July 2011

Washington, DC – Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings issued a forty-page investigative report today regarding the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC).

Chairman Issa launched an investigation into the activities of the FCIC a year ago, alleging improprieties by the Democratic Commissioners and staff, including "conflicts of interest," and "extensive ties" to "partisan Democratic politics."

Washington, DC – Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings issued the following statement in response to Department of Justice's announcement of the new reporting measure for multiple sales of semi-automatic rifles in select states along the border.

(Washington, D.C.)—On Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 2:30 p.m., Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Representative Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will convene a forum to examine illegal foreclosures against U.S. service members and their families.