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October 2012

October 2, 2012

Washington – Today, the top Democratic Members on committees responsible for Elections, the Judiciary, and Oversight sent a letter to Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus calling for answers surrounding the unfolding scandal of voter registration fraud in Florida and across the country.


October 2, 2012

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement following reports of a shooting today at a Arizona patrol base where one U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed and a second was injured:


October 2, 2012

Washington, DC—Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued a statement today after Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson struck down a narrow part of the Pennsylvania photo identification law, allowing voters to cast a ballot in the 2012 November election without having to provide a photo ID.


October 1, 2012

Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to an announcement that the U.S. Postal Service and the American Postal Workers Union have agreed to offer employees retirement incentives.

Issues: Postal Service

October 1, 2012

Washington, DC—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter requesting documents and a transcribed interview with longtime GOP consultant Nathan Sproul relating to allegations of widespread irregularities in the voter registration efforts of Strategic Allied Consulting.