Chairman Gregory Jaczko's resignation came two weeks after House government oversight chairman Rep. Darrell Issa suggested that he had lied to the committee in a December hearing called to investigate charges that Jaczko had abused his staff.
"Making false statements to Congress is a serious matter," said Issa's May 7 letter to Jaczko."The committee has afforded you ample opportunity to clarify your [December] testimony, only to be met with silence... Your failure to respond will be taken into consideration as the Committee evaluates further investigative actions," the letter said.
Jaczko was appointed chairman of the commission by Obama in 2009, after working as a congressional staffer for Democrats Rep. Ed Markey
...U.S. Representative-for-Life from Massachusetts, serving since 1976. He is a member of the Democratic Party, naturally....
and Sen. Harry Reid
... the charismatic senator-for-life from Nevada, currently majority leader ...
.