Government Oversight Committee

Lawmakers Urge LePage To Apologize For Calling State Senator 'Repugnant' During Hearing

By • Aug 29, 2018
Robert F. Bukaty / Associated Press

The Legislature's Government Oversight Committee has written a letter urging Republican Gov. Paul LePage to apologize for ridiculing a GOP state senator during a hearing held last week.

Oversight Committee Will Subpeona Another Maine DHHS Official

By • Aug 9, 2018
BDN

For the second time in less than two months, the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee has voted to subpoena a high ranking official at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

DHHS Commissioner Set To Testify On Maine's Child Welfare System

By • Jul 10, 2018
Maine Public staff/file

AUGUSTA, Maine - A LePage administration official is set to testify before a legislative watchdog investigating Maine's struggling child welfare system.
 
Republican Sen. Tom Saviello said that the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee has subpoenaed Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Ricker Hamilton to appear before the panel Tuesday.
 

Legislative Committee Votes to Overhaul Maine Business Incentives

By • Nov 17, 2016

AUGUSTA, Maine - The Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee, after over a year of study, has voted to submit legislation to overhaul the state's business incentive programs.

GOC co-chairman Sen. Roger Katz, of Augusta, says the measure will require the state to develop a 10-year economic development plan. He says many states do that, but Maine has not.

“I think most people out there think we have a plan," Katz says. "We don’t have a plan and many other states do, and it’s about time Maine had one. We are going to get some of the best and brightest people we can.”

LePage Steps Up Efforts to Remove Committee Co-Chair

By • Oct 25, 2015

PORTLAND, Maine - Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage is stepping up efforts to remove a Republican lawmaker from the investigation into whether LePage overstepped his authority in persuading a private school to rescind a job off to one of his political opponents.