September 2013
Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement regarding the House of Representatives' passage of a continuing resolution that delays the Affordable Care Act by one year and repeals the Medical Device Tax:
Washington, D.C.—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, applauded House passage of H.R. 3204, Drug Quality and Security Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill that will improve consumer
drug safety.
Washington, DC—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the Department of Justice announced a criminal plea agreement with John C. Beale, a former employee of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) who duped his attorney and his family by pretending to be an employee of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) while defrauding federal taxpayers of nearly $900,000 in unearned salary and other benefits:
Washington, DC—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a statement in response to the United States Postal Service's Board of Governors announcement of its approved rate increase for market-dominant mail products slated to begin in January 2014.
Washington, DC—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Chairman Issa requesting that he immediately postpone his upcoming delegation to Libya and several other countries until he complies with his own Committee directives to allow Democratic Members to join the delegation.
Washington, D.C.—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a new report prepared by Democratic staff on the status of the Committee's investigation of the attacks in Benghazi.
Washington, DC – Yesterday, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, Stephen F. Lynch and Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S.