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House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) announced Monday that he was convening a hearing to investigate the GSA's lavish Las Vegas conference that led to the resignation of Administrator Martha Johnson and other top officials at the agency.

The hearing â€" titled "Addressing GSA’s Culture of Wasteful Spending" â€" is scheduled for next Monday, and will feature Johnson, the GSA inspector general who flagged the conference's spending as excessive, and other top officials at the agency.

They're expected to testify on the $823,000 conference, which included spending for a clown, a mind reader and the manufacture of commemorative coins awarded to employees.

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