October 2011
Washington, DC – After a disappointing meeting with Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Acting Director Edward DeMarco on October 6, Ranking Member Elijah E.
Davis, White House Drug Policy Director, and Community Leaders Discuss Drug Policy
Washington, DC (Oct. 18, 2011) – Today, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, responded to an announcement by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) that it has instructed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to begin "transitioning away" from their use of designated foreclosure attorney networks to a system under which "mortgage servicers select qualified law firms that meet certain minimum, uniform criteria."
Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL), the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives, is convening a forum featuring Gil Kerlikowske, the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and local drug-control officials to discuss the impact of Federal and localized drug prevention and treatment initiatives to combat recidivism and substance misuse.
Washington, DC – In an interview this morning on CBS's Face the Nation, Rep. Darrell E. Issa, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, officially confirmed for the first time recent press reports alleging that so-called "gun-walking" programs occurred during the Bush Administration, much earlier than previously known.
Without disclosing his sources, Issa defended the previous Administration's operations as "coordinated."
Washington, D.C. — Today, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings, joined by all seven Subcommittee Ranking Members, sent a letter to Chairman Darrell Issa objecting to his new policy preventing the minority from using its own travel budget.
Washington, D.C.—Today, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings released a report on behalf of Democratic Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform with recommendations to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.
Washington, D.C.—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued a statement in response to a subpoena issued by Chairman Darrell E. Issa to the Department of Justice for tens of thousands of pages of documents.
"As I have said all along, Fast and Furious was a terrible mistake with tragic consequences," said Cummings. "The Committee is right to investigate what went wrong and why, but we must do so in a fair and responsible manner."