for federal employees. The bill, H.R. 859, responds to testimony the pair heard in the Oversight and Government Reform Committee about excessive spending on conferences by the General Services Administration (GSA) and other federal agencies.