January 2013
Washington, DC – Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, provided the following remarks today at a field hearing held by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on the mortgage policy in Baltimore, Maryland.
"Thank you. I would like to welcome everyone to my congressional district here in Baltimore.
"Thank you to my colleagues, Senator Cardin, Congresswoman Edwards, and Mayor Rawlings-Blake, and thank you to Director Cordray for being here as well.
Washington, DC – Today, Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman sent a letter to Wal-Mart CEO Michael Duke regarding internal company documents that appear to show that Duke and senior Wal-Mart executives had specific knowledge as early as 2005 about the bribery allegations associated with Wal-Mart's controversial store in Teotihuacan, Mexico. The documents contradict the company's claims that senior executives had no knowledge of these allegations.
WASHINGTON – The Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Reps. Darrell E. Issa and Elijah E. Cummings, issued a joint statement in response to the Major League Baseball's decision to implement in-season testing for human growth hormone (HGH) in its players.
WOODBRIDGE, VA—On Monday, January 14, 2013, Reps. Gerry Connolly and Elijah E. Cummings, top Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, will host a forum to examine the challenges voters faced in the 2012 election and to discuss needed election reforms.
Washington, DC -- Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the American International Group's (AIG) decision today not to participate in a $25 billion shareholder lawsuit against the government:
"I'm pleased to hear that after receiving the largest bailout by the government to a private company in United States history, AIG has decided not to sue the taxpayers who provided it."
Washington, DC – Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to press reports today that the American International Group (AIG) is considering joining a $25 billion shareholder lawsuit against the government agencies that rescued AIG during the financial crisis:
Washington, DC – Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will speak Thursday morning at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) public field hearing on mortgage policy.
The event will also feature remarks by CFPB Director Richard Cordray and a panel discussion moderated by the bureau's Deputy Director Raj Date.
Washington, DC —Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement regarding the public announcement of a new settlement between the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Reserve Board, and 10 mortgage servicers without first briefing the Oversight Committee as requested on a bipartisan basis last week:
Washington, DC — The Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Reps. Darrell E. Issa and Elijah E. Cummings, sent a joint letter yesterday to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry requesting a briefing as the agencies finalize a potential new settlement with 14 major mortgage servicing companies.