August 2013
Washington, DC—Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement regarding new executive actions unveiled today to prevent criminals from obtaining guns and to ban re-imports of military surplus firearms to private entities. These actions were announced on the same day that the first Senate-confirmed Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in 7 years, B. Todd Jones, is scheduled to be sworn into office.
Washington, D.C. —Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to President Barack Obama's proposal to address college cost and accessibility:
WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today released new information from the IRS that provides further evidence that progressive groups were singled out for scrutiny in the same manner as conservative groups. The documents include an IRS training presentation that instructs IRS employees to screen tax-exemption applications for Democratic leaning "Emerge" organizations alongside "progressive" and "tea party" organizations.
ICYMI, IRS Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel sent a letter today responding to extremely inflammatory accusations made on Tuesday by Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and Subcommittee Chairman Jim Jordan that the IRS has been engaged in criminal obstruction of the Committee's investigation into the treatment of applicants for tax exempt status.
Washington, DC—Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings and Gerry Connolly, top Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Inspector General J.
Washington, DC—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, applauded the House Veterans Affairs Committee's passage of legislation he introduced with five other Ranking Members earlier this year to help protect servicemembers, surviving spouses, and veterans with disabilities from improper home foreclosure actions.