February 2011
Documents for the February 28th Joint Hearing with the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
"America's Presidential Libraries: Their Mission and Their Future"
Congressman Cummings' Opening Statement
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (MD-07), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today launched a wide-ranging investigation into increasingly widespread allegations of foreclosure fraud and abuse, seeking documents, audits, and investigations to provide the Committee with a more comprehensive understanding of these allegations and the national foreclosure picture. The requests include:
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (MD-07), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today wrote to Chairman Darrell Issa, expressing concern with three unilateral subpoenas issued abruptly over the past eight days without adequate consultation with Committee Members.
Last Wednesday, Issa issued a subpoena for Countrywide mortgage documents relating to Members of Congress. A day after issuing this subpoena, however, Issa backtracked and said he was "not targeting any members."
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (MD-07), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today highlighted the importance of improving contractor oversight in the Federal Government, particularly in the Department of Defense. To help find ways to improve the contracting process, Rep. Cummings invited Senator Claire McCaskill, Chair of the Subcommittee on Contacting Oversight on the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, to testify before the House Committee.
Read Ranking Member Cummings' Opening Statement.
Read the GAO High-Risk Report.
(Washington, DC) -- Today, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) wrote to Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) asking that the Committee invite U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) to testify at the Committee's hearing on Thursday regarding GAO's biennial "High Risk" report on government programs most susceptible to waste, fraud, and abuse.
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today issued a statement following the resignation of the Special Inspector General for TARP, Neil Barofsky.